About the day » Monday May 16, 1927Calender converter

• Cornelis van der Werf, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1936)
• Cornelis Hendrikus Severein, Deventer († 2002)
• Cornelia Maria Nouws, Bavel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1984)
• Bonnie Jean Larkins, Biggsville, Henderson County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Berend Jacob te Velde, Nieuw-Buinen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1989)
• Cornelis van Helden, nieuw-beijerland (zuid holland) († 1993)
• Cornelis Verduijn, Ter Aar († 2008)
• Agatha Petronella Henneman, Heemskerk († 2022)
• Alouise Camphuisen, Djember-Oost Java († 2011)
• Bertha Johanna Ehmen, Grundy County, Iowa († 2007)

• Antje Reitsma (57), Zwolle (Overijssel)
• Antonius van Kempen (85), Boxtel, Nederland
• Abram Moesker (63), Smilde
• Antje Reitsma (57)
• Adriaantje Kortlever (85), Leerbroek
• Antje (kind) Ballast (0), Noord Eschmarke
• Cardelina dos Santos (37), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Catharina Adelheid Wilhelmine Viereck (59), Bad Doberan, Allemagne
• Ariaantje Speksnijder (81), Oudekerk aan de IJssel
• Antonius van Kempen (85), Boxtel

• 1924 » Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia († 2019)
• 1925 » Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer († 2013)
• 1925 » Nancy Roman, American astronomer († 2018)
• 1925 » Ola Vincent, Nigerian banker and economist († 2012)
• 1928 » Billy Martin, American baseball player and coach († 1989)
• 1929 » Adrienne Rich, American poet, essayist, and feminist († 2012)
• 1929 » Betty Carter, American singer-songwriter († 1998)
• 1929 » Claude Morin, Canadian academic and politician
• 1929 » John Conyers, American lawyer and politician († 2019)
• 1930 » Friedrich Gulda, Austrian pianist and composer († 2000)

• 1910 » Henri-Edmond Cross, French Neo-Impressionist painter (b. 1856)
• 1913 » Louis Perrier, Swiss architect and politician (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Levi P. Morton, American politician, 22nd United States Vice President (b. 1824)
• 1926 » Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (b. 1861)
• 1936 » Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co designed The Golden Gate Bridge (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (b. 1865)
• 1944 » George Ade, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1946 » Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)

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.
• February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
• May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
• 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.
• July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
• August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
• September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.

The temperature on May 16, 1927 was between 8.1 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.