Historical Events In 1927

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

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 in the year 1927.  

Dec 17   Richard Long, Chic Ill, actor (Prof-Nanny & the Professor) on this day in history.  

Dec 17   US sub 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard in the year 1927.  

Dec 18   Ramsey Clark, US attorney General (1967-69) on this day in history.  

Dec 20   On this day in history jim Simpson, sportscaster  

Dec 21   In the year 1927 jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies  

Dec 21   Michael Carreras, film director in the year 1927.  

Dec 24   On this day in history test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 & took 5-36 v S Af  

Dec 25   Sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Dec 26   In the year 1927 alan King, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me)  

Dec 27   On this day in history "Show Boat" opens at the Ziegfeld Theater (New York NY)  

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

Dec 27   In the year 1927 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.  

Dec 27   In the year 1927 jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in NYC  

Dec 27   In the year 1927 leon Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party  

Dec 27   On this day in history stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled  

Dec 28   On this day in history anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK)  

Dec 28   In the year 1927 george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC  

Dec 29   On this day in history jim Simpson, Wash DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)  

Dec 30   In the year 1927 bernard Barrow, NYC, actor (Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving)  

Dec 30   Japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long) in the year 1927.  

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

Dec 31   On this day in history dieter Noll, writer  

Dec 31   On this day in history ponsford scores 336 against SA, giving him 1146 for month  

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Jan 01   Barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1927 birth of juliusz Luciuk, composer  

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

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

Jan 01   In the year 1927 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   In the year 1927 birth of pat Heywood, Scottish actress  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1927 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   Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860) died in the year 1927.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1927.  

Feb 04   On this day in history thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74