About the day » Saturday August 27, 1927Calender converter

• Adam Johannes Maria van Bekhoven, Terheijden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1985)
• Aase Agersen, Berg, Troms, Norge († 2016)
• Anni Wilhelmina Wilman († 1999)
• Antonia Moerland († 2007)
• Antonius Petrus Leijten, Veldhoven (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1928)
• Albert Thomas Nelson, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Dethmer Jan Koorn, Assen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1991)
• Diewertje Jetskea Tekens, Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Edmond Frederickx, Rillaar († 2007)
• Akke Walda, Koudum († 1974)

• Aaltje Van Beek (74), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anthonie Hendrik Agterberg (80), Amsterdam
• Benjamin W. Nicola (76), Orange, Orange, California, United States
• Cornelis Huigen (83), Het Bildt
• Cornelia Cornelissen (82), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Abraham KEMELING (46), Rotterdam
• Bouwe SNAAK (62), Schouwerzijl Groningen Netherlands
• Kaiser (0), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Cornelia Catharina Van Der STOEP (1), Rotterdam
• Clasina Helana Rorijs (94), Rotterdam

• 1925 » Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal († 2017)
• 1925 » Bill Neilson, Australian politician, 34th Premier of Tasmania († 1989)
• 1925 » Jaswant Singh Neki, Indian poet and academic († 2015)
• 1925 » Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager († 2011)
• 1925 » Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic († 2012)
• 1926 » George Brecht, American-German chemist and composer († 2008)
• 1926 » Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1928 » Joan Kroc, American philanthropist († 2003)
• 1928 » Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician, Chief Minister of KwaZulu
• 1928 » Péter Boross, Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary

• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)

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 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
• January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
• July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
• July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
• September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.

The temperature on August 27, 1927 was between 12.0 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.