Historical Events In 1927

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

Dec 16   Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1927.  

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

Dec 17   In the year 1927 richard Long, Chic Ill, actor (Prof-Nanny & the Professor)  

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) in the year 1927.  

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 in the year 1927.  

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   Alan King, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 27   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown)  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)  

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   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 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   Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 in the year 1927.  

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

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

Feb 04   Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.