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• Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Wencker († 1991)
• Johannes Franciscus Stephanus(Jan) Oerlemans, Steenbergen († 1994)
• Alvin Joseph Murphy († 1993)
• Anna Hendrika van HARTEN, Dordrecht († 1995)
• Annetje Schaap, Huizen († 2006)
• Arnould Isidore comte de Looz-Corswarem, Occoches (Somme) († 1996)
• Charles Edd Spradling, Caddo Mills, Hunt County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Adriana Maria Loof, Monster († 1969)
• Anne Spaas, Hasselt (B) († 2017)
• Anna Mae HOEKSTRA († 1985)

• Adrianus Nijsen (77), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Arthur Lee VanArsdale (63), Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky
• Arie Straathof (0), Leiden
• Albert Wolf (2), Borger, Nederland
• * Roelof * Koops (78), Roden,, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Ackerman (67), Kerkrade
• Adriaan van den Biggelaar (93), Waalre
• Arnold Wilhelm Sikkel (68), Oostdongeradeel
• Adrianus Nijsen (77), Fijnaart en Heijningen
• Roelof Kroezen (0), Hollandscheveld

• 1924 » Robert Drew, American director and producer († 2014)
• 1925 » Angella D. Ferguson, American pediatrician
• 1927 » Frank Dunlop, English actor and director
• 1927 » Harvey Korman, American actor and comedian († 2008)
• 1927 » Yehoshua Neuwirth, Israeli rabbi and scholar († 2013)
• 1928 » Joseph Willcox Jenkins, American composer, conductor, and educator († 2014)
• 1928 » Norman Bridwell, American author and illustrator, created Clifford the Big Red Dog († 2014)
• 1929 » Graham Hill, English race car driver and businessman († 1975)
• 1929 » James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense († 2014)
• 1930 » Bruce Dawe, Australian poet and academic

• 1897 » Dimitrie Ghica, Romanian lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1816)
• 1905 » Lew Wallace, American author, general, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (b. 1827)
• 1911 » Theodor Escherich, German-Austrian pediatrician and academic (b. 1859)
• 1924 » Lionel Monckton, English composer (b. 1861)
• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)

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 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
• April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
• May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
• July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
• September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
• 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 February 15, 1927 was between -1.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.