About the day » Friday August 27, 1971Calender converter

• Cornelis Fokker, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Eric James Luchtenburg († 1977)
• Tamera Jean, Le Mars, Plymouth County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Janelle Karen GREGORY, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 2019)
• Cornelis Fokker, Ede, Gemeente Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)

• Dirk van Buijtene (88), Pijnacker, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Alice Busain (69), Antwerpen,, Antwerpen, Belgique
• Albert Coenen (52), Sint-Niklaas (B), België
• Bruce Allen Potgeter (18), Allendale, Ottawa, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Gertruda Leichtfuss (72), Kakert, Landgraaf, Limburg, Nederland
• Danual Lutellus Jr. Bogart (73), Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A
• Alida de Groot (69), Utrecht
• Cornelia Moens (91), Middelburg
• Albert Hoogeveen (86), Nieuw-Dordrecht, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Moerenhout (62), Bergen op Zoom

• 1970 » Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1970 » Jim Thome, American baseball player and manager
• 1970 » Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer († 2008)
• 1970 » Mark Ilott, English cricketer
• 1970 » Tony Kanal, British-American bass player. songwriter, and record producer
• 1971 » Aygül Özkan, German lawyer and politician
• 1971 » Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1971 » Hisayuki Okawa, Japanese runner
• 1971 » Kyung Lah, South Korean-American journalist
• 1972 » Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player

• 1964 » Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)
• 1967 » Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (b. 1934)
• 1968 » Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906)
• 1969 » Erika Mann, German actress and author (b. 1905)
• 1969 » Ivy Compton-Burnett, English author (b. 1884)
• 1971 » Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Haile Selassie, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892)
• 1978 » Gordon Matta-Clark, American painter and illustrator (b. 1943)

• 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
• January 25 » Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.
• February 8 » The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
• August 15 » Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• September 13 » Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
• October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
• December 4 » The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.

The temperature on August 27, 1971 was between 11.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.