About the day » Saturday September 17, 1927Calender converter

• Anna Elisabeth Maria Hoenderdos, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1991)
• Dirk Vrolijk, Scheveningen († 2012)
• Tomeij, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aafke Huizinga, Middelstum († 1972)
• Anna (annie) de Boer († 2016)
• Bernard Buesink, Pernis († 1998)
• Edward George Kuipers, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, United States of America († 1941)
• Carmella Santarsiero, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Andreas Gerardus Diebels, Aijen, Limburg, Nederland († 1928)
• * Adrianus Nicolaas (Ad) Matthijsse, Oirschot († 2020)

• Allegonda Wilhelmina Möller (43), Wageningen
• Antonio da Cruz Ribeiro, Itabaiana, Paraiba, Brasil
• Johanna Van der Bijl (69), Sprang Capelle
• Allegonda Willemina Moller (43), Wageningen
• Aaltje Bult (3), Steenwijkerwold
• Armand Frederic Dessauvagie (68), Tjilatjap, Indonesië
• Arie Mout (74), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Quist (55), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NED
• Albertus Hermannus Polman (67), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Albertjje Mulder (47), Diever, Westerveld, Drenthe, The Netherlands

• 1925 » Dorothy Loudon, American actress and singer († 2003)
• 1926 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader († 1965)
• 1926 » Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1926 » Hovie Lister, American minister and pianist († 2001)
• 1926 » Jack McDuff, American singer and organist († 2001)
• 1926 » Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal († 2007)
• 1927 » George Blanda, American football player († 2010)
• 1928 » Park Honan, American author and academic († 2014)
• 1928 » Roddy McDowall, English-American actor († 1998)
• 1929 » Sil Austin, American saxophonist († 2001)

• 1908 » Henri Julien, Canadian cartoonist (b. 1852)
• 1909 » Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (b. 1838)
• 1911 » Edmonia Lewis, American sculptor (b. 1844)
• 1923 » Stefanos Dragoumis, Greek judge and politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1842)
• 1925 » Carl Eytel, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
• 1933 » Joseph De Piro, Maltese priest and missionary (b. 1877)
• 1936 » Ettie Annie Rout, New Zealand author and activist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Walter Dubislav, German logician and philosopher of science, Vienna circle member (b. 1895)
• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)

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.
• April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
• May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
• June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
• July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.

The temperature on September 17, 1927 was between 7.4 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.