Page 16: Historical Events In 1927

Dec 16   In the year 1927 g Randall P D Garrett, US, sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too)!)   

Dec 16   In the year 1927 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) on this day in history.   

Dec 17   In the year 1927 uS sub 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard   

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

Dec 20   Jim Simpson, sportscaster in the year 1927.   

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

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

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

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   "Show Boat" opens at the Ziegfeld Theater (New York NY) in the year 1927.   

Dec 27   Antony Gardner, British politician on this day in history.   

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

Dec 27   On this day in history leon Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party   

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   George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Dec 29   Jim Simpson, Wash DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball) in the year 1927.   

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

Dec 30   On this day in history japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

Dec 30   On this day in history japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

Dec 31   In the year 1927 dieter Noll, writer   

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

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of juliusz Luciuk, composer   

Jan 01   In the year 1927 birth of yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer   

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

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   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   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   In the year 1927 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   On this day in history friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64   

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