Page 15: Historical Events In 1927

Nov 22   Carl Eliason of Sayner, Wisconsin, was granted the inaugural patent ever given for a snowmobile design on this day   

Nov 22   Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player   

Nov 23   S Przybyszewski, writer, dies   

Nov 26   15th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Hamilton Tigers, 9-6.   

Nov 26   Jean-Louis Pisuisse, Dutch performer (governess), assassinated at 47.   

Nov 26   John Carter, Center Ridge Ark, actor (Max-Falcon Crest)   

Nov 28   Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies   

Nov 28   J McHugh and D Fields' musical "Delmar's Revels," premieres in NYC   

Nov 29   George Giffen, cricketer (251 FC games, 11758 runs, 1023 wkts), dies.   

Nov 29   Rubert Crosse, NYC, actor (Det Robinson-The Partners).   

Dec 02   1st Model A Fords sold, for $385.   

Dec 02   Henry Ford unveils the inaugural Model A automobile, successor to the Model T, in New York City's Waldorf Hotel.   

Dec 03   Isabelle Harriet Lucas, actress/singer (Outland, Comics)   

Dec 04   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 2nd Symphony, premieres in Moscow   

Dec 04   Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem.   

Dec 05   Rama IX, [Bhumibol Adulyadej], Mass, king of Thailand (1946- ).   

Dec 06   Jacques Bondon, composer.   

Dec 07   Vlastimir Pericic, composer.   

Dec 08   Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10).   

Dec 09   Pierre Henry, composer   

Dec 10   Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN   

Dec 10   Grand Ole Opry makes its inaugural radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN   

Dec 11   Stein Eriksen, Norway, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1952).   

Dec 12   Heinrich Reitsch, composer, dies at 67.   

Dec 14   Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain   

Dec 14   Jacobus G Rietkerk, Dutch internal minister (VVD) (1982-86).   

Dec 15   Ed Hickman kidnaps child he later beheads   

Dec 16   Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia.   

Dec 16   G Randall P D Garrett, US, sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too)!)   

Dec 16   Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88   

Dec 17   Bradman scores 118 on 1st-class cricket debut, 188 mins 8 fours.   

Dec 17   Richard Long, Chic Ill, actor (Prof-Nanny and the Professor).   

Dec 17   US sub 'S-4' sinks after collision results in the deaths of all 34 aboard.   

Dec 18   Ramsey Clark, US attorney General (1967-69)   

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

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   In the year 1927 birth of doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)   

Jan 01   Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Pat Heywood, Scottish actress was born in the year 1927.   

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

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 in the year 1927.   

Jan 21   On this day in history floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65   

Jan 27   On this day in history death of georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army   

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.