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• Dick ADEMA, Teebroek,,Netherlands († 1967)
• Adriana Maria Lamberta Geurts, Schaijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1928)
• Anna Maria van Gils, Made en Drimmelen († 2006)
• Betty Louise Staub, Reading, Adams, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Cornelis"Cees" de Vogel († 2010)
• Beverly Lavonne Walvatne, South Dakota († 2006)
• Cornelia Mavis Kooiman, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Aafje Everdina Wulff, Rotterdam († 2020)
• Charles Paul Lopas, Newton, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1983)
• Cornelis van Leeuwen, Voorhout, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1927)

• Catharina Maria Hubertina van Hommerich (44), Heer
• Anna Cornelia Goossens (65), Dongen
• Arie Joris van Holst (58), Rotterdam
• Aam Ariensz Schaap (88), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aam Schaap (88), Petten, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• (75), Voorschoten, Nederland
• Aalbert Bouwman (72), Brielle
• Willem Johannes Zijlmans (79), Raamsdonkveer
• AUGUSTE HAUSMAN (76), POULSEUR
• Aabert Bouwman (72), Brielle

• 1925 » Chuck Bednarik, American lieutenant and football player († 2015)
• 1925 » Sardar Fazlul Karim, Bangladeshi philosopher, scholar, and academic († 2014)
• 1925 » Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut († 2013)
• 1926 » Peter Lax, Hungarian-American mathematician and academic
• 1927 » Albert Zafy, Malagasy politician, 3rd President of Madagascar († 2017)
• 1927 » Bernard Vukas, Yugoslav-Croatian footballer († 1983)
• 1927 » Gary Bertini, Israeli conductor and composer († 2005)
• 1927 » Laura Betti, Italian actress († 2004)
• 1928 » Delfim Netto, Brazilian economist
• 1928 » Sonny James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)

• 1899 » Ludwig Büchner, German physiologist and physician (b. 1824)
• 1904 » Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (b. 1841)
• 1913 » John Barclay Armstrong, American lieutenant (b. 1850)
• 1920 » Princess Margaret of Connaught (b. 1882)
• 1935 » Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (b. 1889)
• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)

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 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• 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.
• July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
• October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
• November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

The temperature on May 1, 1927 was between 0.3 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.