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• Catharina Anna Theresia Bontjer, Emmen († 2013)
• Cornelis (cees) Smit, Edam / Volendam († 1999)
• Cornelis SMIT, Volendam, Gemeente Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Antonia Maria Petronella G. van Gastel, Loon op Zand (NL) († 2000)
• Eileen ANNUCCI († 2022)
• Berend Kroeze, Kropswolde (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 1927)
• Edward Markum Foster, New York, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Aaltje Tienkamp, Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Christine Marie Theresia Velt, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2022)
• Adam Dirks van der Woude, Oosterlittens, Baarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2000)

• Cornelia Tameling (75), Amersfoort
• Adriaan VERSCHUUR (79), Zierikzee, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Netherland
• Brugt Kunst (65), Opeinde, gem. Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Brugt Andries Kunst (64), Opeinde
• Albertien MEIJERING (70), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Baukje Hendriks van der Woude (73)
• Arie Ursinus (68), Lienden
• Aaltjen den Besten (70), Hierden
• Antje VAN DER SLUIS (32), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Brugt Andriesz Kunst (64), Opeinde, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland

• 1923 » Linda Darnell, American actress († 1965)
• 1924 » Gerard Parkes, Irish-Canadian actor († 2014)
• 1925 » Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer
• 1926 » Charles Dolan, American businessman, founded Cablevision and HBO
• 1927 » Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate († 2015)
• 1928 » Ann Morgan Guilbert, American actress († 2016)
• 1928 » Mary Daly, American philosopher and theologian († 2010)
• 1929 » Fernanda Montenegro, Brazilian actress
• 1930 » Carmen Sevilla, Spanish actress
• 1930 » John Polkinghorne, English physicist, theologian and priest

• 1904 » Haritina Korotkevich, Russian heroine (b. 1882)
• 1908 » Joseph Leycester Lyne, English monk (b. 1837)
• 1909 » Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, German poet and playwright (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Ralph Rose, American shot putter, discus, and hammer thrower (b. 1885)
• 1936 » Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Jean de Brunhoff, French poet and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1946 » Nuremberg trial executions of the Main Trial:
• 1947 » Anna B. Eckstein, German peace activist (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Liaquat Ali Khan, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Pakistan (b 1895)
• 1956 » Jules Rimet, French businessman (b. 1873)

• 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 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
• March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
• August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
• August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
• September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.

The temperature on October 16, 1927 was between 2.2 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.