About the day » Monday August 22, 1927Calender converter

• Cornelis Heikamp, Ede, Nederland († 2000)
• Clazina Johanna(Ina) OVERWEEL, Werkendam, Noord Brabant, Netherlands († 1989)
• André Simon Hoffman, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1949)
• Bernardus Huigen, Haarlemmermeer († 1927)
• Augusta Goos, Tessenderlo († 1965)
• Donald Bappe, fortasse, somewhere in IA († 2005)
• Albert Gerard Voorspuij († 1994)
• Albert Leon Ward († 1927)
• Cornelis Jacobus van Loon, Ossendrecht († 2000)
• Denise, Lucienne BURGHARD, Paris 20, Ile-de-France, France († 1930)

• Adriana van Dorst (76), Roosendaal
• Ada JAS (58), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
• Antonius Johannes Teunissen (12), Nijmegen
• Arrien Pietens (17), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Blanche Marie Joséphine Amélie Valcke (60), Ieper
• Albarta Geertruida Sanders (45), Apeldoorn
• Allegonda Maria Broers (66), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Thacker (78), Snohomish, Snohomish, Washington
• Ada Jas (58), hendrik-ido-ambacht (zuid holland)
• Charlotte Rose (69), Chapelton, Clarendon, Jamaica

• 1922 » Roberto Aizenberg, Argentine painter and sculptor († 1996)
• 1924 » Harishankar Parsai, Indian writer, satirist and humorist († 1995)
• 1924 » James Kirkwood, Jr., American playwright and author († 1989)
• 1925 » Honor Blackman, English actress and republican († 2020)
• 1926 » Bob Flanigan, American pop singer († 2011)
• 1928 » Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer and academic († 2007)
• 1928 » Tinga Seisay, Sierra Leonean academic and diplomat (d.2015)
• 1929 » Ulrich Wegener, German police officer and general († 2017)
• 1929 » Valery Alekseyev, Russian anthropologist and author († 1991)
• 1930 » Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer († 2013)

• 1909 » Henry Radcliffe Crocker, English dermatologist and author (b. 1846)
• 1914 » Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi, Italian bishop and academic (b. 1859)
• 1918 » Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist and academic (b. 1868)
• 1920 » Anders Zorn, Swedish artist (b. 1860)
• 1922 » Michael Collins, Irish rebel, counter-intelligence and military tactician, and politician; 2nd Irish Minister of Finance (b. 1890)
• 1926 » Charles William Eliot, American academic (b. 1834)
• 1933 » Alexandros Kontoulis, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1858)
• 1940 » Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland, Maltese lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)

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 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
• May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
• July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
• August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
• November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

The temperature on August 22, 1927 was between 13.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.