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 in the year 1927.  

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

Aug 14   Frank Cvitanovich, film maker in the year 1927.  

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

Aug 17   On this day in history bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds)  

Aug 17   Horace Alderman, US, murderer, hanged on this day in history.  

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

Aug 19   James T Broyhill, (Sen-R-NC, 1986) in the year 1927.  

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

Aug 20   Geriatric1927, English video blogger in the year 1927.  

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

Aug 21   Wilhelm Jr Killmayer, composer on this day in history.  

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

Aug 23   In the year 1927 anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Boston for murdering two men during a 1920 robbery. (They were posthumously exhonerated in 1977.)  

Aug 23   In the year 1927 dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator  

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

Aug 24   On this day in history roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist  

Aug 25   Althea Gibson, Silver SC, 1st black tennis champion in a major event in the year 1927.  

Aug 26   In the year 1927 francois Leydet, sierra club (Last Redwoods)  

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   41st US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64) on this day in history.  

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   Francis Matthews, British actor (On the Bowery, Paul Temple) in the year 1927.  

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

Sep 04   Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut in the year 1927.  

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   Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings on this day in history.  

Sep 06   On this day in history b G DeSylva/Lew Brown's musical "Good News," premieres in NYC  

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

Sep 09   On this day in history 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 in the year 1927.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)  

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

Jan 01   Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007) was born in the year 1927.  

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

Jan 01   Vernon L. Smith, American economist, winner was born in the year 1927.  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856)  

Jan 09   In the year 1927 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   Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 30   In the year 1927 friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64  

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