About the day » Monday August 27, 1928Calender converter

• Cecil Ken Wakefield, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• Annechien Bakker, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Albertje Mendel († 1993)
• Bareld Hoogsteen († 2005)
• Clarence Kooima, Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa († 2016)
• Abraham Koelewijn, Zaandam († 2003)
• Alberdina Roelina Leunge, Ruinerwold († 2023)
• Augustus MORTIER, Sint Jansteen (Zeeland) (NL) († 2010)
• Arnold Peeters Weem
• Bastiaan Wouter van Geest, 's-Gravenzande († 2013)

• Albert Stoefzand (75), Hollandscheveld, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anke Siebenga (78), Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonius Meeuwessen (63), Princenhage
• Annigjen Verbeek (88), Tiel
• Anna Caroline Sträuli (81)
• António Vasco de Melo Silva César e Meneses (51)
• Sedee, Delft
• Albert Jans Stoefzand (75), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus NOTENBOOM (47), Etten-Leur (N.Br. Nl)
• Agatha Johanna Theresia DREUNING (1), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• 1925 » Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Italian cardinal († 2017)
• 1925 » Nat Lofthouse, English footballer and manager († 2011)
• 1926 » George Brecht, American-German chemist and composer († 2008)
• 1926 » Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and academic († 2002)
• 1928 » Joan Kroc, American philanthropist († 2003)
• 1928 » Mangosuthu Buthelezi, South African politician, Chief Minister of KwaZulu
• 1928 » Péter Boross, Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th Prime Minister of Hungary
• 1929 » George Scott, Canadian-American wrestler and promoter († 2014)
• 1929 » Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter († 2007)
• 1930 » Gholamreza Takhti, Iranian wrestler and politician († 1968)

• 1909 » Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
• 1922 » Reşat Çiğiltepe, Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
• 1929 » Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
• 1931 » Francis Marion Smith, American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
• 1931 » Frank Harris, Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
• 1931 » Willem Hubert Nolens, Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
• 1935 » Childe Hassam, American painter and academic (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Georg von Boeselager, German soldier (b. 1915)
• 1945 » Hubert Pál Álgyay, Hungarian engineer, designed the Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
• 1948 » Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)

• 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.
• May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
• October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
• October 22 » Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity is founded at the University of Puerto Rico.
• October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
• November 1 » The Law on the Adoption and Implementation of the Turkish Alphabet, replaces the Arabic alphabet with the Latin alphabet.
• December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.

The temperature on August 27, 1928 was between 13.9 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.