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• Albert van Summeren, Volkel († 1996)
• Alida Wagelaar († 2002)
• Annigje de Wit, Ameide († 2009)
• Aaldert Bijl, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1999)
• Bloemke Rachel Stoppelman, Oude Pekela († 1920)
• Alida Slootweg, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Blanca Quintens, Zuienkerke, West-Vlaanderen, België († 1920)
• Annemaria Emilie Kramer, Den Helder († 2010)
• de Leeuw, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1920)
• Andreas Renaat Gekiere, Zedelgem († 1987)

• Adriaan van Oevelen (66), Rotterdam
• Adriana KAIM (79)
• Aukje (Aukjen) Hendriks Loonstra (80), Surhuisterveen
• Albertje Kriekjes (12), Hollandscheveld, Gem. Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aukje Homan (6), Ten Boer, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Hendrikus van Engen (67), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus van Bedaf (53), Etten-Leur
• Albertje Kriekjes (12), Hoogeveen
• Adrianus Van Bedaf (53), Etten-Leur (Nl)
• Anthonia van den Hoek (49), Sint Maartensdijk, Zeeland, Nederland

• 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
• 1924 » Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela († 2014)
• 1924 » John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company († 2013)

• 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. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Jacob
12. Wilhelmus
13. Dirk
14. Albert
15. Gerardus
16. Antonius

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

• 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 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 6.8 million citizens.
• January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
• February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
• February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
• March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
• May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
• May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.

The temperature on May 27, 1920 was between 10.7 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.