About the day » Wednesday February 23, 1927Calender converter

• Angèle Baldewijns, Ulbeek, België († 2018)
• Antonia Helsloot, IJsselstein († 2019)
• August Lenger († 2010)
• Alice Camille Lucie Jeandesboz, Langres, 52200, France († 2009)
• Cornelia Holl, Hei-en Boeicop, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Charles William Northway, East Aurora, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Anna Margaretha Backs, Barger-Compascuum, Emmen († 1927)
• Albert Reinier Sikkens, Schoten († 2019)
• Adriaan Gerrit Soeting, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Berdina Elisabeth de Wekker, Leiden

• Aglaée Vigneau (56), Havre Aubért, I-D-M, QC, Canada
• Abraham Pije (46), Watergraafsmeer
• Aaltje Homan (89), Woltersum gem. Ten Boer
• Adriana Ariens Kemp (61), Zandvoort
• Aaltje Johannes Homan (90), Woltersum (Gem. Ten Boer), Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Hendrika Bresser (75), Groenlo
• "Jean Baptiste" Joseph Charles Henri Marie Ghislain Vincent de Paul de Ghellinck d'Elseghem (59), Wannegem-Lede, Kruishoutem, Belgique
• Aart Izak van Rij (66), Rockanje, 3235, Nederland
• Adriana Kemp (61), Zandvoort, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schuitema (72), Gasselte, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1923 » Harry Clarke, English international footballer, defender († 2000)
• 1923 » Rafael Addiego Bruno, Uruguayan jurist and politician, President of Uruguay († 2014)
• 1924 » Allan McLeod Cormack, South-African-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 1998)
• 1925 » Louis Stokes, American lawyer and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Régine Crespin, French soprano and actress († 2007)
• 1928 » Hans Herrmann, German race car driver
• 1928 » Vasily Lazarev, Russian colonel, physician, and astronaut († 1990)
• 1929 » Elston Howard, American baseball player and coach († 1980)
• 1929 » Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow († 2008)
• 1930 » Paul West, English-American author, poet, and academic († 2015)

• 1900 » Ernest Dowson, English poet, novelist, and short story writer (b. 1867)
• 1908 » Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (b. 1823)
• 1918 » Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1882)
• 1930 » Horst Wessel, German SA officer (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Nellie Melba, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)

• 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.
• May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
• May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
• June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
• November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
• November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
• December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

The temperature on February 23, 1927 was between 3.7 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.