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• "Gillonne" Thérèse Josèphe Huchet de Quénétain, Paris († 1992)
• Cornelis Pas, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1972)
• Cornelis Petrus Maria Johannes van den BONGAARDT, Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1997)
• Arthur Henry Rose, Wimborne, Dorset, England (UK) († 1986)
• Daniel Willem Otto Alexander Grosheide († 1991)
• Anna Paulientje Dethmers, Toornwerd (gem. Eemsdelta) († 2019)
• Doodgeboren kind van Beijnen, Boxmeer († 1927)
• Christiaan Theodorusz Brouns, Schiedam († 1933)
• Aaltje Assies, Norg, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1980)
• Amy Jean Floyd, Arkansas, United States († 1974)

• Alida Antje Meijer (63), Amsterdam
• Bonne Elisabeth barones Royer (80), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL
• Anna Maria Hubertina Jambroers (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Johannes van Opstal (0), Gilze en Rijen
• Bonne Elisabeth Roijer (80), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Antje Annes Feenstra (55), Warga
• Antje Piebes Sikma (68), Nieuwehorne, gem. Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Troost (71), Ooltgensplaat
• Alke Nijdam (49), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alke Nijdam (49), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1925 » Malcolm X, American minister and activist († 1965)
• 1925 » Pol Pot, Cambodian general and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Cambodia († 1998)
• 1926 » Edward Parkes, English engineer and academic († 2019)
• 1926 » Peter Zadek, German director and screenwriter († 2009)
• 1927 » Serge Lang, French-American mathematician, author and academic († 2005)
• 1928 » Colin Chapman, English engineer and businessman, founded Lotus Cars († 1982)
• 1928 » Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1928 » Gil McDougald, American baseball player and coach († 2010)
• 1928 » Thomas Kennedy, English air marshal († 2013)
• 1929 » Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer († 2013)

• 1907 » Benjamin Baker, English engineer, designed the Forth Bridge (b. 1840)
• 1912 » Bolesław Prus, Polish journalist and author (b. 1847)
• 1915 » John Simpson Kirkpatrick, English-Australian soldier (b. 1892)
• 1918 » Gervais Raoul Lufbery, French-American soldier and pilot (b. 1885)
• 1935 » T. E. Lawrence, British colonel and archaeologist (b. 1888)
• 1936 » Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)

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 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
• April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
• May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
• July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
• July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
• December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.

The temperature on May 19, 1927 was between 2.4 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.