About the day » Friday February 27, 1948Calender converter

• Marje Jentina Hendrika van Marle, Balkbrug († 2023)
• Gerritdina Alberta Schrijver, Raalte († 1948)
• Janet Katherine Burton, Pulaski County, Kentucky († 1948)
• Huibert Gerardus (Huub) Schmidt, Utrecht († 2010)
• Colette Maria Liduina (Letty) Kleipool, Amsterdam († 1998)
• Hendrik Jan Vos, Bussum († 2013)
• Jacob Dirk Spaanderman, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Ben Steenbergen († 2004)
• Janice Faye Boven, of Michigan, United States († 2006)
• Harold Floyd Palmer, Aberdeen, MS († 1971)

• Adriana Botermans (72), Leiderdorp
• Albert Kuijper (40), Terschelling
• Aaltje Grift (84), Nijkerk,,Netherland
• Baukje Bos (73), Hilversum
• Bastiaan Oosthoek (70), Ridderkerk
• Belia Jacoba Boshoven (56), Dordrecht
• Antonius Aloysius Hageman (15), Nederhorst den Berg
• Antonius Hendrikus van Loon (73), Arnhem
• Alvin Martin Wilkinson (83), Shickshinny, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
• Adrianus Antonius Dekkers, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1944 » Graeme Pollock, South African cricketer and coach
• 1944 » Ken Grimwood, American author († 2003)
• 1947 » Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
• 1947 » Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor
• 1950 » Annabel Goldie, Scottish lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
• 1951 » Carl A. Anderson, 13th Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
• 1951 » Lee Atwater, American journalist, activist and political strategist († 1991)
• 1951 » Steve Harley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Walter de Silva, Italian car designer

• 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)
• 1969 » Marius Barbeau, Canadian ethnographer and academic (b. 1883)

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

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

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
• July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
• August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
• September 4 » Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• September 9 » Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).
• September 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
• December 23 » Seven Japanese military and political leaders convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed by Allied occupation authorities at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan.

The temperature on February 27, 1948 was between -2.9 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.