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• Clazien van der Velden
• Claes Erik Axel Edlund, Härnösand, Västernorrland, Sweden († 1996)
• Leistra, Opeinde († 1927)
• Clair Oscar Truex, Bloomfield, Jefferson County, Ohio († 1991)
• Barend Griffioen, Achttienhoven, Utrecht, Nederland († 1927)
• Dick Smedema, Haren († 2010)
• Antonius LAGARDE, Alphen (gemeente Appeltern) († 2005)
• Adriaan Hendrik van der Woerd, Barneveld († 2003)
• Dante Gabriel Bleamer, Milwaukee, Wisconsin († 1989)
• Adriaantje Goud, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2008)

• Beudina Boer (60), Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Hamminga (84), Obergum
• Aalve Klazes Eppinga (54), Tjalleberd, Aengwirdum, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonius Michael Stassen (50), Rotem, Dilsen-Stokkem, Maaseik (B)
• Barend Kool (33), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Schilders (44), Diessen
• Bertha Alwina Carolina Nieraad (47), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendina Boer (60), Hoogeveen Drenthe, Netherlands
• Alfreda Ann Fitzgerald (72), SLC, SL, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardina Bettinger (79), Dordrecht (Dordrecht), Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1924 » Nicolas Sidjakov, Latvian-American illustrator († 1993)
• 1926 » A. N. R. Robinson, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago († 2014)
• 1926 » James McCracken, American tenor and actor († 1988)
• 1926 » Jeffrey Stone, American actor and screenwriter († 2012)
• 1927 » Peter Dickinson, Rhodesian-English author and poet († 2015)
• 1927 » Randall Garrett, American author and poet († 1987)
• 1928 » Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author († 1982)
• 1928 » Terry Carter, American actor, director, and producer
• 1929 » Nicholas Courtney, Egyptian-English actor († 2011)
• 1930 » Bill Brittain, American author († 2011)

• 1917 » Frank Gotch, American wrestler (b. 1878)
• 1921 » Camille Saint-Saëns, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1835)
• 1922 » Gabriel Narutowicz, Lithuanian–Polish engineer and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Poland (b. 1865)
• 1928 » Elinor Wylie, American poet and author (b. 1885)
• 1935 » Thelma Todd, American actress and comedian (b. 1905)
• 1936 » Frank Eugene, American-German photographer and educator (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Billy Hamilton, American baseball player and manager (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Eugène Dubois, Dutch paleoanthropologist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » George Bambridge, English diplomat (b. 1892)
• 1944 » Betsie ten Boom, Dutch Holocaust victim (b. 1885)

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.
• March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• 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.
• August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
• September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
• September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
• December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.

The temperature on December 16, 1927 was between -12.1 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -7.8 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.