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• Johanna Hendrika Frederika Spil, Rotterdam
• Hendrika Toren, Almelo († 1982)
• EvelYn Louise Keeling, Verenigde Statn († 1938)
• Ingeborg Constance Hornsveld, Soest, Utrecht, Nederland († 1999)
• Hendrik Wolter Kloosterman, Suameer († 1984)
• Antonius Leonardus (Ton) KUIKEN (KUYKEN), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Coendert de Mare, Rijnsburg († 2007)
• Antonius Leonardus Kuiken, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2000)
• Doodgeboren zoon Kivits, Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1938)
• doodgeboren kind Poot, Naaldwijk († 1938)

• Antje Veenstra (50), Surhuisterveen, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Barbara van Helderen (72), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anneke Werkman (64), Delft,Zuid-Holland,Nederland
• Aaltje Matthijssen (65), Papenvoort
• Aaltje Matthijssen (65), Papenvoort
• (Stillborn) VAN DEN BERG (0), Twijzelerheide (Achtkarspelen) Friesland Netherlands
• Aeilderdina van der Baan (0), Delfzijl
• Abram P. Brill (84), Oostburg, Wisconsin
• Antonio Benedito de Castro Mendes (83), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Bastiaan Dingeman Visser (87), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1935 » Daniel Charles, French musicologist and philosopher († 2008)
• 1935 » Les Blank, American director and producer († 2013)
• 1935 » Willie Pastrano, American boxer († 1997)
• 1937 » Gail Sheehy, American journalist and author
• 1938 » Apolo Nsibambi, Ugandan academic and politician, Prime Minister of Uganda († 2019)
• 1938 » John Ashworth, English biologist and academic
• 1939 » Dave Giusti, American baseball player and manager
• 1939 » Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo († 2001)
• 1940 » Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter († 1973)
• 1941 » Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager

• 1921 » Douglas Cameron, Canadian contractor and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1854)
• 1921 » Mary Grant Roberts, Australian zoo owner (b. 1841)
• 1931 » Lya De Putti, Slovak-American actress (b. 1899)
• 1934 » Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)
• 1936 » Basil Zaharoff, Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (b. 1916)
• 1944 » Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1955 » Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (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 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.
• February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
• March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
• July 3 » World speed record for a steam locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 125.88 miles per hour (202.58km/h).
• July 17 » Douglas Corrigan takes off from Brooklyn to fly the "wrong way" to Ireland and becomes known as "Wrong Way" Corrigan.
• November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
• December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

The temperature on November 27, 1938 was between -0.1 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.