About the day » Wednesday May 27, 1942Calender converter

• Gerd Bohmfalk († 1968)
• Keith William Sundberg, Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States of America († 2019)
• Valerie Anne Whiffen, Dartford, Kent, England († 1992)
• François Brugmans († 2018)
• Ton Wischmann († 2004)
• Terry GRIFFIN († 2017)
• Tanneke, Janny, Buijze († 2017)
• Paulus Maria Joseph (Paul) Gockel, Hilversum, NH, Nederland († 2020)
• Nancy Ann Cheney BA PhD, Palo Alto, San Mateo, CA († 2015)
• Schreuder († 1992)

• Christina Bavelaar (67), Leiden
• Adriana ROELANDS (74), Zundert,Noord-Brabant,NEDERLAND
• Catharina Philomena THIJSEN (77), Tongeren, 3700, Limburg, België
• Charles Henry Brown (83), Bensenville, DuPage, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antonius Franciscus Stephanus van Leeuwen (80), Amsterdam
• Anna Hopferwieser (74), Wien Kritzendorf
• Carolus Antonius Sens (85), Nijmegen
• Antonius Marinus Keetels, Waalwijk
• Albert Smedinga (36), Noordbergum, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• BIAS(Tobias) ARNOLD WELLS (102), Lindale, Smith, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1940 » Mike Gibson, Australian journalist and sportscaster († 2015)
• 1942 » Lee Baca, American police officer
• 1942 » Piers Courage, English racing driver († 1970)
• 1942 » Robin Widdows, English racing driver
• 1942 » Roger Freeman, Baron Freeman, English accountant and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1943 » Bruce Weitz, American actor
• 1943 » Cilla Black, English singer and actress († 2015)
• 1944 » Alain Souchon, French singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1944 » Chris Dodd, American lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Ingrid Roscoe, English historian and politician, Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire

• 1933 » Achille Paroche, French target shooter (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Joseph Roth, Austrian-French journalist and author (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1941 » Günther Lütjens, German admiral (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
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.
• February 19 » World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
• June 7 » World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska.
• June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
• October 29 » The Holocaust: In the United Kingdom, leading clergymen and political figures hold a public meeting to register outrage over Nazi Germany's persecution of Jews.
• December 6 » World War II in villages Stary Ciepielów and Rekówka German Genarmerie massacred 31 Poles for helping the Jews. Also, two Jewish refugees were murdered.
• December 7 » World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.

The temperature on May 27, 1942 was between 9.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.