About the day » Tuesday June 27, 1939Calender converter

• Freddy Petrus Jan De bruyn, Weert († 1942)
• Gerritdina (Dine) BOODE, Nieuw Heeten († 1997)
• Gerard Welmerink († 2021)
• Alfons Wilhelm beckers, viersen (duitsland) († 1990)
• Aaltje Broekema, Valthe († 2021)
• Alida Jacobs, Alken, België († 2023)
• Dingena Linders, Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1941)
• Anna Huijgens, Oisterwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2007)
• Ane Jouke Tamsma, Leeuwarden († 2003)
• Bart Schellekens, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2014)

• Adolph Bernardus op de Woerd (42), Zwolle
• Ariaantje Konijn (84), Zwaag, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arnoldus Turlingen, Grubbenvorst
• Grilis (0), Boxtel (NB, NLD)
• Anna Runde (38), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adolph Bernardus Op de Woert (42), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adriana Konijn (84), Zwaag
• Adrianus van der Helm (74), Leidschendam
• Adriana van Dongen (77), Gilze en Rijen
• Antje Hofland (59), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1937 » Joseph P. Allen, American physicist and astronaut
• 1937 » Kirkpatrick Sale, American author and scholar
• 1937 » Otto Herrigel, Namibian lawyer and politician († 2013)
• 1938 » Bruce Babbitt, American lawyer and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1938 » David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead, Scottish lieutenant and judge
• 1938 » Konrad Kujau, German illustrator († 2000)
• 1939 » Neil Hawke, Australian cricketer and footballer († 2000)
• 1939 » R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter († 1994)
• 1940 » Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1941 » Bill Baxley, American lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama

• 1919 » Peter Sturholdt, American boxer (b. 1885)
• 1920 » Adolphe-Basile Routhier, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1839)
• 1934 » Francesco Buhagiar, Maltese politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Eugene Augustin Lauste, French-American inventor (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Milan Hodža, Czech journalist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Wanda Gág, American author and illustrator (b. 1893)
• 1949 » Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Milada Horáková, Czech politician, victim of judicial murder (b. 1901)
• 1952 » Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Hermann Buhl, Austrian soldier and mountaineer (b. 1924)

• 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.
• July 28 » The Sutton Hoo helmet is discovered.
• August 27 » First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft.
• September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
• September 6 » World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
• October 15 » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.

The temperature on June 27, 1939 was between 3.7 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.