About the day » Wednesday November 27, 1940Calender converter

• Adriana Knulst, St. Maartensdijk
• Henry Durl Spence, Tremont, Itawamba Co., Mississippi († 1940)
• Klaske Elzinga († 1940)
• Adriana Driebergen, Rijnsburg († 1943)
• Ida Cornelia Petronella Jeucken, Maasbree († 1940)
• Gilbert Cousaert, Ronse, België († 1975)
• Klaske Elzinga († 1940)
• petronella johanna margaretha roeven, maasbree
• dg Goedhart, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1940)
• van Berkel, Tilburg († 1940)

• Cornelia Ooteman (69), Grootebroek
• Catharina Wijffelaars (55), Eindhoven
• ""JOANNES"" FRANCISCUS 2 VAN BRANDE (51), SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Christoffel van Westerhenen (88), Rhenen
• Andries VEENSTRA (68), Groningen
• Beatrix Antonia Verstappen (0), Horst
• Jacob Hoevenberg (82), Almelo
• Anthonia Johanna de Graaff (71), Haarlem
• van Berkel (0), Tilburg
• Cornelis Anthonie Hoebeke (23), Soerabaja (Java), Indonesia

• 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
• 1941 » Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1998)
• 1941 » Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist
• 1942 » Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter († 2015)
• 1942 » Marilyn Hacker, American poet and critic

• 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)
• 1958 » Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (b. 1892)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Geertruida
12. Jacoba
13. Annie
14. Margaretha
15. Marie
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 August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
• February 29 » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
• February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
• April 23 » The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
• September 12 » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
• November 11 » World War II: The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail from the Automedon, and sends it to Japan.
• November 27 » World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

The temperature on November 27, 1940 was between 0.7 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.