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• Adriana Sloof, Kamerik († 2017)
• * Heiltje Jantje van 't Hart, Kedichem († 2011)
• Arendje Hupse, Kampen († 1987)
• Catharina Arnolda Echtermeijer, Enschede († 2003)
• Cornelia Elisabeth Ooijen, Zevenbergen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Adriana Sloof, Kamerik († 2017)
• Adriana Jacoba Johanna Cliteur, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adéle Jeanne Henriette Wartena, Nieuw-Dordrecht, Emmen († 2024)
• Bernardina Alida Geertruida Lampe, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2013)
• Anna Margaretha Mugge, Leiden († 2007)

• Aafje Wijdenes (73), Opperdoes, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Maat (72), Weststellingwerf
• Anna Maria Josepha Dieudonnée van Robien (66)
• Annie Jane Seale (78), Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Adriaan van Bloois (66), Rotterdam
• Antoni Hubertus de Vaan (65), Vlijmen
• Anna Schravesande (74), Heeg Friesland Nederland
• Adrianus Alblas (62), Breukelen St.Pieters
• Anna Catharina Verhoeven (55), Duiven
• Albertus Johannes Jansen (47), Gorssel

• 1923 » Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1923 » Sumner Redstone, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1924 » Jaime Lusinchi, Venezuelan physician and politician, President of Venezuela († 2014)
• 1924 » John Sumner, English-Australian director, founded the Melbourne Theatre Company († 2013)
• 1925 » Tony Hillerman, American journalist and author († 2008)
• 1927 » Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist († 1996)
• 1928 » Thea Musgrave, Scottish-American composer and educator
• 1930 » Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer and educator († 2010)
• 1930 » John Barth, American novelist and short story writer
• 1930 » William S. Sessions, American civil servant and judge, 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

• 1910 » Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
• 1918 » Ōzutsu Man'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 18th Yokozuna (b. 1869)
• 1919 » Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Indian author and activist (b. 1848)
• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)

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.
• January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
• February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
• July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

The temperature on May 27, 1927 was between 2.7 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.