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• Andrea Maria Theresia Ludovica Cornelia Eduarda DE WITT, Niel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 2019)
• Arendje Hupse, Kampen († 1987)
• Arnold Richard Mac Gillavry, Soerabaja, Nederlands-Indië († 2018)
• "Michel" Loïc Rémy de Penfentenyo de Kervéréguin († 2018)
• Antonetta Justina Wilhelmina Kamp, Boekel
• Agnes Arnolda Steenbergen, Rotterdam († 2009)
• Anna Margaretha Mugge, Leiden († 2007)
• Bondina Dorenbos, Leeuwarden († 2007)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Goverde, Zevenbergen († 1994)
• Andreas Johannes van Ziel, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)

• Anna Maria Josepha Dieudonnée van Robien (66)
• Annie Jane Seale (78), Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Anna Catharina Zoomers (70), 's-Gravenhage
• Andries Wijzenbeek (55), Den Haag, Z-holl,NL
• Aaltje Maat (72), Weststellingwerf
• Antoni Hubertus de Vaan (65), Vlijmen
• Anne Marie Octavie Léonie Joséphine de la HAYE (38)
• Anna Catharina Verhoeven (55), Duiven
• Anna Romijn (87), DE WERKEN EN SLEEUWIJK (Altena), Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Schravesande (74), Heeg Friesland Nederland

• 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)

• 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.
• January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
• May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
• May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
• May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.

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.