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• * Adrianus Johannes Verharen, 's Hertogenbosch († 1992)
• Andreas de Blok, Wijk aan Zee († 2021)
• Barbara Lee REDFIELD, Cloquet, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1967)
• Cornelia de Ruiter, Pernis, Zuid-Holland Nederland († 2010)
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• Annie Janssen, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 1982)
• Antonia van der Schaaf, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Berend van der Tuuk, Hoogezand († 2016)
• Cornelis (cor) Karels, Edam († 2006)
• Child Tender, Passaic, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1927)

• Adrianus Johannes van Loon (66), Ossendrecht
• Abraham van Stipriaan (49), Den Helder
• Antonetta van Boven (85), Den Dungen
• Antonine Marie Joséphine Ida de Gramont (68)
• Begga Josephina Belmans (88), Geel, Antwerpen, België
• Antoon Zuiderveen (19), Scheemda, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonine Maria Josephine Ida van Gramont (68)
• Adrianus Johannes Hendrikus Vermeeren (3), Gilze en Rijen
• Aleida Hendrika Rikkert (54), Terborg
• Arthur Matthijs (64), Aalst

• 1924 » Mel Patton, American sprinter and coach († 2014)
• 1924 » Sam Farber, American businessman († 2013)
• 1927 » Dolo Coker, American pianist and composer († 1983)
• 1928 » Clu Gulager, American actor and director
• 1929 » Peter Boizot, English businessman († 2018)
• 1930 » Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic († 2013)
• 1930 » Paul Foytack, American baseball player
• 1930 » Salvatore Riina, Italian mob boss († 2017)
• 1931 » Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist († 2011)
• 1931 » Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator († 2006)

• 1907 » Robert I, Duke of Parma (b. 1848)
• 1908 » Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French-Canadian lawyer and politician, 4th Premier of Quebec (b. 1829)
• 1911 » A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, 9th Mayor of Minneapolis (b. 1842)
• 1911 » Lawrence Feuerbach, American shot putter (b. 1879)
• 1913 » George Barham, English businessman, founded Express County Milk Supply Company (b. 1836)
• 1922 » Max Abraham, Polish-German physicist and academic (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)

• 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.
• April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
• April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
• May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
• July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
• August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
• August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.

The temperature on November 16, 1927 was between 2.9 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 12.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.