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• Catrinus Mak, Schiedam († 2003)
• Co Nijman († 2018)
• Elisabeth Maria Cornelia van Melis, Eindhoven († 2008)
• Egbertien Renting, Erm, Sleen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Adriaantje Hendrika van Heerik († 2002)
• Christiane Nieuwenhuys, Ixelles, Bruxelles († 2021)
• Anthonius Hagman, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Alice Berndt, Rowena, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Cornelis van der Mije, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1992)
• Anthonius Theodorus Ramaker († 1963)

• Adriaan Calliber (17), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Johannes van Bokhoven (75)
• Cornelis Johannes Kok (85), Wateringen, ZH, Nederland
• Christiaan Hollander (1), Kampen
• Daniel Dennis Dringman (45), Spokane, Spokane, Washington
• Anne van der Bij (50), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Alfred Louis LE PAGE (44), Pleyben, 29162, Finistère, Bretagne, France
• Catharina Bertha Verburg (37), Breukelen-Nijenrode
• Brian Broughton Buckley (84), aged 84 years, reg'd Carcoar, NSW, AU
• Catharina Sofia Verwimp (78), Herenthout, België

• 1925 » Bernard Hepton, English actor and producer († 2018)
• 1925 » Czesław Kiszczak, Polish general and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Poland († 2015)
• 1925 » Emilio Eduardo Massera, Argentinian admiral († 2010)
• 1926 » Arne Bendiksen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer († 2009)
• 1926 » Joel Feinberg, American philosopher and academic († 2004)
• 1926 » Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina
• 1926 » Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic († 2015)
• 1927 » Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator
• 1927 » Stephen Keynes, English businessman († 2017)
• 1928 » Lou Scheimer, American animator, producer, and voice actor, co-founded the Filmation Company († 2013)

• 1905 » Virgil Earp, American marshal (b. 1843)
• 1916 » Ioannis Frangoudis, Greek general and target shooter (b. 1863)
• 1918 » Harold Lockwood, American actor (b. 1887)
• 1924 » Louis Zborowski, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1895)
• 1936 » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
• 1937 » Ernest Rutherford, New Zealand-English physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Camille Claudel, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Dénes Kőnig, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » N. C. Wyeth, American painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Plutarco Elías Calles, Mexican general and politician, 40th President of Mexico (b. 1877)

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 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• 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 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
• November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.

The temperature on October 19, 1927 was between 4.8 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.