Page 16: Historical Events In 1927

Dec 16   On this day in history g Randall P D Garrett, US, sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too)!)   

Dec 16   On this day in history hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88   

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

Dec 17   Richard Long, Chic Ill, actor (Prof-Nanny & the Professor) in the year 1927.   

Dec 17   On this day in history uS sub 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard   

Dec 18   In the year 1927 ramsey Clark, US attorney General (1967-69)   

Dec 20   Jim Simpson, sportscaster on this day in history.   

Dec 21   On this day in history jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies   

Dec 21   Michael Carreras, film director on this day in history.   

Dec 24   Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 & took 5-36 v S Af in the year 1927.   

Dec 25   Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66 in the year 1927.   

Dec 26   Alan King, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me) in the year 1927.   

Dec 27   In the year 1927 "Show Boat" opens at the Ziegfeld Theater (New York NY)   

Dec 27   On this day in history antony Gardner, British politician   

Dec 27   In London England, the Daily Mail publishes the world's first wire photo, the invention of Winnipeg born engineer William Stephenson, later know as Intrepid, head of British security in North America during World War II on this day in history.   

Dec 27   Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Dec 27   Leon Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party on this day in history.   

Dec 27   Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled on this day in history.   

Dec 28   In the year 1927 anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK)   

Dec 28   On this day in history george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC   

Dec 29   Jim Simpson, Wash DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball) on this day in history.   

Dec 30   Bernard Barrow, NYC, actor (Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving) on this day in history.   

Dec 30   Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) on this day in history.   

Dec 30   Japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long) on this day in history.   

Dec 31   Dieter Noll, writer on this day in history.   

Dec 31   Ponsford scores 336 against SA, giving him 1146 for month 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1927.   

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

Jan 17   Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860) died on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 27   In the year 1927 death of georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army   

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

Feb 04   In the year 1927 thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74