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• Erna Regina Reith, Großenlüder, Landkreis Fulda, Hessen, Duitsland († 2017)
• Eugene E Hazlewood, Goose Creek, Texas († 1996)
• Dries Leusink, Doornspijk, Nederland († 1998)
• Emile Antoine Krings, Malmedy, Belgique († 1945)
• Emmy Hoffer († 2002)
• Adrianus 'Adri' van der Luijt, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Geertruida van Steenbrugge, Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)
• Albert Tuin, Meppel, Netherlands († 1979)
• Dorothy Ruth Quinn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Arnoldus Gerardus Steenvoorden, Haarlem († 1946)

• Adriana Mikkers (64), Eindhoven
• Dena Horling (21), Grand Rapids (Kent County) (Michigan)
• Antje Pietersd. van Keeren (74), Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje van Keeren (74), Den Burg
• Alida Josina Bras (42), Schiedam
• Durkje de Bruin (58), Burum, Friesland, Nederland
• Aafje Boeijen (76), Utrecht
• Albert Joseph Stronk (64), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Catherine Cosnahan Casement (75)
• Anna Maria Margaretha Keulen (23), Geleen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1924 » Anton Geiser, Croatian SS officer († 2012)
• 1924 » Don Coryell, American football player and coach († 2010)
• 1924 » Giacomo Mari, Italian football midfielder († 1991)
• 1925 » Harry Carpenter, English sportscaster († 2010)
• 1926 » Beverly Garland, American actress († 2008)
• 1926 » Julie Adams, American actress († 2019)
• 1926 » Roberto Lippi, Italian race car driver († 2011)
• 1928 » Alejandro Végh Villegas, Uruguayan politician († 2017)
• 1928 » Santiago Stevenson, Panamanian singer and minister († 2007)
• 1929 » Mário Wilson, Mozambican footballer and manager († 2016)

• 1910 » Julia Ward Howe, American poet and songwriter (b. 1819)
• 1918 » Malak Hifni Nasif, Egyptian poet and author (b. 1886)
• 1928 » Frank Dicksee, English painter and illustrator (b. 1853)
• 1931 » Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1937 » J. Bruce Ismay, English businessman (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Karl Kautsky, Czech-German journalist, philosopher, and theoretician (b. 1854)
• 1948 » Royal Cortissoz, American art critic (b. 1869)
• 1955 » Dimitrios Maximos, Greek banker and politician (b. 1873)
• 1956 » Anne Crawford, Israeli-English actress (b. 1920)
• 1958 » Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (b. 1896)

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 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
• March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
• July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
• July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
• September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.

The temperature on October 17, 1927 was between 9.1 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.