About the day » Friday March 11, 1927Calender converter

• ADRIANUS FRANS VAN DER WINDT, VLAARDINGEN († 2003)
• Antonia Elisabeth Reniers, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland († 1994)
• Adriana Bastiana Kooijmans († 1997)
• Aafien Roubos, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1985)
• Anje Hoving († 2012)
• Bernardus Douma († 1986)
• Anna Maria Steur, Weesp, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1998)
• Arie de Koning, Papendrecht († 1937)
• Bauke Rinzes de Vries, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• An Claessen, Koningsbosch, Netherlands († 2005)

• Alberdina Wilhelmina Gerritsen (20), Arnhem
• Adriaan Jumelet (60), Bruinisse
• Albert Ezra Guinness (50), Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Antoon Buitenhuis (35), Zwolle {OV}
• Anna Carolina Hoekert (69), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• (55), Ambt Vollenhove, Nederland
• Albert Arein (0), Antwerpen
• Alexander Joseph "Alex" Montague Sr (61), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Bertha Wilhelmina van der Wel (82), Wijk aan Zee, Wijk aan Zee en Duin, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Annichje Bos (53), Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1925 » İlhan Selçuk, Turkish lawyer, journalist, and author († 2010)
• 1925 » Margaret Oakley Dayhoff, American biochemist and academic († 1983)
• 1926 » Ralph Abernathy, American minister and activist († 1990)
• 1927 » Col Geelan, Australian rugby league player and coach († 1996)
• 1927 » Freda Meissner-Blau, Austrian activist and politician († 2015)
• 1927 » Joachim Fuchsberger, German actor and television host († 2014)
• 1927 » Josep Maria Subirachs, Spanish sculptor and painter († 2014)
• 1927 » Robert Mosbacher, American sailor, businessman, and politician, 25th United States Secretary of Commerce († 2010)
• 1928 » Albert Salmi, American actor († 1990)
• 1929 » Timothy Carey, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter († 1994)

• 1907 » Jean Casimir-Perier, French lawyer and politician, 6th President of France (b. 1847)
• 1908 » Benjamin Waugh, American minister and activist (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Edmondo De Amicis, Italian journalist and author (b. 1846)
• 1915 » Thomas Alexander Browne, English-Australian author (b. 1826)
• 1920 » Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1927 » Xenophon Stratigos, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister of Transport (b. 1869)
• 1931 » F. W. Murnau, German-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1888)
• 1937 » Joseph S. Cullinan, American businessman, co-founded Texaco (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (b. 1891)
• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)

• 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 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
• 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 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
• September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
• October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.

The temperature on March 11, 1927 was between -1.1 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.