About the day » Friday September 23, 1927Calender converter

• Albert Ward Todd ****, Britton, Lenawee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Antoon Hoens, Eindhoven,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1989)
• Anne Jan AUKES, Amsterdam(Noord Holland) († 1984)
• Albert Romkes, Urk († 2005)
• Donald Bernard Doud, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1985)
• Albert Romkes († 2005)
• Clara Wilhelmina Schrijvers, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1982)
• David Emmerik, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anna Beijering († 1993)
• Aaltje Ekstein, Hoogeveen,Gemeente Hoogeveen,Drente († 1942)

• Cornelis Dirk BUIJS (56), Dinther, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adelheid Wilhelmina Sanders (2), Rotterdam
• Anna Weeling (77), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Joosten (77), Zaandam
• Constantinus Torfs (0), Berlaar
• Abram Bergey ALDERFER (86), PENNSYLVANIA
• Anthonius Steegers (33), 's-Gravenhage
• Arie Smit (49), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Clayton Lewis Droog (4), Hull, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Elisabeth Clement (39), Velp

• 1923 » Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist († 2016)
• 1924 » Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher († 1978)
• 1925 » Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar († 2006)
• 1926 » André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch († 2013)
• 1926 » John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer († 1967)
• 1928 » Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer († 2011)
• 1928 » Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor († 1995)
• 1930 » Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor († 1987)
• 1930 » Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor († 2004)
• 1930 » Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter († 1996)

• 1900 » William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
• 1913 » Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
• 1917 » Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)

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.
• May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
• May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
• June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
• July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
• October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
• 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 September 23, 1927 was between 10.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.