Historical Events In 1927

Aug 12   "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens on this day in history.  

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

Aug 13   The birth of Fidel Castro, Cuban leader on this day in history.  

Aug 14   Frank Cvitanovich, film maker on this day in history.  

Aug 16   In the year 1927 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (NY Yankee Babe Ruth)  

Aug 17   In the year 1927 bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds)  

Aug 17   Horace Alderman, US, murderer, hanged in the year 1927.  

Aug 18   Rosalynn Smith Carter, Georgia, 1st lady (1977-1981), Jimmy's lust on this day in history.  

Aug 19   On this day in history james T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986)  

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   On this day in history 4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC)  

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   Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Boston for murdering two men during a 1920 robbery. (They were posthumously exhonerated in 1977.) in the year 1927.  

Aug 23   On this day in history dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator  

Aug 23   In the year 1927 nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass  

Aug 24   Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist in the year 1927.  

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   In the year 1927 parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens  

Aug 29   Marion Williams, US gospel singers (Stars of Faith) in the year 1927.  

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

Aug 30   In the year 1927 geoffrey Beene, Louisiana, dress designer (8 Coty Awards)  

Sep 01   Tommy Evans, rocker (Drifters) in the year 1927.  

Sep 02   On this day in history francis Matthews, British actor (On the Bowery, Paul Temple)  

Sep 02   On this day in history rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers  

Sep 04   On this day in history aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut  

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

Sep 05   On this day in history paul Volcker, Federal Reserve chairman  

Sep 05   On this day in history red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings  

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

Sep 07   Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF on this day in history.  

Sep 09   In the year 1927 elvin Jones, rocker  

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Jan 01   Barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown) was born in the year 1927.  

Jan 01   Juliusz Luciuk, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001) was born in the year 1927.  

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

Jan 01   Pat Heywood, Scottish actress was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1927.  

Jan 09   On this day in history houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71  

Jan 17   In the year 1927 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1927.  

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

Feb 04   Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1927.