About the day » Saturday February 27, 1937Calender converter

• Bernadete Michels, Vargem do Cedro, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1942)
• Dirk Johan Schreurs, Markelo, Hof van Twente, Overijssel, Nederland († 1991)
• Arnold Daniel Miller, Waupun († 2012)
• Elisabeth Huberta van der Poel, Zoeterwoude (Rijndijk), Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Andrew Edward Nelson, Los Angeles Co., California, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Corrie van Ham, Hilvarenbeek,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2014)
• Jan Pieter Lubbers, Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2003)
• Alice Rose Statser, Cody, Cherry, Nebraska, Verenigde Staten († 1937)
• Arie van Rhijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1938)
• Haanstra, Rotterdam († 2006)

• Aaltje de VRIES (61)
• Alveria Evering Cooper (77), Warwick, Bermuda
• Antje Slotemaker (66), Alkmaar
• Aartje Hardeman (81), Zeist
• Arnoldus Jacobus Everardus van Steenderen (81), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Sytzes Andringa (68), Bergum
• Albertus Eduardus Vroome (62), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Anna Maria Messemer (78), Heeswijk
• Antonius van der Waarden (38), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ann Elizabeth Harden (69), McKinney, Collin, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1934 » Vincent Fourcade, French interior designer († 1992)
• 1935 » Mirella Freni, Italian soprano and actress († 2020)
• 1935 » Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator
• 1936 » Roger Mahony, American cardinal
• 1936 » Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach
• 1936 » Sonia Johnson, American feminist activist and author
• 1937 » Barbara Babcock, American actress
• 1938 » Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist († 2002)
• 1939 » Don McKinnon, English-New Zealand farmer and politician, 12th Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1939 » Peter Revson, American race car driver († 1974)

• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Pieter
8. Petrus
9. Adrianus
10. Jacobus
11. Wilhelmus
12. Jacob
13. Gerardus
14. Hendrikus
15. Antonius
16. Franciscus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Hendrika
10. Catharina
11. Jacoba
12. Aaltje
13. Geertruida
14. Margaretha
15. Alida
16. Helena

• 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• April 30 » The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
• May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
• September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
• September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
• November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
• December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).

The temperature on February 27, 1937 was between 4.7 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.