About the day » Thursday August 11, 1927Calender converter

• Betty Jean O'Brien, Wisconsin († 1997)
• Albert Visscher, Grootegast, Gr, The Netherlands († 1998)
• Anwyn Adah Mary Jane du Toit, Ceres, Western Cape, South Africa († 1975)
• Alida Martina Looije, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 1960)
• Charles William** IVES, Brownwood, Brown, Texas, États-Unis († 1970)
• Albert VERMAEREN, Onkerzele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 1979)
• Ariena Sijgje Manté, Rotterdam († 1931)
• August Justus († 1991)
• Cornelia Anna van der Weele, Yerseke († 2011)
• Aartje van der REE DOOLAARD († 2017)

• Catharina Johanna van Gameren (74), Beesd, Geldermalsen
• Annie Green (76), Katanning, Western Australia, Australia
• Cornelis GUDDENS (70), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries Oedekerk (55), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Philtjens (45), Alken, België
• Antonia Maria van KESSEL (44), Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelis Pool (71), Midwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Henry Rode (69), Evansville, Vandenburgh County, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Dieuwertje Smit (80), Broek in Waterland
• Antonia Maria van Kessel (44), Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1922 » John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1923 » Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor († 2015)
• 1925 » Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer
• 1925 » Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager († 2006)
• 1926 » Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate († 2018)
• 1927 » Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor († 2019)
• 1927 » Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer († 2007)
• 1932 » Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
• 1932 » Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
• 1932 » Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest († 2003)

• 1903 » Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
• 1908 » Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
• 1919 » Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 » Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
• 1936 » Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)

• 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.
• April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
• May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
• 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.
• May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.

The temperature on August 11, 1927 was between 12.4 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.