About the day » Thursday December 8, 1927Calender converter

• Betty Jo CHANEY, Cushing, Payne, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Aron Barend, Amsterdam (NL) († 1942)
• August Dijkmans, Hoogeloon († 1993)
• Daniel van der Veen, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Emmen († 2023)
• Beertje Karssen, Harderwijk († 1927)
• Arie Slagboom, Sliedrecht († 1990)
• Cornelia Maria Antonia Majoor, Laren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Elisabeth Gijsberta Pronk († 1982)
• Bernard (Bennie) Over († 1999)
• Christina Theresia Langenhuijsen, Berlicum NBR († 1927)

• Adriana Theodora Gouwens (72), Rotterdam
• Anna Barbi (63), Maastricht (Limburg)
• Adrianus Hendrikus Oerlemans (32), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Maria Summers (84), Smithfield, Cache, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia van Zwieten (76), Uithoorn
• Anna Geertruide Hensbroek (46), Utrecht, Nederland
• Albertien Kregel (78), Eelde
• Betje Schoenmaker (0), Wateringen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bartholomeus van Rietschote (80), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Josephina MEYNEN (64), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie

• 1924 » Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic († 2015)
• 1925 » Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author and poet († 2000)
• 1925 » Jimmy Smith, American organist († 2005)
• 1925 » Nasir Kazmi, Pakistani Urdu poet († 1972)
• 1925 » Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer († 1990)
• 1927 » Niklas Luhmann, German thinker and social theorist († 1998)
• 1927 » Vladimir Shatalov, Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1928 » Bill Hewitt, Canadian journalist and sportscaster († 1996)
• 1928 » Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic († 2012)
• 1930 » Julian Critchley, English journalist and politician († 2000)

• 1914 » Maximilian von Spee, Danish-German admiral (b. 1861)
• 1914 » Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide (b. 1828)
• 1917 » Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (b. 1836)
• 1918 » Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (b. 1843)
• 1919 » J. Alden Weir, American painter (b. 1852)
• 1929 » José Vicente Concha, Colombian politician and 8th President of Colombia (b. 1867)
• 1932 » Gertrude Jekyll, British horticulturist and writer (b. 1843)
• 1937 » Hans Molisch, Czech-Austrian botanist and academic (b. 1856)
• 1938 » Friedrich Glauser, Swiss author (b. 1896)
• 1940 » George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)

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 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
• April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
• 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 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
• November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

The temperature on December 8, 1927 was between -0.6 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.