About the day » Friday December 23, 1927Calender converter

• Anna Kelder, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1990)
• Annigje Lubbers, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Antonius Wilhelmus "Antoon" de Laat, Vught († 2004)
• Rouw, Zaamslag
• Alice Maria Henriette VAN WIJNGAERDEN, 3630 Eisden,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgie († 2017)
• Arie Leeuwen, van, Veenendaal († 2010)
• Arnoldus Aloysius Philippus van Rijthoven, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 1998)
• Arend Romeijn, Voorst († 1982)
• Anne Maria ("Riet") van den Heuvel, Delft, The Netherlands († 1987)
• Arendje Lagewaard, Rotterdam († 2006)

• Bartholomeus Leyskens (77), Bree, Provincie Limburg, België
• Aafje Hus (63), Katwijk
• Aafje Cornelisdr Hus (63), Katwijk
• Adrianus Stolk (78), Capelle aan den IJssel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Ridderhof (64), Rotterdam (Rotterdam), Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Sikkel (59), Zeist
• Adrianus Jacobus Klaassen (76), Tilburg
• Adrianus Henricus van der Meer (66), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Aartje VAN ARKEL (75), Beusichem
• Alida Maria Martina Huisman (88), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1923 » Günther Schifter, Austrian journalist and radio host († 2008)
• 1923 » James Stockdale, American admiral and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient († 2005)
• 1923 » Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver († 1954)
• 1924 » Bob Kurland, American basketball player and politician († 2013)
• 1925 » Duncan Hallas, English author and politician († 2002)
• 1925 » Rayner Unwin, English publisher († 2000)
• 1926 » Harold Dorman, American rock & roll singer-songwriter († 1988)
• 1926 » Robert Bly, American poet and essayist
• 1929 » Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player, flugelhorn player, and singer († 1988)
• 1929 » Dick Weber, American professional bowler († 2005)

• 1906 » Mdungazwe Ngungunyane Nxumalo, last emperor of the Gaza Empire (b. c.1850)
• 1912 » Otto Schoetensack, German anthropologist and academic (b. 1850)
• 1926 » Swami Shraddhanand, Indian monk, missionary, and educator (b. 1856)
• 1930 » Mustafa Fehmi Kubilay, Turkish lieutenant and educator (b. 1906)
• 1931 » Wilson Bentley, American meteorologist and photographer (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (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.
• February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
• March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
• March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
• 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.

The temperature on December 23, 1927 was between 5.0 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.