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• christina van turnhout, waspik († 1994)
• Benjamin Marie Klaassen, Hamborn, Duitsland († 2006)
• Cecil Albert Sharpe, Walla Walla, Washington, VS († 1999)
• Lautenbach, Sexbierum
• Aaldert Jan Aalderts Strijker, Hoogeveen († 1927)
• Alice LaVonne Lynch, Clinton, De Witt County, Illinois († 1973)
• Berthilia Maria Martha LANTMEETERS, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 2009)
• Cornelia Geertruida Spierenburg, Zoeterwoude († 1998)
• Albertus Pieter Mazurel, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Connie Caroline Davis, East St. Louis, St. Clair County, Illinois († 2001)

• Aneke Versloot (63), Haarlem, Nederland
• Anna Maria Henrietta van PELT (71), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Nolten (0), Terheijden
• Anna Maria Leenaars (53), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Johanna BERGMAN (86), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie Mchallum (72), Dumfries-shire, Scotland
• Antje Cornelisdr Roobeek (81), Limmen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Roobeek (81), Limmen
• Alberdina Hazewinkel, Laren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alberta Maria Van Maanen (11), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1924 » Nina Foch, Dutch-American actress († 2008)
• 1925 » Elena Verdugo, American actress († 2017)
• 1925 » Ernie Stautner, German-American football player and coach († 2006)
• 1927 » Bud Cullen, Canadian judge and politician, 1st Canadian Minister of Employment and Immigration († 2005)
• 1927 » K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1927 » Phil Hill, American race car driver († 2008)
• 1928 » Johnny Gavin, Irish international footballer († 2007)
• 1928 » Robert Byrne, American chess player and author († 2013)
• 1929 » Bobby Hollander, American film director, actor, and magazine publisher († 2002)
• 1929 » Harry Agganis, American baseball and football player († 1955)

• 1912 » Bram Stoker, Anglo-Irish novelist and critic, created Count Dracula (b. 1847)
• 1918 » Karl Ferdinand Braun, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1927 » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter and educator (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Prince Henry of Prussia (b. 1862)
• 1931 » Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Giuseppe Peano, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1858)
• 1935 » John Cameron, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1872)
• 1935 » Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English fashion designer (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)

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.
• January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
• April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
• May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.

The temperature on April 20, 1927 was between 5.9 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.