About the day » Sunday January 23, 1927Calender converter

• Arnolda Frederika de Weerd, Apeldoorn (NL) († 2005)
• Claire Therese Caron, Fairhaven, Bristol, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1962)
• Albertus Reijnerus de Wolf, Purmerend († 2014)
• Aloysius Michael Ignatius (Loek) van der Velden († 2011)
• Dirk Don, Hellevoetsluis († 2007)
• Chester Joseph Ludwin, Amsterdam, Montgomery, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Annie Vink († 1993)
• A.M.I. van der Velden
• Antonetta Catharina Kleemans, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Alle Bos, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1946)

• Arend Jan Kooymans (79), Markelo, Hof van Twente,, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sands (67), Washington, DC
• Anna Catharina Cleuters (1), Stein, Limburg, Netherlands
• Annechien Jonkers (0), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus Wijnand Rutgers (71), Rhenen
• Alfred J Detillieu (44), NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Hubertus de Bruijn (31), Raamsdonk
• Barend Kiers (68), Steenwijk
• Adriana Maria de Kievit (8), Oosterhout
• Beekien Benjamins (55), Hoogeveen

• 1924 » Frank Lautenberg, American soldier, businessman, and politician († 2013)
• 1925 » Marty Paich, American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor († 1995)
• 1926 » Bal Thackeray, Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician († 2012)
• 1927 » Fred Williams, Australian painter († 1982)
• 1927 » Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer († 1994)
• 1928 » Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager († 2005)
• 1928 » Jeanne Moreau, French actress († 2017)
• 1929 » John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1929 » Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1929 » Phillip Knightley, Australian journalist, author, and critic († 2016)

• 1921 » Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1922 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic (b. 1855)
• 1922 » René Beeh, Alsatian painter and draughtsman (b. 1886)
• 1923 » Max Nordau, Austrian physician and author (b. 1849)
• 1931 » Anna Pavlova, Russian-English ballerina (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (b. 1876)
• 1939 » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903)
• 1943 » Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867)

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.
• March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
• March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
• April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
• May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
• June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
• December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

The temperature on January 23, 1927 was between -0.9 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.