About the day » Wednesday December 27, 1939Calender converter

• Gerald (Gus) Vernet Keegstra Jr, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1963)
• Charles Lydie Henri De Somere, Gent († 2003)
• Alida Pieternella van der ELST, 's-Gravenhage († 1999)
• Levenloos geboren kindje Schneider, Limmen († 1939)
• Anna Maria Antonia Knoben, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1997)
• Johannes Wilhelmus van Gulick, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1939)
• Andrew Henry Parker Bowles Major († 1994)
• Engelbertus A.J. Zwinkels († 2009)
• Berend van der Weide († 2008)
• Doodgeboren de Boer, Urk († 1939)

• van Hasselt (66)
• Adrianus Johannes Kleemans (32), Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Jonker (59), Kerkwerve
• Andries Hoogmoed (69), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alida Pieternella Clazina Haket (72), Delfgauw
• Barbara Persoon (84), Rijswijk, Nederland
• Benjamin Brigham Spackman (85), Bancroft, Bannock, Idaho, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Barbara Heuts (44), Hoensbroek
• Antonia Augusta de Assis (82), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Bastiaantje van ECK (49), Herkingen

• 1936 » Eve Uusmees, Estonian swimmer and coach
• 1936 » Phil Sharpe, English cricketer († 2014)
• 1939 » John Amos, American actor
• 1940 » David Shepherd, English cricketer and umpire († 2009)
• 1941 » Mike Pinder, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1941 » Miles Aiken, American basketball player and coach
• 1941 » Nolan Richardson, American basketball player and coach
• 1942 » Byron Browne, American baseball player
• 1942 » Ron Rothstein, American basketball player and coach
• 1942 » Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston († 2014)

• 1936 » Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (b. 1873)
• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)

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

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

• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
• March 14 » Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.
• April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• November 17 » Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
• November 26 » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.

The temperature on December 27, 1939 was between -3.9 °C and 2.9 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.