About the day » Thursday May 19, 1927Calender converter

• Daniel Willem Otto Alexander Grosheide († 1991)
• Cornelis van der Pas, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Christiaan Theodorusz Brouns, Schiedam († 1933)
• Bernardus Martinus Kleine Schaars, Raalte († 1927)
• Aaltje Assies, Norg, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1980)
• Antoon (Toon) Pepels († 1980)
• Anna Waterschoot, Sint-Niklaas (België) († 2004)
• Cornelia Johanna Romein, Amsterdam († 1994)
• Chester Vilos TRAINOR, Hull, Yorkshire, England († 2012)
• Aaltje Assies († 1980)

• Antonius Jans (59), Zichen-Zussen-Bolder, Riemst, België
• Andrina van Keulen (65), Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Scott MILLAR (73), Baldinne, Ceres, Fife
• Bernardus Johannes Overbeek (80), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Bonne Elisabeth Royer (80), Den Haag
• Arendje Geertruida Van Halsema (30)
• Adam Snyder Shauck (51), York Co., PA
• Bonne Elisabeth Royer (80), Den Haag, Pays-Bas
• Alke Nijdam (49), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alida Antje Meijer (63), Amsterdam

• 1925 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist († 1965)
• 1925 » Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia († 1998)
• 1926 » Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic († 2019)
• 1926 » Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1927 » Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic († 2005)
• 1928 » Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars († 1982)
• 1928 » Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1928 » Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach († 2010)
• 1928 » Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal († 2013)
• 1929 » Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer († 2013)

• 1907 » Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
• 1912 » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)
• 1915 » John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885)
• 1935 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
• 1936 » Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)

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 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
• April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
• July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
• August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.

The temperature on May 19, 1927 was between 2.4 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.