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• Cornelis Wilhelmus van Dun, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Adriana Vermeulen, Netersel († 2015)
• Anna Maria Lucia (Annie) Teurlings, Diessen († 1998)
• Anny Françoise Eugenie Tuts, Halmaal, België († 2017)
• Catherine Marie Buskirk, Montrose, Montrose, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 1988)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus van Dun, Goirle († 2007)
• Cato Catharina Petit, Leiden († 2008)
• Albertus Lomulder, Westerbork († 2002)
• Barbara Jean Rowen († 2003)
• Donald Adrian Adema, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2010)

• Albert Jan Platerink (56), Laren (Gld.)
• Adriaan van Dal (72), Vlijmen
• Anna Maria Philipina Steegh (1), Velden, Li.NL
• Arnoldus Johannes de Jonge (29), Amsterdam, NH, Nederland
• Anna Maria Philippina Steegh (1), Venlo, Limburg, Nederland
• Aleida Berendina Eshuis (61), Almelo
• Antje Schraag (59), Texel
• Baby Gilligan (0)
• Annigje Prins (85), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertus Tersteeg (84), IJsselstein, Utrecht, Nederland

• 1925 » Christopher Zeeman, English mathematician and academic († 2016)
• 1925 » Russell Hoban, American author and illustrator († 2011)
• 1925 » Stanley Karnow, American journalist and historian († 2013)
• 1926 » Dave Sands, Australian boxer († 1952)
• 1926 » Gyula Grosics, Hungarian footballer and manager († 2014)
• 1927 » Rolf Landauer, German-American physicist and academic († 1999)
• 1928 » Oscar Cabalén, Argentinian race car driver († 1967)
• 1928 » Osmo Antero Wiio, Finnish journalist, academic, and politician († 2013)
• 1929 » Neil Johnston, American basketball player († 1978)
• 1929 » Paul Burlison, American rockabilly guitarist († 2003)

• 1905 » Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor and academic (b. 1841)
• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)

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 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
• April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
• May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
• 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.

The temperature on February 4, 1927 was between 1.9 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.