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• Egbert van Buiten, Basse († 2013)
• Christian BEAUVOIS, Berchem (Antwerpen), 11003, Antwerpen, Belgique († 2014)
• Cornelia Geertruida van den Brink, Harderwijk († 1927)
• Cees Smit, Volendam († 2015)
• Albert Koldenhof, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)
• Anna Catharina Heffels, Berg aan de Maas, Urmond, Limburg, Nederland († 2009)
• Cornelia Adriana LOMMERSE, Hillegom († 1986)
• "Sjaan " Fenger, onbekend († 2004)
• Cornelis Verspeek, Udenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Adriana de Wilde, St. Annaland, Zeeland, Nederland († 1982)

• Avery Asa Blount (36)
• Bernardus Rekveld (66), Kampen
• Coenraad Lucas Cronje (72), South Africa
• Bertha Letitia Isteed (74), Nelson, NEW ZEALAND
• Berthe Berthea Danielsdtr Eikaas (51), Møgster, Austevoll
• Anna Catharina Gielens (71), Westerhoven (gemeente Bergeijk)
• Cornelius Johannes Stassen (62), Meerssen
• Anna Jansdr Komdeur. (78), Muntendam
• Bernardus Henderikus Wendker (62)
• Cornelis Franken (76), Avenhorn

• 1925 » Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author († 2009)
• 1925 » Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet († 2012)
• 1925 » Klaus Roth, British mathematician († 2015)
• 1925 » Robert Hardy, English actor († 2017)
• 1925 » Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer († 1985)
• 1926 » Jon Vickers, Canadian tenor and actor († 2015)
• 1926 » Necmettin Erbakan, Turkish engineer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Turkey († 2011)
• 1927 » Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player
• 1929 » Yevgeny Primakov, Ukrainian-Russian journalist and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Russia († 2015)
• 1930 » Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter († 2006)

• 1916 » John Sebastian Little, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Arkansas (b. 1851)
• 1918 » Rudolf Tobias, Estonian-German organist and composer (b. 1873)
• 1919 » Albert Benjamin Simpson, Canadian preacher, theologian, and author, founded the Christian and Missionary Alliance (b. 1843)
• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1933 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1933 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)
• 1936 » Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)

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 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
• January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
• May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
• May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
• 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 October 29, 1927 was between 5.7 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.