About the day » Tuesday August 2, 1927Calender converter

• "Franz Joseph" Hugo Ernst Maria von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg († 2014)
• Anna Catharina de Waal, Bladel († 2015)
• Adriana de JONG, Scheveningen, gemeente 's-Gravenhage (Z-H) († 2011)
• Adriana de Jong, Nederland († 2011)
• Cornelia Maria DEKKERS, Wateringen (NL) († 2008)
• Albrecht Jozef Kamiel Buffel, Gistel,8470,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2005)
• Alberta Meier, Stieltjeskanaal, Dalen († 1929)
• Arlene Elizabeth Spoth, Swormville, Erie, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Adriana Maria (Jaenette) Lorwa, Rotterdam († 1998)
• Annie Filarski, amsterdam († 2009)

• Albertus Joannes Craamer (90), 's-Hertogenbosch, NL
• Ankje Lindeman (2), Vlagtwedde
• Beckwith Burton (52)
• Cornelis Luttik
• Aafje Jacobdr Sluijs (82), Bovenkarspel, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Zegveld (61), Amersfoort
• Aafje Jacobsdr Sluis (82), Bovenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Schram (70), Wieringen
• Aaltje Schram (70), Wieringen
• Catharina van ANDEL (57), Haarlem

• 1925 » John Dexter, English director and producer († 1990)
• 1925 » John McCormack, Canadian ice hockey player († 2017)
• 1925 » Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentinian general and politician, 43rd President of Argentina († 2013)
• 1925 » K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic († 2004)
• 1927 » Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic († 2018)
• 1928 » Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer († 1990)
• 1929 » David Waddington, Baron Waddington, English lawyer and politician, Governor of Bermuda († 2017)
• 1929 » John Gale, English director and producer
• 1929 » Roy Crimmins, English trombonist and composer († 2014)
• 1929 » Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs († 2013)

• 1913 » Ferenc Pfaff, Hungarian architect and academic, designed Zagreb Central Station (b. 1851)
• 1915 » John Downer, Australian politician, 16th Premier of South Australia (b. 1843)
• 1917 » Jaan Mahlapuu, Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)
• 1921 » Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
• 1922 » Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (b. 1847)
• 1923 » Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)

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 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
• March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
• June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
• September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
• December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.

The temperature on August 2, 1927 was between 9.3 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.