About the day » Thursday March 27, 1924Calender converter

• Booij, Hollandscheveld (Gem.Hoogeveen)
• Anna Lee Bond *, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Cis Weyer, Biezenmortel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2002)
• Antonie van der Sluijs, Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Alida Slijkerman († 2004)
• Catharina VERBREE, Abcoude Proosdij († 2000)
• Antonius Wilhelmus van der Wielen, Wijchen († 2001)
• Alida Bakker, Schoterland († 2011)
• Anna Geziena Niehof, Noord Deurningen († 2007)
• Camiel Louis Van Campenhout, Opwijk, België († 1964)

• Catharina Jacoba Abbenhuis (60), Arnhem, Nederland
• Catharina van Linschoten (32), Kralingen
• Barendina Maria van Zwet (82), Rotterdam
• Bernice Bajema (0), Lynden (Whatcom County) (Washington)
• Aaltjen BRETVELT (88), Dunsborg (Hengelo) Gelderland, Nederland
• Auke~Pieters Dijkstra (73), Dunegea
• Catharina Mertens (82)
• Christina Prins (49), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Pauwels (0), Bornem
• Catharina Petronella Anna Peelen (67)

• 1921 » Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records († 2016)
• 1922 » Dick King-Smith, English author († 2011)
• 1922 » Jules Olitski, Ukrainian-American painter, printmaker, and sculptor († 2007)
• 1922 » Stefan Wul, French author and surgeon († 2003)
• 1923 » Louis Simpson, Jamaican-American poet, translator, and academic († 2012)
• 1923 » Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author († 1996)
• 1924 » Ian Black, Scottish international footballer, goalkeeper and lawn bowls player († 2012)
• 1924 » Margaret K. Butler, American mathematician and computer programmer († 2013)
• 1924 » Sarah Vaughan, American singer († 1990)
• 1926 » Frank O'Hara, American writer († 1966)

• 1918 » Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (b. 1838)
• 1921 » Harry Barron, English general and politician, 16th Governor of Western Australia (b. 1847)
• 1922 » Nikolay Sokolov, Russian composer and educator (b. 1859)
• 1923 » James Dewar, Scottish chemist and physicist (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Neumann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
• 1926 » Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1887)
• 1926 » Kick Kelly, American baseball player, manager, and umpire (b. 1856)
• 1927 » Joe Start, American baseball player and manager (b. 1842)
• 1927 » Klaus Berntsen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1844)
• 1928 » Leslie Stuart, English organist and composer (b. 1863)

• 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
• February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
• April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
• July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
• December 19 » German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.

The temperature on March 27, 1924 was between 1.9 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.