About the day » Friday September 23, 1927Calender converter

• Anna Beijering († 1993)
• Aaltje Ekstein, Hoogeveen,Gemeente Hoogeveen,Drente († 1942)
• Betsie Joosten († 2011)
• Albert Ward Todd ****, Britton, Lenawee, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Catharina Albertina Sanou, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2011)
• Catharina Lemstra († 1995)
• David Emmerik, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1943)
• Anne Jan AUKES, Amsterdam(Noord Holland) († 1984)
• Cornelis Brakenhoff, Arnhem († 1997)
• Aleida Katgert, Zwolle,Zwolle,Overijssel,Nederland († 2017)

• Anna Elisabeth Clement (39), Velp,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria Regina Kockx (36), Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaan Lodewijk Anton Ernst van Bülow (71), Lugano, Zwitserl
• Arentje Hendrika Baars (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoinette, Hubertine, Josephine Sollet (36), Maastricht,Limburg,Netherlands
• Anna Weeling (77), Amsterdam
• Constantinus Torfs (0), Berlaar
• Adriana Antonia de Bakker (18), Oudenbosch
• Catharina Ganzeveld (56), Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Netherlands
• Aafke van Veenen (80), Vries(D)

• 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)

• 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 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
• January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
• 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 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.
• August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
• September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.

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.