About the day » Wednesday May 11, 1927Calender converter

• Coc Mesman, Haarlemmermeer
• Catharina Harms, Vlagtwedde († 1977)
• Alastair Ivor Gilbert Boyd († 2009)
• Antonie Jacob Provoost, Rotterdam († 1928)
• Asta Käthi Spier, Soerabaja
• Christiaan Maria Günther, Edam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• André WEGENER SLEESWIJK, Bijndje († 2018)
• Catharina Johanna de Reus, Didam, Gelderland, Nederland († 1927)
• Arnoldus Schoock, Malden (Heumen) († 2013)
• Cornelia van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)

• Bertha Johanna van der Pot (74)
• Adrianus van Roosmalen (51), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Aaltje Knippenberg (23), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aagje van Vliet (69), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Breunis Beekhof (72), Amerongen
• Adrianus Scheers (80), Nijmegen
• Antje van Leeuwen (72), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Johannes van de Loo (4), Oirschot
• Antonia Maria Helmer (31), Enschede {OV}
• Aukje Geitenbeek (76)

• 1921 » Hildegard Hamm-Brücher, German politician († 2016)
• 1921 » Robin Barbour, Scottish minister and author († 2014)
• 1924 » Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1925 » Edward J. King, American football player and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts († 2006)
• 1927 » Bernard Fox, British actor († 2016)
• 1927 » Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar († 2007)
• 1930 » Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1930 » Stanley Elkin, American novelist, short story writer, and essayist († 1995)
• 1932 » Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer
• 1933 » Louis Farrakhan, American religious leader

• 1908 » Charles Kingston, Australian politician, 20th Premier of South Australia (b. 1850)
• 1916 » Karl Schwarzschild, German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873)
• 1918 » George Elmslie, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1920 » James Colosimo, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1878)
• 1920 » William Dean Howells, American novelist, literary critic, and playwright (b. 1837)
• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)

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 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
• March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
• May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
• June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
• September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
• December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

The temperature on May 11, 1927 was between 1.0 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.