About the day » Sunday September 27, 1959Calender converter

• Barbara Gustaveson, Pomona, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America († 2020)
• Margretha Johanna van der Ploeg, Bergeijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Jacqueline van den Broeke, Utrecht († 2016)
• Elise D Clemons, Augusta, Georgia († 1960)
• jan verolme, sommelsdijk (goeree overflakkee)
• Marlys Ann Brunsting, Sioux Falls Minnehaha Sth Daakota, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Gary Arrowsmith, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom († 1990)
• Michael A De Benedetti, Joliet, Will County, Illinois, United States of America († 2014)
• Don Jay Simpson, Texas, United States of America († 2012)
• Johanna Hendrika Kimmels, Almelo

• Albert Mulder (56), Beilen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Anna Maria Cornelissen (37), Beverwijk
• Antoinetta Gerarda Christina Spijkers (71), Nijmegen
• Aleida Maria Spiekerman (83), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie ten Bokkel Huinink (73), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Martina van Maren (75), Utrecht
• Angèle Albertine BARBERY (57), Renaix,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• andries de JONG (60), rotterdam
• Clarence Delbert Haughey (50), Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
• Andries De Jong (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » Ray Hadley, Australian radio host and sportscaster
• 1956 » Steve Archibald, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1957 » Bill Athey, English cricketer, footballer, and coach
• 1957 » Peter Sellars, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1958 » Irvine Welsh, Scottish author and playwright
• 1958 » Shaun Cassidy, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1959 » Beth Heiden, American speed skater and cyclist
• 1960 » Jean-Marc Barr, German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 » Gavin Larsen, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
• 1963 » Marc Maron, American comedian, actor, and radio host

• 1944 » Aimee Semple McPherson, Canadian-American evangelist, founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Babe Didrikson Zaharias, American basketball player and golfer (b. 1911)
• 1956 » Gerald Finzi, English composer and educator (b. 1901)
• 1960 » Hilda Doolittle. American poet, novelist, and memoirist (b. 1886)
• 1960 » Sylvia Pankhurst, English activist (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Clara Bow, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1965 » William Stanier, English engineer, co-designed the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Felix Yusupov, Russian husband of Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia (b. 1887)
• 1972 » S. R. Ranganathan, Indian mathematician, librarian, and academic (b. 1892)
• 1974 » Silvio Frondizi, Argentinian lawyer and academic (b. 1907)

• 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
• July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
• July 24 » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
• July 27 » The Continental League is announced as baseball's "3rd major league" in the United States.
• October 2 » Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS. The first episode is “Where Is Everybody?”
• November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
• December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

The temperature on September 27, 1959 was between 5.8 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.