About the day » Tuesday August 9, 1927Calender converter

• Arnold L Eilderts, Parkersburg, Butler County, Iowa († 2009)
• Fieny Stroek, Weert, Nederland († 1982)
• Dirkje Dam, Hijum (FRL) († 2018)
• Alida van Ginkel († 1999)
• Desiré August (André) Baeten, Kermt († 1979)
• Alexander Gordon Cumming, Kadoma, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe († 1982)
• Evelyn Ruth Taylor, Kennesaw, Cobb Cnty, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Cornelia Johanna Maria Antonia Aarts, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Franciscus Johannes van der Plas, Amsterdam († 1929)
• Dillingh, Franeker

• Arend Hartman (71), De Wijk
• Anna Theresia VERLEYE (81), Aartrijke
• Aart Versloot (1), Utrecht
• Aletta Magendans (72), Arnhem
• Adam Paulus (Poulus) (74), 's-Gravenhage Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Pfaff (76), Soerabaja
• Anne Oedses Bos (74), Surhuisterveen, Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Andries Buitelaar (81), Den Haag
• Aletta Maagdendans (72), Arnhem (GL)
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Velthoven (7), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1924 » Frank Martínez, American soldier and painter († 2013)
• 1924 » Mathews Mar Barnabas, Indian metropolitan († 2012)
• 1925 » David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, developed Huffman coding († 1999)
• 1926 » Denis Atkinson, Barbadian cricketer († 2001)
• 1927 » Daniel Keyes, American short story writer and novelist († 2014)
• 1927 » Robert Shaw, English actor and screenwriter († 1978)
• 1928 » Bob Cousy, American basketball player and coach
• 1928 » Camilla Wicks, American violinist and educator
• 1928 » Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress († 2010)
• 1929 » Abdi İpekçi, Turkish journalist and activist († 1979)

• 1910 » Huo Yuanjia, Chinese martial artist, co-founded the Chin Woo Athletic Association (b. 1868)
• 1919 » Ruggero Leoncavallo, Italian composer and educator (b. 1857)
• 1920 » Samuel Griffith, Welsh-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Queensland (b. 1845)
• 1932 » John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (b. 1863)
• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)

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 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
• February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
• May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
• June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
• September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
• December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.

The temperature on August 9, 1927 was between 12.8 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.