Page 7: Historical Events In 1927
Monday, 19 January 2026
May 20 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, NY to begin his historic solo flight to Paris 


May 20 Saudi Arabia is recorded as becoming independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda). 


May 21 Charles Lindbergh is recorded as becoming the inaugural to fly solo across the Atlantic 


May 21 George Levy, antique dealer/heritage campaigner 


May 21 Lindbergh lands in Paris France, after inaugural solo air crossing of Atlantic. 


May 21 Lindburgh lands in Paris, after 1st solo air crossing of Atlantic. 


May 22 8.3 earthquake strikes Nan-Shan China, 200000 killed. 


May 22 Eric Petrie, cricketer (NZ wicketkeeper of the late 1950's). 


May 22 Near Xining, China a 8.3 quake caused 200000 deaths. One of the world's most destructive earthquakes 


May 25 Henry Ford formally ends producing Model T car (begins Model A) 


May 25 Robert Ludlum, NYC, spy novelist (Bourne Identity) 


May 26 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile. 


May 26 Jacques Bergerac, France, actor (Gigi, Les Girls, Thunder in Sun). 


May 27 Bryan Cowgill, deputy chairman (Mirror Group) 


May 27 Japanese military intervention in Chinese civil war 


May 27 Thomas Masaryk elected Czechoslovakian president 


May 28 Georges Eekhoud, Belgian writer (Belgian Kempen), dies 


May 28 Hammond scores his 1000th cricket run of the season after 22 days 


May 29 Carl Toms, stage designer (1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two) 


May 30 Clint Walker, Hartford Ill, actor (Kodiak, Cheyenne, Dirty Dozen). 


May 30 Walter Johnson records 113th and last shutout of his career. 


May 31 Ford Motor Company produces last "Tin Lizzie" (begins Model A) 


May 31 Isabel Stoate, British diplomat 


Jun 01 Colleen McCullough, writer 


Jun 02 Andre Vandernoot, Flemish conductor (Royal Flemish Opera). 


Jun 02 Eduard GHH Cuypers, architect (De Hooge Vuursche), dies at 67. 


Jun 04 1st Ryder Cup: US beats England, 9½-2½ at Worcester Country Club (Worcester, Massachusetts, US) 


Jun 04 Geoffrey Palmer, British actor (Smacks and Thistle). 


Jun 05 3rd French Mens Tennis: R Lacoste beats B Tilden (64 46 57 63 11-9). 


Jun 05 Paul Lacombe, composer, dies at 89. 


Jun 07 Martin Carter, poet/critic. 


Jun 07 Voikov, Soviet ambassador to Warsaw, murdered 


Jun 08 Tony Lazzeri hits 3 HRs Yanks beat White Sox 12-11 


Jun 09 Franco Donatoni, composer 


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