About the day » Sunday August 28, 1927Calender converter

• Douwe Roede, Groningen († 2006)
• Ali Wit, Broek op Langedijk († 2023)
• Bertha Burgess, Altonah, Duchesne County, Utah, United States of America († 2009)
• Dirk Nicolaas Bergshoeff († 2003)
• Grootenboer († 1927)
• Anna Gilberte BANTWELL, Algérie († 2017)
• Charles Virginie Joseph Antonie Franck, Sint-Truiden, België († 1996)
• Gladdines, Steenbergen († 2016)
• Frans Leon, Dendermonde, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 2003)
• Berendina Maria Pronk, Scheveningen († 1990)

• Alfred RAGLUS (74), Eagle Hawk, Victoria, Australia
• Carra Vrooman (63)
• Grootenboer (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Johanna Spits (58), Dordrecht
• Balthazar Josephus van de Berg (55), Heel en Panheel, Maasgouw
• Christina Hendrika de WAAL (64), Bloemendaal
• (63), Schiedam
• Antoon Jean Ruttens (88), Maaseik (B)
• Aart Seekles (6), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie de Jong (61), Hilversum

• 1924 » Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet († 2004)
• 1924 » Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer († 2004)
• 1924 » Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer († 2010)
• 1925 » Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2011)
• 1925 » Donald O'Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer († 2003)
• 1925 » Philip Purser, English author and critic
• 1928 » F. William Free, American businessman († 2003)
• 1928 » Vilayat Khan, Indian sitar player and composer († 2004)
• 1929 » István Kertész, Hungarian conductor († 1973)
• 1929 » Roxie Roker, American actress († 1995)

• 1891 » Robert Caldwell, English missionary and linguist (b. 1814)
• 1900 » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (b. 1838)
• 1903 » Frederick Law Olmsted, American journalist and architect, co-designed Central Park (b. 1822)
• 1919 » Adolf Schmal, Austrian fencer and cyclist (b. 1872)
• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)

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.
• May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
• June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
• July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
• September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.

The temperature on August 28, 1927 was between 10.0 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.