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   Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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

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

Dec 17   US sub 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Dec 21   On this day in history michael Carreras, film director   

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

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

Dec 26   On this day in history alan King, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me)   

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

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

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

Dec 27   In the year 1927 stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled   

Dec 28   Anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK) in the year 1927.   

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) in the year 1927.   

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

Dec 30   In the year 1927 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   On this day in history dieter Noll, writer   

Dec 31   Ponsford scores 336 against SA, giving him 1146 for month in the year 1927.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1927 birth of barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown)   

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

Jan 01   Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belg/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86   

Jan 21   Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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