About the day » Wednesday August 3, 1927Calender converter

• , durnal († 1993)
• Arij van Eijk, Schiedam († 1974)
• Antonia Hendrika Catharina (Tonnie) Pannekoek, Apeldoorn († 2006)
• Dirk Leendert Buitenhuis, Rotterdam, 3000, Nederland († 2011)
• Adrianus BROOS, Fijnaart, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)
• Didier KERVYN de MARCKE ten DRIESSCHE, Gent, 44021, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique († 2022)
• Anna Cornelia (Anny) van Bragt, Oosterhout († 2015)
• Cornelis Adrianus van den Bosch, Haaren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1986)
• Dirk Spaans, Scheveningen († 2017)
• Annetje Krijnen van der Spijk, Rijnsburg († 1984)

• Catharina Antonia de Kok (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Baukje Wytzes Reitsma (52), Bergum
• Cornelis KRUIJK (67), Wateringen,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• * Levenloos kind Politiek (0), Wons, Gem. Wonseradeel, Friesland, NL
• Christina Maria Joseph Verkuijlen (72), Oerle gemeente Veldhoven
• Cornelia Belloni (44), Salatiga, Java, Ned. Indie
• Berber Karstes Molenaar (71), Workum (FRL)
• Albertus Snijder (63), Hollandscheveld (Hoogeveen)
• Antje Roels de Haan (81), Kollum, Kollumerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Albertus Jansz Snijder (63), Hoogeveen, dr.nld

• 1924 » Connie Converse, American musician and singer-songwriter
• 1924 » Leon Uris, American soldier and author († 2003)
• 1925 » Lewis Rowland, American neurologist († 2017)
• 1925 » Marv Levy, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager
• 1926 » Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author († 2004)
• 1926 » Gordon Scott, American actor († 2007)
• 1926 » Rona Anderson, Scottish-English actress († 2013)
• 1926 » Tony Bennett, American singer and actor
• 1928 » Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2010)
• 1928 » Henning Moritzen, Danish actor († 2012)

• 1913 » William Lyne, Australian politician, 13th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1844)
• 1916 » Roger Casement, Irish poet and activist (b. 1864)
• 1917 » Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (b. 1849)
• 1920 » Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1883)
• 1922 » Ture Malmgren, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1851)
• 1924 » Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (b. 1857)
• 1925 » William Bruce, Australian cricketer (b. 1864)
• 1929 » Emile Berliner, German-American inventor and businessman, invented the phonograph (b. 1851)
• 1929 » Thorstein Veblen, American economist and sociologist (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1873)

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.
• March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
• 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.
• July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
• 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 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.

The temperature on August 3, 1927 was between 7.1 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.