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• Cornelis Kaslander, Haarlemmermeer († 1955)
• Elisabeth Muriel London, London († 2005)
• Catharina Hillechina Veenhuizen, Muntendam († 2021)
• An Smulders († 2018)
• Anna Grietje Dob, Zandeweer, Kantens, Groningen, Nederland († 2019)
• Antonius Joannes Petrus Verhoeven, Tilburg († 1989)
• Anna Maria Heckmanns, Eygelshoven,, Limburg, Nederland († 1941)
• Annerves Bruintjes, Emmerschans, Emmen († 1929)
• Dirk Doorn, Den Helder
• Annerves Bruintjes, Emmerschans, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1929)

• Antoon Nellen (66), Sevenum
• Andries de Groot (74), Bennebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf Warner van der Wijck (84), Bloemendaal
• Andrew Moore (44), Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England
• Arend Jong (85), Zaandam
• Angelo Benedetti (65), Cook, Illinois, United States
• Carolina Emilia van Weegel (86), Deventer
• Gerrit van der Veldt (69), Haarlem
• Aletta Maria Blom (78), Delft
• Adolf Warner Jonkheer Van Der Wijck (84), Bloemendaal, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1925 » Alija Izetbegović, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina († 2003)
• 1925 » Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director († 2014)
• 1926 » Richard Anderson, American actor and producer († 2017)
• 1927 » Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach († 1994)
• 1927 » Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author († 2002)
• 1928 » Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player († 2020)
• 1929 » Larisa Bogoraz, Russian linguist and activist († 2004)
• 1929 » Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia († 2018)
• 1930 » Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1930 » Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter († 1997)

• 1911 » William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
• 1920 » Eduard Birnbaum, Polish-born German cantor (b. 1855)
• 1921 » Juhani Aho, Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
• 1928 » Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871)
• 1930 » Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
• 1934 » Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jimmie Guthrie, Scottish motorcycle racer (b. 1897)
• 1940 » Johnny Dodds, American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1944 » Michael Wittmann, German commander (b. 1914)

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 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
• August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
• November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
• December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
• December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.

The temperature on August 8, 1927 was between 14.7 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.