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• Bouwina Postma, Lytsewierum († 2009)
• Cornelis (Cor) Coset, Kerkdriel († 2009)
• Aaltje ter Wisscha, Steenwijkerwold († 2006)
• Antonius Wilhelmus van den Heuvel, Beek en Donk († 2003)
• Bouwina Postma († 2009)
• Auke Ates Smit, Wommels, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2015)
• Adrianus Vermeer, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1933)
• Adriaan Clement, Wissenkerke († 1986)
• Cornelis, Utrecht
• Betty Winsome JAGO, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia († 2003)

• Auke Jans Bonsma (67), Oosterlittens (FRL)
• Dirk Veldhuis (80), Schoorl, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Klok (61), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida van de Velde (76), Apeldoorn
• Anne Cornelis Gerrit Alexander AHRENS (0), Jakarta, Indonesia
• Betty Jane Haynes (2)
• Daniel Canaan Bardowell (12), Grange Hill, Westmoreland, Jamaica
• Arnoldus Alphonsus van Egeraat (0), Vlissingen
• Derkien Brouwer (81), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Reijnier Bernardus Kuipers (18), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1923 » Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore († 2005)
• 1926 » Betsy Jolas, French composer
• 1926 » Jeri Southern, American jazz singer and pianist († 1991)
• 1927 » John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge († 2013)
• 1929 » Don Matheson, American soldier, police officer, and actor († 2014)
• 1930 » Damita Jo DeBlanc, American comedian, actress, and singer († 1998)
• 1930 » Michal Kováč, Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia (d.2016)
• 1930 » Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut († 2012)
• 1930 » Richie Ginther, American race car driver († 1989)
• 1931 » Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach († 2014)

• 1911 » Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
• 1916 » George Butterworth, British composer, killed at the Battle of the Somme (b. 1885)
• 1921 » Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
• 1929 » Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
• 1933 » Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
• 1935 » David Townsend, American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
• 1939 » Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
• 1946 » Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
• 1948 » Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)

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.
• February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
• March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
• April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
• April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
• June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
• November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.

The temperature on August 5, 1927 was between 13.4 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.