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• Arie Pieterse, Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2002)
• Aloysius Josephus Antonius van Sterkenburg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1997)
• Adrianus Johannes van der Veld († 2014)
• Adriaan Francois van Kleunen († 2002)
• Albert Visscher, Zwartsluis († 2010)
• Adrianus, Antonius Ijzermans, Steenbergen, North Brabant, Netherlands († 1996)
• Cornelia Theresia Poppelier, Oosterhout, Nederland († 2010)
• Anna Maria Kreszensia Geisterfer, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Barbara Philomina Kleuters, Schinveld, Nederland († 1928)
• Albertus van de Moosdijk, Heeswijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)

• "Siegmund Theodor" Friedrich von Berckheim (76), Weinheim, Allemagne
• Aron David Frank (71), Middelburg
• Albertus Bruggeman (0), Delft
• Alida Maria van Tienen (42), Voorschoten
• Arne Hanssen Eidesmo (17)
• Alida Johanna Hamer (90), Amsterdam
• Adriana Maria Boer de (68), Aengwirden, Fr, Nederland
• Antonetta de LAAT (69), Vught, 4366, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Maria de Boer (68), Aengwirden
• Antonetta de Laat (69), Vught

• 1925 » Arthur Imperatore Sr., Italian-American businessman from New Jersey
• 1925 » Marco Cé, Italian cardinal († 2014)
• 1926 » David Malet Armstrong, Australian philosopher and author († 2014)
• 1926 » Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and author († 2004)
• 1926 » John Dingell, American lieutenant and politician († 2019)
• 1926 » Martin Riesen, Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender
• 1927 » Bob Beckham, American country singer († 2013)
• 1927 » Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tibetan religious leader
• 1927 » Maurice Hayes, Irish educator and politician († 2017)
• 1928 » Balakh Sher Mazari, former Prime Minister of Pakistan

• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Moses Schorr, Polish rabbi, historian, and politician (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Algerian-French general (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Jean Moulin, French soldier (b. 1899)

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 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
• March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
• March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
• September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
• September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
• December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

The temperature on July 8, 1927 was between 15.1 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.