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• Dieuwke Riemke Reinstra, Ee, Oostdongeradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2020)
• Adriaan van Bergen († 2017)
• Adrie Verschoor, Culemborg (GL) († 2024)
• James Weldon Renaud, Missouri († 2019)
• Hendrik Beentjes, Beverwijk († 1984)
• Gerardus Nicolaas Adrianus de Nijs, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1998)
• Overboom, Margaretha Hendrika, Amsterdam († 2023)
• Hendrik Beentjes, Beverwijk († 1984)
• Dallas Gary SMITH, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1963)
• catharina helena maria geraets, venlo

• Ângelo Mário Marchesoni (74), Porto Feliz, São Paulo, Brasil
• Ariaantje van der Plas (93), Katwijk aan Zee
• Albertus Meerbeek (80), Zeist,Gemeente Zeist,Utrecht,Nederland
• Albertus Achterberg (78), Renswoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelia Vermaas- (83), Zierikzee, Nederland
• Adriana Meerman (78), Breskens, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Aart Smink (19), Ermelo
• Aaltje Vos (69), Baflo
• Aaltje Vos (69), Baflo, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriaantje Stouten (66), Bruinisse, Nederland

• 1937 » Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer († 2007)
• 1937 » Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor
• 1939 » Edward Patten, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1939 » Nikola Pilić, Yugoslav tennis player and coach
• 1939 » William Least Heat-Moon, American travel writer and historian
• 1940 » Fernest Arceneaux, American singer and accordion player († 2008)
• 1940 » Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist († 1994)
• 1941 » Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer († 2011)
• 1941 » Harrison Page, American actor
• 1941 » János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer († 2014)

• 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)
• 1950 » Cesare Pavese, Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)

• 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.
• April 20 » Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday's celebrations in Germany
• May 14 » Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five.
• June 12 » Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor.
• September 9 » World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
• September 22 » World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland.
• November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.

The temperature on August 27, 1939 was between 11.9 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (73%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.