About the day » Wednesday January 5, 1927Calender converter

• Doodgeboren kind Fokkema, Breda († 1927)
• Annie Margareta Sytske Jacoba Consenheim, Semarang, Java, Nedrelandsch Indië († 2017)
• Adrianus, Gerard Holsderver, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Clarence William SMITH († 2010)
• Adriaana Lilian ( Ada) MOREHEN († 1999)
• Agatha Doets, Beverwijk († 1936)
• Cornelis ZEGWAARD († 2006)
• Aaltje Liekeles Dijkstra, Wouterswoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1984)
• Bart Roelofs, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• An H. C. M. Claassen, Tilburg († 1995)

• Andrew F. Carn (48), Mercy Hospital, Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alberdina Postema (64), Rotterdam,Gemeente Rotterdam,Zuid Holland,Nederland
• Aaltje Roozee (74), Middelie, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abishai Dodson (69), United States
• Antonius Christiaan Maas, Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antoni Richard Broeker (76), Beek
• Anthonius Clemens Borst (63), Hoogmade
• Antonius Hubertus Slegers (70), Haarlem
• Abraham Duijzer (68), Sint Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland
• Ale Olij (77), Sneek

• 1923 » Sam Phillips, American radio host and producer, founded Sun Records († 2003)
• 1926 » Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist († 2000)
• 1926 » Veikko Karvonen, Finnish runner († 2007)
• 1926 » W. D. Snodgrass, American poet († 2009)
• 1927 » Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, American guru and author, founded Iraivan Temple († 2001)
• 1928 » Imtiaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer († 2016)
• 1928 » Walter Mondale, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States
• 1928 » Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan († 1979)
• 1929 » Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager († 2014)
• 1931 » Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater († 1989)

• 1904 » Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (b. 1839)
• 1910 » Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (b. 1834)
• 1917 » Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (b. 1865)
• 1922 » Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (b. 1874)
• 1933 » Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)

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.
• March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
• August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
• September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
• December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

The temperature on January 5, 1927 was between -1.3 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.