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• Cornelia Josepha Vermeiren, Loenhout (B) († 1998)
• Arnaldo Paes de Barros, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1982)
• Christianus Fransiscus Josephus Schellevis, Wijk aan Zee en Duin († 1992)
• Diedrik John Maaks, Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1999)
• Albert Jan Willem van Eeken, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland († 1994)
• Arthur Uitermarkt († 2005)
• Armand SMOLDERS, Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, België († 2005)
• Charles Denis Hocking, Falmouth, Cornwall († 2007)
• Donald Carl JACOBS, Hammonton, Atlantic County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Benjamin Franklin McFarland, Adair County, Kentucky, United States of America († 1927)

• Aaltje Hooiveld (79), Zuidlaarderveen
• Aaltje Adriaantje Groen (33), den haag
• Aaltje Schoonhoven (67), Broek op L'dijk
• Alexander "Alex" Todd **** (24), Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Adriana Doedé (Doede) (53), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ABRAHAM GALJAARD (82), Leiden
• Adriana Zanen (44), Ammerstol, 2865 XD, Nederland
• Andreas Mergenthaler (86), Oftersheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
• Adriana Maria Scholtes (81), Haarlem
• Ale Veen (65), Weststellingwerf, Vinkega

• 1925 » Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer († 2014)
• 1925 » Charles Aidman, American actor († 1993)
• 1926 » Clive Donner, British director († 2010)
• 1926 » Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer († 1980)
• 1926 » Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon († 2010)
• 1926 » Roger Taillibert, French architect († 2019)
• 1926 » Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder († 2000)
• 1927 » Rudolf Kraus, German footballer († 2003)
• 1928 » Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution († 2018)
• 1928 » Reynaldo Bignone, Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina († 2018)

• 1918 » Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857)
• 1919 » Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
• 1919 » Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
• 1924 » Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1926 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1928 » George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
• 1932 » Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)
• 1933 » George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1898)

• 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 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
• 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.
• July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
• August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
• 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 21, 1927 was between -1.2 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.