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

Aug 17   On this day in history 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 in the year 1927.  

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

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

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

Aug 21   4th Pan-African Congress meets (NYC) on this day in history.  

Aug 21   On this day in history 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.) on this day in history.  

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

Aug 23   Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, executed in Mass on this day in history.  

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

Aug 25   Althea Gibson, Silver SC, 1st black tennis champion in a major event on this day in history.  

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

Aug 27   Parks College, America's oldest aviation school, opens on this day in history.  

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

Aug 30   On this day in history 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) in the year 1927.  

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

Sep 02   Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers in the year 1927.  

Sep 04   Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour in the year 1927.  

Sep 05   In the year 1927 paul Volcker, Federal Reserve chairman  

Sep 05   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1927 birth of barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown)  

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

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)  

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

Jan 01   Vernon L. Smith, American economist, winner was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 in the year 1927.  

Jan 27   Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army died in the year 1927.  

Jan 30   Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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