Historical Events In 1927

Aug 12   "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens in the year 1927.  

Aug 13   James Curwood, US journalist/writer (Valley of Silent Men), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Aug 13   In the year 1927 the birth of Fidel Castro, Cuban leader  

Aug 14   On this day in history frank Cvitanovich, film maker  

Aug 16   On this day in history 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (NY Yankee Babe Ruth)  

Aug 17   Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds) in the year 1927.  

Aug 17   On this day in history horace Alderman, US, murderer, hanged  

Aug 18   In the year 1927 rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady (1977-1981), Jimmy's lust  

Aug 19   James T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986) on this day in history.  

Aug 19   Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet state in the year 1927.  

Aug 20   In the year 1927 geriatric1927, English video blogger  

Aug 21   4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC) in the year 1927.  

Aug 21   In the year 1927 wilhelm Jr Killmayer, composer  

Aug 22   Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers on this day in history.  

Aug 23   On this day in history anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Boston for murdering two men during a 1920 robbery. (They were posthumously exhonerated in 1977.)  

Aug 23   Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator in the year 1927.  

Aug 23   On this day in history nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass  

Aug 24   Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist on this day in history.  

Aug 25   On this day in history althea Gibson, Silver SC, 1st black tennis champion in a major event  

Aug 26   Francois Leydet, sierra club (Last Redwoods) on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens in the year 1927.  

Aug 29   Marion Williams, US gospel singers (Stars of Faith) on this day in history.  

Aug 30   In the year 1927 41st US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64)  

Aug 30   On this day in history geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards)  

Sep 01   Tommy Evans, rocker (Drifters) on this day in history.  

Sep 02   In the year 1927 francis Matthews, British actor (On the Bowery, Paul Temple)  

Sep 02   In the year 1927 rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers  

Sep 04   In the year 1927 aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut  

Sep 04   Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour on this day in history.  

Sep 05   Paul Volcker, Federal Reserve chairman in the year 1927.  

Sep 05   In the year 1927 red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings  

Sep 06   In the year 1927 b G DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in NYC  

Sep 07   In the year 1927 philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF  

Sep 09   Elvin Jones, rocker on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of juliusz Luciuk, composer  

Jan 01   In the year 1927 birth of yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer  

Jan 01   Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998) was born in the year 1927.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)  

Jan 01   In the year 1927 birth of maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of pat Heywood, Scottish actress  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of vernon L. Smith, American economist, winner  

Jan 03   Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856) died on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71 in the year 1927.  

Jan 17   On this day in history death of juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860)  

Jan 19   Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belg/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86 in the year 1927.  

Jan 21   In the year 1927 floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65  

Jan 27   Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army died on this day in history.  

Jan 30   On this day in history friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64  

Feb 04   Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.