About the day » Tuesday April 12, 1927Calender converter

• Cornelia Veldkamp, Hattem, Nederland († 2001)
• Adriana Elizabeth Pronk, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2012)
• Bram Cevaal († 2015)
• Arend Haveman, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 2025)
• Anthonie Ruggenberg († 2012)
• coenrardus (coen) joosten, helden-egchel († 1997)
• Arie van der Plas, Katwijk († 2014)
• Antje Abell, Soerabaija, Java, Ned. Indie († 2009)
• Cornelis Pruis, Leeuwarden († 1927)
• Coen Joosten, Egchel († 1997)

• Berend van Blanken (1), Elim
• Antonia van der Meijden (0), Gameren
• Antonius Deijkers (60), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Catharina Huting (78), Bemmel, GEL, Nederland
• (59), Ferwerd
• Anna van Leeuwen, Sassenheim
• Catharina Hutings (78), Bemmel
• Andreas Hammerstein (78), Rhöndorf am Rhein, Rhein-Sieg, Duitsland
• Anna Adriana Huberta Sprang, van (74), 's Hertogenbosch
• Adriana van der Werf (73), Waspik, Gemeente Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1925 » Evelyn Berezin, American computer scientist and engineer († 2018)
• 1925 » Ned Miller, American country music singer and songwriter († 2016)
• 1925 » Oliver Postgate, English animator, puppeteer, and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1926 » Jane Withers, American actress
• 1927 » Alvin Sargent, two-time Academy-Award-winning American screenwriter († 2019)
• 1927 » Thomas Hemsley, English baritone († 2013)
• 1928 » Hardy Krüger, German actor
• 1928 » Jean-François Paillard, French conductor († 2013)
• 1929 » Elspet Gray, Scottish actress († 2013)
• 1929 » Mukhran Machavariani, Georgian poet and educator († 2010)

• 1898 » Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian cardinal (b. 1820)
• 1902 » Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist and academic (b. 1842)
• 1906 » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and philanthropist (b. 1836)
• 1912 » Clara Barton, American nurse and humanitarian, founded the American Red Cross (b. 1821)
• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)

• 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 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
• January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
• July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
• August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
• August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.

The temperature on April 12, 1927 was between 2.5 °C and 9.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.