About the day » Thursday December 15, 1927Calender converter

• Elaine van der Kooy, Menasha, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Cornelia Maria Asten van, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2012)
• Albertje Meijer († 2011)
• Annamae van 't Hul, Iowa († 2018)
• Adriaantje de Man, IJsselmonde, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Cornelia Catharina Schutte, Weesp († 2006)
• Cyril Ignatius McMullin, Dominion, Nova Scotia, Canada († 1982)
• Edgar V. BANTA, Orange Essex County New Jersey U.S.A († 2014)
• Adrianus Timmer, velsen († 1993)
• Dulcie Jean Rosenzweig († 2008)

• Bastina van der Vlies (66), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Ate van der Woude (73), Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anthonie Jerominus (93), Hillegersberg, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Birgitha Oline "Lena" Halseth (66), Everett, Snohomish, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Johanna Hogervorst (52), Den Haag,-
• Anthonij Jeronimus (93)
• Arend Fredrik Lensen (72), Nooitgedacht, Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, Nederland
• Allan Purvis (50), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
• Bernardus Game (77), Weerselo-Hasselo
• Antonius van de Nieuwenhuijzen (56), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1923 » Freeman Dyson, English-American physicist and mathematician († 2020)
• 1923 » Pierre Cossette, American producer and manager († 2009)
• 1923 » Uziel Gal, German-Israeli engineer, designed the Uzi gun († 2002)
• 1924 » Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic († 2013)
• 1924 » Ruhi Sarıalp, Turkish triple jumper and educator († 2001)
• 1925 » Kasey Rogers, American actress and author († 2006)
• 1928 » Ernest Ashworth, American singer-songwriter († 2009)
• 1928 » Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and architect († 2000)
• 1928 » Ida Haendel, Polish-English violinist and educator
• 1930 » Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer

• 1890 » Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa Lakota tribal chief (b. 1831)
• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)

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.
• April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
• June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
• September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
• November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
• 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 December 15, 1927 was between -7.6 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -3.1 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.