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• Anne Carel Louwrier, Leiden († 1959)
• Annie Adolphine Haije, Schoten, Nederland († 2011)
• Aliene Zeeman, Payson, Utah, Utah († 1990)
• Antonius Joannes Adrianus van Pelt, Tilburg († 1988)
• Alida Catharina Klaver, Odam († 2017)
• Berdina Wendelina Wilhelmina Heij († 1996)
• Albertha Schuurman († 2000)
• Cornelia (Corrie) Tulen († 2011)
• Catharina Helena Peters, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• "Isabelle" Henriette Christiane Gabrielle Marie d'Harcourt, Larache, Maroc († 1993)

• Andreas van Erp (73), Berkel-Enschot
• Alida Hendrika van Rijnsbergen (75), Rotterdam
• Barbara de Bourbon-Siciles (24)
• Andreas Andrzey Zamoyski (75), unbekannt
• Aleida Bruins (68), Rijssen
• Adriana Rijferts (68), Stompwijk
• Barbara der Beide Siciliën (24)
• Harmen van der Schuit (79), Leeuwarden
• Alfred v.Montenuovo (73), unbekannt
• Alphonse Joseph Jacques De Doncker (77), Berchem, Antwerpen, Belgique

• 1925 » Matthew Beard, American child actor († 1981)
• 1925 » Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance († 2005)
• 1926 » Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach († 2008)
• 1927 » Doak Walker, American football player and businessman († 1998)
• 1927 » James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist († 1965)
• 1927 » Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director († 2007)
• 1927 » Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1928 » Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter († 1984)
• 1928 » Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic
• 1929 » Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright († 2012)

• 1906 » Hugh Nelson, Scottish-Australian farmer and politician, 11th Premier of Queensland (b. 1833)
• 1918 » William Wilfred Campbell, Canadian poet and author (b. 1858)
• 1921 » Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, German lawyer and politician, 5th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1856)
• 1929 » Mustafa Necati, Turkish civil servant and politician, Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning (b. 1894)
• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Helena
14. Aaltje
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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 7.5 million citizens.
• January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
• December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
• December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

The temperature on January 1, 1927 was between 3.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.