About the day » Monday August 15, 1927Calender converter

• Catharina Riteco, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Anna Catharina van Maarschalkerwaart, Amsterdam († 1927)
• Ana Geertruida Gans († 2001)
• Bernardus Gerhardus Johannes te Luke, Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Nederland († 1930)
• Betsie Leida van Til, Doetinchem († 2019)
• Antje (Annie) Bruining, Kollum
• Aukje Doekles Dijkstra, Heidenschap, Hemelumer Oldeferd, Friesland, Nederland († 2011)
• Bob van Nooijen, Padang Sumatra,Indonesia († 1991)
• Annie Bruining, Kollum († 2022)
• Arjaan Bokx, de, Wolphaartsdijk, Zeeland, Nederland († 2008)

• Adriana Buijzen (65), Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Theresia Veldhuis (1), Volthe, Overijssel, Netherlands
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• Antje Pieters Brandsma (82), Twijzel, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Batje (Betsey) Zandbergen (67), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Barend Willem Zijfers (66), Hilversum
• Aart Schrijvers (31), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Buelah Mae THOMPSON (0), Boone County, West Virginia, United States of America
• Anna Catharina Vandenbergh (89), Vliermaal
• Betsey Sandbergen (67), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1925 » Mike Connors, American actor and producer († 2017)
• 1926 » John Silber, American philosopher and academic († 2012)
• 1926 » Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer († 1969)
• 1926 » Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece († 2016)
• 1926 » Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
• 1927 » Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer († 2011)
• 1927 » Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
• 1928 » Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic († 2013)
• 1928 » Malcolm Glazer, American businessman († 2014)
• 1928 » Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer († 2018)

• 1909 » Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
• 1917 » Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
• 1925 » Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
• 1928 » Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
• 1935 » Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
• 1935 » Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1936 » Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)

• 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.
• March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
• December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
• December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
• December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

The temperature on August 15, 1927 was between 13.4 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 21.8 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.