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• Angeline Slobe, Sioux Center-Sioux County-Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Albert William "Bud" Stegen, Davenport, Scott, Iowa, United States († 1982)
• Alfred Blommaert, Maria Horebeke, East Flanders, Belgium († 1991)
• Botje Bos († 1999)
• Cornelis Ludolph Klatt, Soerabaja († 1942)
• Cornelia Maria Sluijs, Bergschenhoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1926)
• Dora Mae Cuppett, New Paris, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 1918)
• Chretien Emmanuel WAUTERS, Moerzeke,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2004)
• Bernard Zuidema, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• * Elisabeth Bernardina Maria (Lies) Sessink, Genderingen († 1998)

• Aaltje van de Visch (0), Zwartebroek (Barneveld), Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna van der Does (72), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Krijnen Pietronella (0), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Pierre Joseph Estourgie (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagje van Dam (52), Driebergen
• Aaltje Veerman (29), Volendam, Nederland
• Antonia Huijbers (27), Groesbeek
• Ann Pryde (57), Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
• Aaltje de Jonge (5), Fr. Stroobos
• Ann E Miner (72), Oakland, Alameda County, California, United States of America

• 1915 » Ester Soré, Chilean singer-songwriter († 1996)
• 1915 » Herman Wouk, American novelist († 2019)
• 1917 » Harry Webster, English engineer († 2007)
• 1918 » Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese commander and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Japan († 2019)
• 1921 » Bob Godfrey, Australian-English animator, director, and voice actor († 2013)
• 1922 » Christopher Lee, English actor († 2015)
• 1922 » John D. Vanderhoof, American banker and politician, 37th Governor of Colorado († 2013)
• 1922 » Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist († 2015)
• 1923 » Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1923 » Sumner Redstone, American businessman and philanthropist

• 1896 » Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist, engineer, and academic (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
• January 31 » A series of accidental collisions on a misty Scottish night leads to the loss of two Royal Navy submarines with over a hundred lives, and damage to another five British warships.
• March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
• May 9 » World War I: Germany repels Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium.
• August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
• December 1 » The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed.
• December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.

The temperature on May 27, 1918 was between 8.3 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.