1927 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1927?
- January 7, 1927 – The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, England, United Kingdom.
- January 11, 1927 – Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
- January 22, 1927 – First live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
- January 27, 1927 – Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
- February 2, 1927 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
- April 12, 1927 – April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
- April 27, 1927 – Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.
- April 30, 1927 – The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women’s federal prison in the United States.
- May 1, 1927 – The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.
- May 8, 1927 – Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli disappeared after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
- May 18, 1927 – After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
- May 20, 1927 – At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world’s first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day.
- May 27, 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
- June 26, 1927 – The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
- July 4, 1927 – First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
- July 15, 1927 – Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
- August 7, 1927 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
- August 23, 1927 – Sacco and Vanzetti are executed.
- September 30, 1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
- December 2, 1927 – Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
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