About the day » Tuesday August 2, 1927Calender converter

• An Kersbergen, Lisse († 2003)
• Cornelia Jandr Hoekstra († 2009)
• Charles "Rex" Todd, Valentine, Cherry, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 1966)
• Cornelia Maria Dekkers, Wateringen, Nederland († 2008)
• Adriana Maria (Jaenette) Lorwa, Rotterdam († 1998)
• Anna Catharina de Waal, Bladel en Netersel († 2010)
• Bastiaan Izelaar, Goudswaard, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Aantje Elisabeth KERSBERGEN, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Bartholomeus Johannes Antonius Stroucken, Amsterdam († 1979)
• Albrecht Jozef Kamiel Buffel, Gistel,8470,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2005)

• Arend Jan Termeulen (65), Driebergen
• Cleophas Avarose Hamrick (68), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Dievertje Maarsingh (45), Groningen
• Anna Maria La Grand (1), Rotterdam
• Anna Gesina Alida Bugel (0), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Cornelius Felix Van Reeth (76), Evere, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk gewest, Belgium
• Daniel TOEPOEL (48)
• Cornelis Luttik
• Anna Lont (11), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gesina Alida Bügel (0), Ter Apelkanaal, Westerwolde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1925 » John Dexter, English director and producer († 1990)
• 1925 » John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player († 2017)
• 1925 » Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina († 2013)
• 1925 » K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1927 » Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic († 2018)
• 1928 » Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1929 » David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda († 2017)
• 1929 » John Gale, English director and producer
• 1929 » Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer († 2014)
• 1929 » Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2013)

• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)

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.
• April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
• May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
• June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
• September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.

The temperature on August 2, 1927 was between 9.3 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.