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• Cornelius Christianus van Sande, Wouwse Plantage († 2003)
• Clara Mantel, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Marinus Mourik, Leerdam († 1994)
• Dré Reijnen, Echt, Netherlands († 2000)
• Leonardus Joannes Hendricus van Maris, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 1944)
• Klara Mantel, Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Kees van Sande († 2003)
• Adrie Inpijn († 2017)
• Marinus Mourik Mourik, Leerdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Elly Meijer, Den Helder († 2016)

• Anna Maria van Gerwen (75), Gouda
• Anke Bouwman, Groningen
• Antje Eelsing (66), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Adolph Hendrik Nijhoff (58), veenendaal
• Arend Boerdam (69), Zwolle
• Adrianus Johannes Driessen (2), Alphen
• Arie de Bruin (72), Gouda
• Anna Maria Verheggen (81), Venray
• Antje Eelsing (66), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Nederland
• der Meer (0), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 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
• 1945 » Bruce Cockburn, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Anna
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Jacoba
12. Margaretha
13. Helena
14. Geertruida
15. Grietje
16. Aaltje

• 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 9.1 million citizens.
• January 31 » World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
• February 20 » World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Island.
• June 7 » World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
• September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
• September 9 » World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
• November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

The temperature on May 27, 1944 was between 9.7 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.