About the day » Thursday September 27, 1917Calender converter

• Anna Maria Veerkamp, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Anna Cornelia van de Weijgert, Oud-en Nieuw Gastel († 1977)
• Adriana Akke Broekhuizen, Den helder († 2008)
• Meier († 1973)
• Antonie Nicolaas Brakenhof, IJmuiden, NH, Nederland († 1984)
• Arie Hendrik (Frans) Boerdijk, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Anna Haring, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Anna Cornelia van de Weijgert, Oud en Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1977)
• Albertus Alphonsius Ludovicus Maria De Lie, Zandvliet-Antwerpen, België († 1938)
• Anna Suzanna Gesina Joosse, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1990)

• Cornelis Boeren (61), Ginneken en Bavel
• Adriana Maria Harmsen (19), Ede
• Charlie TRUSHEL (50)
• Anna Elisabeth Oerlemans (89), Besoyen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Hendericus Rooth (54), Avereest
• Caroline Morningstar (68)
• Apolonia Maria Jansdr. van Kampen (71), Delft
• Barbara Elizabeth Walter (6), Adams Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
• Charles Frederick Bender (71), Public Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Benedictus Mens (73), Geel, België

• 1916 » S. Yizhar, Israeli academic and politician († 2006)
• 1917 » Benjamin Rubin, American microbiologist († 2010)
• 1917 » Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor († 2009)
• 1917 » Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist († 2010)
• 1917 » William T. Orr, American actor and producer († 2002)
• 1918 » Konstantin Gerchik, the second head of the world's first cosmodrome — "Baikonur" (1958-1961).
• 1918 » Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd († 2001)
• 1918 » Martin Ryle, English astronomer and author, Nobel Prize laureate († 1984)
• 1919 » Charles H. Percy, American lieutenant and politician († 2011)
• 1919 » Jayne Meadows, American actress and author († 2015)

• 1898 » Thomas Joseph Byrnes, Australian politician, 12th Premier of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 1911 » Auguste Michel-Lévy, French geologist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1915 » Remy de Gourmont, French novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1858)
• 1917 » Edgar Degas, French painter and sculptor (b. 1834)
• 1919 » Adelina Patti, Italian-French opera singer (b. 1843)
• 1921 » Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1934 » Ellen Willmott, English horticulturalist (b. 1858)
• 1935 » Alan Gray, English composer and organist (b. 1855)
• 1940 » Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Albert
13. Gerardus
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Grietje
15. Helena
16. Trijntje

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
• July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
• July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
• October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
• December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
• December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.

The temperature on September 27, 1917 was between 7.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.