About the day » Tuesday January 4, 1927Calender converter

• Agatha Johanna Carper, Vledder (Noordwolde) († 2013)
• Christian Livemont, Péruwelz († 2002)
• Aaltje Kuik, Meppen Zweeloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 1927)
• Bernardus Hendricus Ronteltap, Delft († 1938)
• Cornelis-Martin Room, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2008)
• Adriana Catharina Wiebes, Leiden († 2004)
• Adrianus van Heeswijk, Schijndel, Noord-Brabant († 2013)
• Bareld van der Scheer, Borger, Drenthe, Nederland († 2025)
• Kriesz, Laren († 1947)
• Anne Pieter Broers, Baarn († 2018)

• Alma Tyson (28), Savannah, Chatham, Georgia, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Rietberg (32), Amsterdam
• Annigje Benjamins (62), Heerlen
• Annechien Schonewille (13), Vossebelt, Dalen
• Anna Maria Krapels (74), Schipluiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Marcus Overste, Amsterdam, Nederland
• Abigail Missouri Guess (75), Santa Anna, Coleman, Texas, United States
• Antonia Wilhelmina Johanna Valk (69), Bloemendaal
• Anton Kaemingk (0), Schuinesloot
• Alida Ides (80), Haarlem

• 1924 » Marianne Werner, German shot putter
• 1925 » Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician († 2003)
• 1927 » Barbara Rush, American actress
• 1927 » Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1929 » Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician († 2015)
• 1930 » Don Shula, American football player and coach († 2020)
• 1930 » Sorrell Booke, American actor and director († 1994)
• 1931 » Coşkun Özarı, Turkish footballer and coach († 2011)
• 1931 » Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator
• 1931 » William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia

• 1919 » Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (b. 1843)
• 1920 » Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)
• 1925 » Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)
• 1927 » Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)
• 1931 » Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)
• 1931 » Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1931 » Mohammad Ali Jouhar, Indian journalist, activist, and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)

• 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.
• April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
• May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
• May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
• July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.

The temperature on January 4, 1927 was between 0.3 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.