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• Bauke Marie RHEMREV, Parakan (Kedoe, Indonesië) († 1945)
• Cornelia Lekkerkerker, Benschop († 2004)
• Bernadetta Barbara Clemencia Simone SEGERS, Dilbeek,1700,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE († 2014)
• Alie Melgert († 1969)
• Alida Heintje Dormits, 's-Gravenhage († 2021)
• Anna-Polixena von Mensdorff-Pouilly, Boskovice / Boskowitz, Tchéquie († 2015)
• Devona Osterloo, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 1975)
• Anna Polyxena Maria Aloysia Manfreda Johanna Julia Gregoria van Mensdorff-Pouilly, Boskovice (Boskowitz), Zuid-Moravië, Tsjechië († 2015)
• Cornelis Wouter Degenaars, Rotterdam, Nederland († 1995)
• Cornelia van Donk, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)

• Albert Birze (92), Peize, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Elisabeth van der Zwan (26), Scheveningen
• Anna Petronella Johanna van Heurn (76), Voorburg
• Arie Peters (56), Leiden
• Arij de Knijff (60), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Anna Kooistra (75), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alexander Hubertus TRINES (67), Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Bastiaan SCHALK (68), Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands)
• Alberdina Mastenbroek (25), Bussum
• Catharina van Collenburgh, Best

• 1924 » Anthony Caro, English sculptor and illustrator († 2013)
• 1924 » Georges Charpak, Ukrainian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate († 2010)
• 1924 » Sean McClory, Irish-American actor and director († 2003)
• 1925 » Warren Bennis, American scholar, author, and academic († 2014)
• 1926 » Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1927 » Ramon Revilla Sr., Filipino actor and politician († 2020)
• 1929 » Hebe Camargo, Brazilian actress and singer († 2012)
• 1930 » Bob Grim, American baseball player († 1996)
• 1930 » Douglas Hurd, English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
• 1931 » Neil Adcock, South African cricketer († 2013)

• 1917 » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin Company (b. 1838)
• 1923 » Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)
• 1923 » Krišjānis Barons, Latvian linguist and author (b. 1835)
• 1930 » Edward Terry Sanford, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, United States Assistant Attorney General (b. 1865)
• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)

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.
• May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
• May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
• August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
• September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
• October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.

The temperature on March 8, 1927 was between 4.1 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.