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• Alwine Marrigje Lina Lassche, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2011)
• Anna Maria Maggi, Trenton, Burlington, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1998)
• Adrianus Henricus Galle, Tilburg († 1963)
• Cornelia Maria Klein, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Abel John RAM († 2013)
• Antonia Henrica Antonetta Verhees, Eindhoven († 1995)
• Emanuel Johan Mathieu Schrijen, Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland († 2015)
• Anna Hubertina Werker, 's Gravenhage († 2013)
• Abraham de Winter, Enschede († 1998)
• David Blits, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)

• Adriaan Dingemanse (83), Grijpskerke, Walcheren, NL
• Alberdina Roona (60), Donderen(D)
• Anna Maria van Berkel (86), Oeffelt
• Albert Paalman (52), Borculo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alexander Engelbert Joseph van Grotenhuis van Onstein (78), Enghien-les-Bains (F)
• Arie Rupke (63), Omaha, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Alfred ASSELIN (80), Rivière Beaudet, Qc
• Alberdina Roona (60), Donderen
• Byron Austin DockstadTer (73), Verenigde Statn
• Albertje MANTEL (54)

• 1924 » Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster († 2019)
• 1924 » Priscilla Pointer, American actress
• 1925 » Lillian Hoban, American author and illustrator († 1998)
• 1927 » Ray Nagel, American football player and coach († 2015)
• 1927 » Richard Body, English politician († 2018)
• 1928 » Pernell Roberts, American actor († 2010)
• 1929 » Jack Sanford, American baseball player and coach († 2000)
• 1929 » Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 2012)
• 1930 » Fred Saberhagen, American soldier and author († 2007)
• 1930 » Warren Rudman, American soldier, lawyer, and politician († 2012)

• 1908 » Louis-Napoléon Casault, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1823)
• 1909 » George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1909 » Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
• 1910 » Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish author and publisher (b. 1841)
• 1910 » Pauline Viardot, French soprano and composer (b. 1821)
• 1911 » Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician and parasitologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1941 » Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1943 » Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (b. 1883)
• 1947 » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)

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 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
• March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
• June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.

The temperature on May 18, 1927 was between 2.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.