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• Augustinus Ludovicus Carolina melis, Grobbendonk († 2013)
• Catharina Francina Johanna Manders, Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2009)
• Cornelia Maria Joanna Patings, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1969)
• Elizabeth Aalbrecht, Monster, Nederland († 2008)
• Agnes Lucretia Sterneberg, Bloemendaal († 2004)
• Dorothy Ann Johnson, Colfax (Whitman County) (Washington) († 2021)
• Abraham van Ploeg, ROTTERDAM, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Dirk Luijendijk, Bleiswijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2004)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Goeijenbier, Naaldwijk († 1999)
• Eldon A. Butler († 2018)

• Annichje Doldersum (65), Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Maria FICKERS (62), MALMEDY, Liège, Belgique
• Antje Veldman (54), Nieuwe Niedorp, Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Geurts (74), Groesbeek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Bloot (89), Soest
• Bauke Bernardus Huging (14), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Aafje Watses (69), Heerhugowaard
• Arend van Oosten (68), Leeuwte (Vollenhove, ambt)
• Arend van Oosten (68), Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonius Cornelius Johannes Cruijssen (1), Tilburg

• 1924 » Rauf Denktaş, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus († 2012)
• 1926 » Fritz Spiegl, Austrian flute player and journalist († 2003)
• 1926 » Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress († 2004)
• 1928 » Hans Modrow, Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of East Germany
• 1928 » Michael Craig, Indian-English actor and screenwriter
• 1929 » Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright († 1984)
• 1929 » Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian-Swiss businessman
• 1930 » Bobby "Blue" Bland, American blues singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1931 » Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter († 2001)
• 1931 » Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson, English lieutenant and businessman

• 1901 » Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (b. 1813)
• 1910 » Thomas Crapper, English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
• 1919 » Endre Ady, Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)

• 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 7.6 million citizens.
• January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
• March 21 » Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
• April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
• May 3 » The Jinan incident begins with the deaths of twelve Japanese civilians by Chinese forces in Jinan, China, which leads to Japanese retaliation and the deaths of over 2,000 Chinese civilians in the following days.
• September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
• October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.

The temperature on January 27, 1928 was between -0.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.