Page 16: Historical Events In 1927

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

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 in the year 1927.   

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   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   In the year 1927 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   Antony Gardner, British politician on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1927.   

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

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 in the year 1927.   

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

Dec 30   Bernard Barrow, NYC, actor (Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving) in the year 1927.   

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) in the year 1927.   

Dec 31   Dieter Noll, writer in the year 1927.   

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

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

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 in the year 1927.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1927 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   On this day in history 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   Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army died on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1927 friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64   

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