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• Antonia Vogelpoel, Zoelmond (Beusichem) (Buren) (GL) († 2004)
• A.C. (Ad) VAN STRIEN, Udenhout (NL/NB) Lives Maastricht (NL/LI) († 2013)
• Cordie Lou Gaches, Stilwell, Adair County, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Cornelis Johannes Adrianus van Meel, Hooge en Lage Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1995)
• Adriana van Driel, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1980)
• Aukje Noordmans, Franeker († 2012)
• Dirk Haasbroek, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2005)
• Barbara Joan Nichols (Twin), South Arm, Tasmania, Australia († 1999)
• Bastiaan Van Der Wal, Dordrecht († 1944)
• Cornelis van Duijvenbode, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)

• Anne-Marie Gailly (1), Genval
• Catharina Anna Cecilia de Vries (38), Rotterdam
• Auke Gerrits van Balen (58), Arnhem,Gemeente Arnhem,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Auke Gerrits van Balen (58), Arnhem
• Berend Geerts Anninga (70), Oosterhesselen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Berend Anninga (70), Oosterhesselen,Drenthe,Niederlande,Oosterhesselerbrug
• Anthonia Cornelia van Blokland (78), Vianen
• anna mechtildis roodbeen (58), sevenum
• Aaltje Marigje Waltmann (0), Rotterdam
• Ada Allison (75), Harrogate, Yorkshire, England

• 1925 » Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer († 2014)
• 1925 » Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball player and referee († 2012)
• 1925 » Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer († 2014)
• 1926 » Charles Goodell, American lawyer and politician († 1987)
• 1926 » Jerry Lewis, American actor and comedian († 2017)
• 1927 » Daniel Patrick Moynihan, American sociologist and politician, 12th United States Ambassador to the United Nations († 2003)
• 1927 » Olga San Juan, American actress and dancer († 2009)
• 1927 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut († 1967)
• 1928 » Christa Ludwig, German soprano and actress
• 1928 » Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna († 2010)

• 1914 » Charles Albert Gobat, Swiss lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1914 » Gaston Calmette, French journalist (b. 1858)
• 1914 » John Murray, Scottish oceanographer, biologist, and limnologist (b. 1841)
• 1925 » August von Wassermann, German bacteriologist and hygienist (b. 1866)
• 1930 » Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1870)
• 1935 » Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian-Danish chess player (b. 1886)
• 1935 » John James Rickard Macleod, Scottish physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 1936 » Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (b. 1864)
• 1937 » Alexander von Staël-Holstein, Estonian orientalist and sinologist (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)

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 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
• April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
• 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 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
• August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
• September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.

The temperature on March 16, 1927 was between -2.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.