About the day » Thursday January 20, 1927Calender converter

• A.C. Bergmans, Lelystad, Flevoland, Nederland († 1982)
• Catharina Veronica Geredina Kappelhof, Hoogkarspel, Drechterland,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1927)
• Adrianus Mathildus Van den Heuvel, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1945)
• Cornelia Jacoba Seegers, Alphen en Riel († 2009)
• Anton Fransiscus EITJES, Weesp,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Anna Cornelia van den Berg, Maassluis († 2009)
• Anthonia van Polen († 2011)
• Catharina Maria Elisabeth ten Brink († 2011)
• Cornelia Johanna Looijestijn, 's-Gravenhage († 1941)
• Aleida Breunis, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 2009)

• Albertus van Dijk (81), Hasselt
• Abraham Gerrit van Pelt (75), Oosterbeek
• Adriana Jacoba Zwemmer (43), Haarlem
• Aletta van der Put (2), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik van Heijst (78), Waalwijk
• Aalbert den Hartigh (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anke Focken (88), batavia, kane county, illinois
• Vreugdenhil, Maassluis
• Adriana de Graaf (80)
• Anna Barbara Niessen (46), Maaseik, Limburg (B)

• 1924 » Yvonne Loriod, French pianist and composer († 2010)
• 1925 » Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician († 2020)
• 1925 » Jamiluddin Aali, Pakistani poet, playwright, and critic († 2015)
• 1926 » David Tudor, American pianist and composer († 1996)
• 1926 » Patricia Neal, American actress († 2010)
• 1927 » Qurratulain Hyder, Indian-Pakistani journalist and academic († 2007)
• 1928 » Antonio de Almeida, French conductor and musicologist († 1997)
• 1929 » Arte Johnson, American actor and comedian († 2019)
• 1929 » Fireball Roberts, American race car driver († 1964)
• 1929 » Masaharu Kawakatsu, Japanese biologist

• 1907 » Agnes Mary Clerke, Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)
• 1908 » John Ordronaux, American surgeon and academic (b. 1830)
• 1913 » José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852)
• 1915 » Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun, Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)
• 1920 » Georg Lurich, Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876)
• 1921 » Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)
• 1924 » Henry "Ivo" Crapp, Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872)
• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)

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.
• May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
• 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.
• December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

The temperature on January 20, 1927 was between -1.2 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.