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• Albert Leroy Dodson, Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States († 2001)
• David Schelvis, Amsterdam († 1942)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Loof, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2011)
• Caleb Burgoyne IV, Florida († 1971)
• CHRISTIANE MARIE JEROOM MAES, SINAAI,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 2018)
• Alberdina Johanna Bannink, Borculo, Nederland († 2014)
• Alida Jacoba Hoogervorst († 2017)
• Cornelia Anna (Corrie) le Feber, Axel († 2016)
• Bernhard Willem Siemens, Uithuizermeeden († 1941)
• Catharina Maria Korver, Alkmaar († 2010)

• Antje Ruitenbeek (57), Soest
• Clasina Johanna Baars (24), Maurik, NL
• Breggina Johanna Sasburg (75), Venhuizen
• Anna Egberta Maria Breuker (82), Purmerend
• Catharina Sleddens (73), Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alida Simonetta Maria Marijnen (2), Noordwijkerhout
• Andries van den Bosch (76), Luinjeberd, Heerenveen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna~Hillegonda Kraan (75), Koedijk
• Adriana Johanna Sauveur (58), Leiden
• Breggina Johanna Sasburg (76), Venhuizen

• 1925 » Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1926 » David Nathan, British journalist († 2001)
• 1926 » Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate († 1999)
• 1926 » Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author († 1995)
• 1926 » Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach († 1972)
• 1927 » Pierre Henry, French composer († 2017)
• 1928 » André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver
• 1928 » Dick Van Patten, American actor († 2015)
• 1928 » Joan Blos, American author and educator († 2017)
• 1929 » John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 1989)

• 1916 » Natsume Sōseki, Japanese author and poet (b. 1867)
• 1924 » Bernard Zweers, Dutch composer and educator (b. 1854)
• 1930 » Rube Foster, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1932 » Begum Rokeya, Bangladeshi social worker and author (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Karl Blossfeldt, German photographer, sculptor, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1935 » Walter Liggett, American journalist and activist (b. 1886)
• 1937 » Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1869)
• 1937 » Lilias Armstrong, English phonetician (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)

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.
• 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.
• April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
• May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
• May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
• December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
• December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.

The temperature on December 9, 1927 was between -0.8 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.