About the day » Friday February 27, 1942Calender converter

• Douwe Mathrinusz POELSTRA, Sijbekarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1942)
• Huub Lamers, Sint-Michielsgestel († 2023)
• Frans Hendrickx, Bavel,Noord Brabant,Nederland († 1985)
• Jan F.M. Speetjens, Spaubeek († 1996)
• Galan W Fenneman, Charles City, Iowa († 1992)
• * Pieter Willem (Piet) van Iperen († 2021)
• Gerard Cornelis de Ruiter, Beets (NL) († 1964)
• Adrianus Johannes Maria Brokx, Dongen († 2004)
• Bernardina Johanna Fokker, Bussum (Gooise Meren), Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1945)
• Frank Jacques Lauteslager, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2020)

• Aaltjen Peterkamp (50), Steenderen, Gelderland, NL
• Adriaan van Falier (81), Vlijmen
• Adriaan Vader (31), Javazee
• Aagje van der Horst (79), De Bilt
• Adrianus Ludovicus van Beeck (76), Leiden
• Adriaan Eijken (68), Zandvoort
• Alfonsus Nicolaas (Nico) Schrakamp (40), Java Zee (Noi)
• Alberdina Siemelink (69), Diepenveen
• Albert Adriaan Buijs (36), Jave Sea
• Adolf Emile van Colbier (34), a/b HM "Java"

• 1940 » Howard Hesseman, American actor
• 1940 » Pierre Duchesne, Canadian lawyer and politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 1941 » Paddy Ashdown, British captain and politician († 2018)
• 1942 » Charlayne Hunter-Gault, American journalist
• 1942 » Jimmy Burns, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1942 » Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, German footballer († 2011)
• 1942 » Robert H. Grubbs, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1943 » Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1943 » Mary Frann, American actress († 1998)
• 1943 » Morten Lauridsen, American composer and conductor

• 1921 » Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (b. 1906)
• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Orry-Kelly, Australian-American costume designer (b. 1897)
• 1968 » Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Wilhelmina
6. Elisabeth
7. Catharina
8. Hendrika
9. Adriana
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Geertruida
13. Aaltje
14. Margaretha
15. Grietje
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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
• January 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
• July 22 » Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins.
• September 27 » Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces.
• November 8 » World War II: French Resistance coup in Algiers, in which 400 civilian French patriots neutralize Vichyist XIXth Army Corps after 15 hours of fighting, and arrest several Vichyist generals, allowing the immediate success of Operation Torch in Algiers.
• November 26 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
• November 30 » World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.

The temperature on February 27, 1942 was between -8.7 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -3.3 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.