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Year '''1927''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]].
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== Events of 1927 ==
===January===
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[[Image:Telephone-modele-W48.jpg|thumb|110px|right| [[January 7]]: First transatlantic [[telephone|call]].]]
* [[January 1]] - [[Cristero War]] erupts in [[Mexico]] when pro-[[Roman Catholic Church|Church]] rebels attack the government, which had banned the Catholic faith.
* [[January 7]] - First transatlantic [[telephone]] call is made: [[New York City]] to [[London]].
* [[January 9]] - Military rebellion crushed in [[Lisbon]].
* [[January 15]] - [[Teddy Wakelam]] gives the first sports commentary on [[BBC Radio]].
* [[January 19]] - Britain sends troops to [[China]].
* [[January 30]] - Right-wing [[veteran]]s and the ''Republican [[Schutzbund]]'' clash in [[Schattendorf]], [[Burgenland]], [[Austria]]. One man and a child are killed by gunshots. (See: [[July 15]]).
===February===
* [[February 12]] - First British troops land in [[Shanghai]].
* [[February 14]] - [[Earthquake]] in [[Yugoslavia]] - 700 dead.
* [[February 19]] - [[General strike]] in [[Shanghai]] in protest of the presence of the British troops.
* [[February 23]] - The [[U.S.]] [[Federal Radio Commission]] (later renamed the [[Federal Communications Commission]]) begins to regulate the use of [[radio]] frequencies.
===March===
* [[March 4]] - A [[diamond]] rush in [[South Africa]] includes trained athletes that have been hired by major companies to stake claims.
* [[March 7]] - At least 2,925 killed, Richer Scale 7.6 magnitude earthquake at [[Hyogo Prefecture|Toyooka]] and [[Kyoto Prefecture|Mineyama]] erea, western [[Honshu]], [[Japan]].
* [[March 10]] - [[Albania]] mobilizes in case of an attack of Yugoslavia.
* [[March 11]]
**In [[New York City]], the [[Roxy Theater]] is opened by [[Samuel Roxy Rothafel]].
**[[First armoured car robbery]], committed by the [[Flatheads gang]].
* [[March 13]] - [[Fritz Lang]]'s culturally influential [[Metropolis (film)]] debuts.
===April===
* [[April 1]] - First female police officers in [[Dresden]].
* [[April 5]] - In Britain, [[Trade Disputes Act]] forbids strikes of support.
* [[April 7]] - Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Commerce Secretary Hoover which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of [[television]].
* [[April 12]]
**The [[Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act 1927]] renames the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] to the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland]]. The change acknowledges that the [[Irish Free State]] is no longer part of the Kingdom.
**[[Kuomintang]] troops kill number of communist-supporting workers in [[Shanghai]]. The incident was called the [[April 12 Incident]], or Shanghai Massacre. The 1st United Front between the Nationalists and Communist ended, and the Civil War lasting until 1949 began.
* [[April 18]] - Nanking government of China, Kuomintang.
* [[April 21]] - Banking crisis in Japan.
* [[April 22]] - [[May 5]] - The [[Great Mississippi Flood]] affects 700,000 people in the greatest national disaster in US history.
* [[April 27]] - [[Carabineros de Chile]] ([[Chile]]an national [[police]] force and [[gendarmery]]) are created.
* [[April 30]] - [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] wins the [[FA Cup]] after beating [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] 1-0 at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]].
===May===
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* May - [[Philo Farnsworth]] transmits first experimental electronic television pictures.
* [[May 7]] - [[Civil war]] ends in [[Nicaragua]].
* [[May 9]] - The [[Australian Parliament]] first convenes in [[Canberra]].
* [[May 11]] - The [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]], the "Academy" in "[[Academy Awards]]," is founded.
* [[May 12]] - British police raids the office of Soviet trade delegation.
* [[May 13]] - [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]] proclaims the change of his title from [[List of British monarchs|King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]] to King of Great Britain and Ireland.
* [[May 14]] - [[Cap Arcona]]'s launching, Blohm & Voss shipyard, in [[Hamburg]]. In the U.S., University of Chicago's local collegiate organization, Phi Sigma, becomes incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois as [[Eta Sigma Phi]], the National Honorary Classical Fraternity.
* [[May 17]] - Army aviation pioneer, Major [[Harold Geiger]], died in the crash of his [[Airco DH.4]] [[de Havilland]] plane at Olmstead Field, Pennsylvania
* [[May 18]] - Bombings result in 45 deaths, mostly children, in the [[Bath School disaster]] in [[Bath Township]], [[Michigan]].
* [[May 20]] - [[Saudi Arabia]] becomes independent of the [[United Kingdom]] ([[Treaty of Jedda]]).
* [[May 20]]-[[May 21|21]] - First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from [[New York]] to [[Paris]] by [[Charles Lindbergh]].
* [[May 22]] - An 8.6 magnitude [[earthquake]] in [[Xining]], China kills 200,000.
* [[May 23]] - The first demonstration of television before a live audience. Nearly 600 members of the [[American Institute of Electrical Engineers]] and the [[Institute of Radio Engineers]] view the demonstration at the Bell Telephone Building in New York.
* [[May 24]] - Britain severs [[diplomatic relations]] with Soviet Union because of revelations of [[espionage]] and underground [[agitprop|agitation]].
[[Image:Spirit of St. Louis.jpg|thumb|130px|right| [[May 20]]: Solo flight [[NYC]] to [[Paris]].]]
===June===
* [[June 4]] - [[Yugoslavia]] severs diplomatic relations with [[Albania]].
* [[June 7]] - [[Peter Voikov]], Soviet ambassador to [[Warsaw]], assassinated.
* [[June 9]] - Soviet Union executes 20 British for alleged [[espionage]].
* [[June 13]]
**[[Leon Daudet]], leader of French [[monarchist]]s, is arrested in [[France]].
**A [[ticker-tape parade]] is held for aviator [[Charles Lindbergh]] down 5th Avenue in [[New York City]].
===July===
* [[July 10]] - [[Kevin O'Higgins]], vice president of the [[Irish Free State]], assassinated in [[Dublin]].
* [[July 15]] - 85 protesters and 5 policemen are dead after left-wing protesters and the [[Austria]]n police clash in Vienna. More than 600 people are injured. See [[Massacre of July 15, 1927]].
* [[July 22]] - Italian football club [[A.S. Roma]] founded.
* [[July 24]] - The [[Menin Gate Memorial|Menin Gate]] war memorial is unveiled at [[Ypres]].
===August===
* [[August 1]] - Formation of the Communist Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]] during the [[Nanchang Uprising]].
* [[August 7]] - [[Peace Bridge]] opens between [[Fort Erie, Ontario]] and [[Buffalo, New York]].
* [[August 22]] - In [[Hyde Park, London]], 200 people demonstrate against the sentence of [[Sacco and Vanzetti]].
* [[August 23]] - [[Sacco and Vanzetti]] are executed.
* [[August 24]]-[[August 25|25]] - Hurricane hits Atlantic shore of Canada causing massive damage - at least 56 dead.
* [[August 26]]-Paul R. Redfern leaves Brunswick, Ga flying his Stinson Detroiter "Port of Brunswick" to attempt a solo non-stop flight to Rio de Janeiro, [[Brazil]]. He later crashes in the Venezuela jungle, the crash site never located.
===September===
* [[September 7]] - The [[UFMG|University of Minas Gerais]] is founded in [[Brazil]].
* [[September 14]] - An underwater earthquake in Japan kills over 100 people.
* [[September 18]] - The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (later known as [[CBS]]) is formed and goes on air with 47 [[radio station]]s.
* [[September 27]] - 79 are killed and 550 are injured in East St. Louis Tornado. 2nd costliest and at least 24th deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
===October===
* [[October 6]] - [[The Jazz Singer (1927 film)|The Jazz Singer]] opens and becomes a huge success, marking the end of the [[silent film]] era.
* [[October 8]] - ''[[Murderer's Row]]'' [[New York Yankees]] complete 4 game sweep of [[Pittsburgh Pirates]].
* [[October 9]] - [[Mexico|Mexican]] government crushes a rebellion in [[Veracruz, Veracruz|Vera Cruz]].
* [[October 27]] - At least 314 killed, [[Italy|Italian]] steamer ship ''Principessa Mafalda'' capsized off [[Porto Seguro]], [[Brazil]].
* [[October 27]] - Queen [[Wilhelmina of the Netherlands]] opens [[Meuse-Waal Canal]] in [[Nijmegen]].
* [[October 27]] - At 5:50 a.m. a ground fault gave way, causing the mine and part of the town of [[Walden, Ontario#Worthington|Worthington]] to collapse into a large chasm located in [[Ontario, Canada]]. Nobody was injured in the incident, however, the area was evacuated the night before after a mine foreman noticed abnormal rock shifts in the mine.
* [[October 28]] - Pan American Airways first flight took off from Key West to Havana.
===November===
* [[November 4]] - [[Frank Heath]] and his horse Gypsy Queen return to [[Washington, D.C.]], having completed a two-year journey of 11,356 miles to all 48 states.
* [[November 10]] - Unexplained explosions in [[Canton, Ohio]].
* [[November 12]]
**[[Mahatma Gandhi]] made his first and last visit to [[Ceylon]].
**[[Leon Trotsky]] is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving [[Joseph Stalin]] with undisputed control of the [[Soviet Union]].
**The [[Holland Tunnel]] opens to traffic as the first [[Hudson River]] vehicular [[tunnel]] linking [[New Jersey]] to [[New York City]].
* [[November 14]] - The [[Pittsburgh Gasometer Explosion]]: three [[Equitable Gas]] storage tanks in the [[Northside (Pittsburgh)|North Side]] of [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] explode, killing 26 people and causing damage estimated between contemporary totals of $4 million and $5 million.
* [[November 24]] - Total [[solar eclipse]] over Northern [[England]] and [[Wales]].
===December===
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* [[December 2]] - Following 19 years of [[Ford Model T]] production, the [[Ford Motor Company]] unveils the [[Ford Model A (1927)|Ford Model A]] as its new automobile.
* [[December 12]] - 1600 people hospitalized in London when they had hurt themselves on the icy streets.
* [[December 15]] - [[Marian Parker]], 12, is kidnapped in Los Angeles. Her dismembered body is found on [[December 19]] prompting the largest manhunt to date on the West Coast for her killer, [[Edward Hickman|William Edward Hickman]], who is arrested on [[December 22]] in [[Oregon]].
* [[December 17]] - [[USS S-4 (SS-109)|U.S. submarine S-4]] is accidentally rammed and sunk by [[United States Coast Guard]] destroyer John Paulding off [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]] killing everyone aboard after several unsuccessful attempts to raise sub.
* [[December 27]] - Kern and Hammerstein's musical play ''[[Show Boat]]'', based on [[Edna Ferber]]'s novel, opens on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and goes on to become the first great classic of the American musical theatre.
* [[December 30]] - First Japanese [[metro]] line, the [[Ginza Line]] in [[Tokyo]], opens.
===Undated===
* The [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] is granted a Royal Charter of Incorporation.
* The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (later known as [[CBS]]) is formed.
* [[Harold Stephen Black]] invents the [[feedback amplifier]].
* [[Voluntary Committee of Lawyers]] founded to bring about [[repeal of prohibition]] of alcohol in United States.
* [[World population]] reaches 2 billion.
* In Britain, 1000 people a week die from [[influenza]] epidemic.
==Births==
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===January-February===
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*[[January 1]]
**[[Pat Heywood]], Scottish actress
**[[Vernon L. Smith]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
**[[Doak Walker]], American football player (d. [[1998]])
*[[January 5]] - [[Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami]], American-born Hindu guru who spearheaded a global Hindu renaissance and founder of [[Kauai's Hindu Monastery]] (d. [[2001]])
*[[January 10]]
**[[Gisele MacKenzie]], Canadian-born singer (d. [[2003]])
**[[Johnnie Ray]], American singer (d. [[1990]])
**[[Otto Stich]], member of the Swiss Federal Council
*[[January 13]]
**[[Brock Adams]], American politician (d. [[2004]])
**[[Sydney Brenner]], British biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
*[[January 17]] - [[Eartha Kitt]], American actress and singer
*[[January 24]] - [[Lasse Pöysti]], Finnish writer and playwright
*[[January 25]] - [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]], Brazilian composer (d. [[1994]])
*[[January 26]] - [[José Azcona del Hoyo]], [[President of Honduras]] (d. [[2005]])
*[[January 28]] - [[Hiroshi Teshigahara]], Japanese director
*[[January 29]]
**[[Edward Abbey]], American environmentalist (d. [[1989]])
**[[Lewis Urry]], Canadian inventor (d. [[2004]])
*[[January 30]] - [[Olof Palme]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] (d. [[1986]])
*[[February 2]] - [[Stan Getz]], American musician (d. [[1991]])
*[[February 3]]
**[[Val Doonican]], Irish singer and entertainer
**[[Blas Ople]], Filipino politician (d. [[2003]])
*[[February 7]]
**[[Juliette Greco]], French singer and actress
**[[Vladimir Kuts]], Russian runner (d. [[1975]])
*[[February 10]] - [[Leontyne Price]], American soprano
*[[February 14]] - [[Lois Maxwell]], British actress (d. [[2007]])
*[[February 15]] - [[Harvey Korman]], American actor and comedian (d. [[2008]])
*[[February 16]] - [[June Brown]], British actress
*[[February 20]]
**[[Roy Cohn]], American lawyer and anti-Communist (d. [[1986]])
**[[Sidney Poitier]], American actor
*[[February 21]]
**[[Erma Bombeck]], American writer and humorist (d. [[1996]])
**[[Hubert de Givenchy]], French fashion designer
*[[February 23]] - [[Régine Crespin]], French operatic soprano (d. [[2007]])
*[[February 24]] - [[Mark Lane]], American conspiracy theorist
*[[February 26]] - [[Tom Kennedy]], American game show host
*[[February 27]] - [[Lynn Cartwright]], American actress (d. [[2004]])
===March-April===
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* [[March 1]]
**[[Harry Belafonte]], American musician and actor
**[[Robert Bork]], American law professor
* [[March 3]] - [[Pierre Aubert]], member of the Swiss Federal Council
* [[March 4]]
**[[Philip Batt]], 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Idaho
**[[Thayer David]], American actor (d. [[1978]])
**[[Robert Orben]], American magician
**[[Dick Savitt]], American tennis player
* [[March 6]]
**[[Gabriel García Márquez]], Colombian author
**[[Gordon Cooper]], American astronaut (d. [[2004]])
**[[Wes Montgomery]], American musician (d. [[1968]])
**[[William J. Bell]], American soap creator (d. [[2005]])
* [[March 11]] - [[Ron Todd]], British trade union leader (d. [[2005]])
* [[March 13]]
**[[Robert Denning]], American interior designer (d. [[2005]])
**[[Raúl Alfonsín]], Argentine politician
*[[March 16]]
**[[Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov|Vladimir Komarov]], Russian cosmonaut (d. [[1967]])
**[[Daniel Patrick Moynihan]], U.S. Senator from New York (d. [[2003]])
* [[March 18]] - [[George Plimpton]], American writer and actor (d. [[2003]])
* [[March 20]] - [[John Joubert (composer)|John Joubert]], South African-born British composer
* [[March 21]] - [[Hans-Dietrich Genscher]], German politician
* [[March 24]] - [[Martin Walser]], German author
* [[March 25]] - [[Bill Barilko]], Canadian hockey player
* [[March 27]] - [[Mstislav Rostropovich]], Russian cellist and conductor (d. [[2007]])
* [[March 29]] - [[John Robert Vane]], British pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[2004]])
* [[March 30]] - [[Peter Marshall (game show host)|Peter Marshall]], [[United States|American]] game-show host
* [[March 31]]
**[[César Chávez]], American labor activist (d. [[1993]])
**[[William Daniels]], American actor
*[[April 2]]
**[[Ferenc Puskás]], Hungarian footballer (d. [[2006]])
**[[Kenneth Tynan]], English theatre critic (d. [[1980]])
*[[April 6]] - [[Gerry Mulligan]], American musician (d. [[1996]])
*[[April 10]] - [[Marshall Warren Nirenberg]], American scientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[April 14]] - [[Alan MacDiarmid]], New Zealand chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[April 15]] - [[Robert Mills (physicist)|Robert Mills]], American physicist (d. [[1999]])
*[[April 16]]
**[[Josef Alois Ratzinger]] later to become Pope Benedict XVI
**[[Peter Mark Richman]], American actor
*[[April 20]]
**[[Phil Hill]], American race car driver
**[[Karl Alexander Müller]], Swiss physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[April 27]] - [[Coretta Scott King]], American civil rights leader (d. [[2006]])
===May-June===
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* [[May 9]] - [[Manfred Eigen]], German biophysicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
* [[May 11]]
**[[Mort Sahl]], Canadian-born comedian, political commentator
**[[Gene Savoy]], American author, explorer, scholar and cleric (d. [[2007]])
* [[May 13]] - [[Herbert Ross]], American film director
* [[May 20]] - [[Bud Grant]], Canadian and American football coach
* [[May 22]] - [[George Andrew Olah]], Hungarian-born chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[May 25]] - [[Robert Ludlum]], American author (d. [[2001]])
* [[May 27]] - [[Ralph Carmichael]], American composer and arranger
* [[May 30]] - [[Clint Walker]], American actor
* [[June 3]] - [[Boots Randolph]], American saxophone player (d .[[2007]])
* [[June 8]] - [[Jerry Stiller]], American comedian and actor
* [[June 12]] - [[Al Fairweather]], Scottish jazz musician (d. [[1993]])
* [[June 21]] - [[Carl Stokes]], American politician (d. [[1996]])
* [[June 23]] - [[Bob Fosse]], American choreographer and director (d. [[1987]])
* [[June 24]] - [[Martin Lewis Perl]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[June 27]] - [[Bob Keeshan]], American actor (d. [[2004]])
* [[June 28]] - [[Frank Sherwood Rowland]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate
===July-August===
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* [[July 4]]
**[[Gina Lollobrigida]], Italian actress
**[[Neil Simon]], American Playwright
* [[July 6]]
**[[Alan Freeman]], Australian-born broadcaster and disc jockey (d. [[2006]])
**[[Janet Leigh]], American actress (d. [[2004]])
*[[July 10]] - [[David Norman Dinkins]], [[Mayor of New York City]] from [[1989]] through [[1993]]
* [[July 18]] - [[Kurt Masur]], Silesian-born conductor
* [[July 30]] - [[Victor Wong]], American actor (d. [[2001]])
* [[August 4]] - [[Jess Thomas]], American tenor (d. [[1993]])
* [[August 7]] - [[Carl Switzer]], American actor (d. [[1959]])
* [[August 8]] - [[Johnny Temple]], baseball player (d. [[1994]])
* [[August 12]] - [[Porter Wagoner]], American singer (d. [[2007]])
* [[August 18]] - [[Rosalynn Carter]], wife of U.S President [[Jimmy Carter]]
* [[August 23]] - [[Dick Bruna]], Dutch illustrator
* [[August 24]] - [[Harry Markowitz]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
* [[August 25]] - [[Albert Uderzo]], French cartoonist
* [[August 26]] - [[Althea Gibson]], American tennis player (d. [[2003]])
===September-October===
*[[September 3]] - Br. [[John Hamman]] S.M. (d. [[2000]], [[close-up magic]]ian, inventor, [[Marianist]] brother
*[[September 11]]
**[[Vernon Corea]], Sri Lankan broadcaster
**[[G. David Schine]], American businessman (d. [[1996]])
*[[September 16]] - [[Peter Falk]], American actor
*[[September 22]] - [[Gordon Astall]], English footballer
*[[September 25]] - Sir [[Colin Davis]], English conductor
*[[September 27]]
**[[Steve Stavro]], Canadian businessman and sports team owner (d. [[2006]])
**[[W. S. Merwin]], American poet
*[[October 1]] - [[Tom Bosley]], American actor
*[[October 8]] - [[César Milstein]], Argentine scientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (d. [[2002]])
*[[October 14]] - [[Roger Moore]], English actor
*[[October 16]] - [[Günter Grass]], German writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[October 18]] - [[George C. Scott]], American actor (d. [[1999]])
*[[October 31]] - [[Lee Grant]], American actress
===November-December===
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* [[November 2]] - [[Steve Ditko]], influential comic book writer and artist, co-creator of Spider-Man
* [[November 8]] - [[Patti Page]], American singer
* [[November 10]] - [[Sabah (singer)]], Lebanese singer and actress
* [[November 14]] - [[McLean Stevenson]]. American actor (d. [[1996]])
* [[November 15]] - [[Gregor Mackenzie]], Labour Party (UK) politician (d. [[1992]])
* [[November 18]] - [[Hank Ballard]], American musician (d. [[2003]])
* [[November 21]] - [[Georgia Frontiere]], co-owner of the [[St. Louis Rams]] (d. [[2008]])
* [[November 23]] - [[Guy Davenport]], American author, artist, and scholar (d. [[2005]])
* [[November 24]]
**[[Ahmadou Kourouma]], Ivorian writer (d. [[2003]])
**[[Alfredo Kraus]], Spanish tenor (d. [[1999]])
* [[November 27]] - [[Vin Scully]], baseball broadcaster
* [[November 28]] - [[Chuck Mitchell]], American actor (d. [[1992]])
* [[December 3]] - [[Andy Williams]], American singer
* [[December 5]]
**HMK [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]], King of Thailand
**[[W.D. Amaradeva]], Sri Lanka Maestro
* [[December 7]] - [[Helen Watts]], Welsh contralto
* [[December 8]] - [[Vladimir Shatalov]], cosmonaut
* [[December 9]] - [[Pierre Henry]], French composer
* [[December 12]] - [[Robert Noyce]], Intel cofounder (d. [[1990]])
* [[December 13]] - [[James Wright (poet)|James Wright]], American poet (d. [[1980]])
* [[December 18]] - [[Roméo LeBlanc]], 25th [[Governor General of Canada]]
* [[December 24]] - [[Mary Higgins Clark]], famous American novelist
* [[December 25]] - [[Nellie Fox]], baseball player (d. [[1975]])
* [[December 26]]
**[[Alan King (comedian)|Alan King]], American comedian (d. [[2004]])
**[[Denis Quilley]], British actor (d. [[2003]])
* [[December 29]] - [[Andy Stanfield]], American athlete (d. [[1985]])
==Deaths==
===January - June===
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* [[January 19]] - Empress [[Carlota of Mexico]] (b. [[1840]])
* [[February 19]] - [[Robert Fuchs]], Austrian composer (b. [[1847]])
* [[March 4]] - [[Ira Remsen]], American chemist, discoverer of [[saccharin]] (b. [[1846]])
* [[March 14]] - [[Jānis Čakste]], Latvian politician, first president of Latvian Republic (b. [[1859]])
* [[March 23]] - [[Paul César Helleu]], French artist (b. [[1859]])
* [[March 27]] - [[Joe Start]], baseball player (b. [[1842]])
* [[May 2]] - [[Ernest Starling]], British physiologist (b. [[1866]])
* [[June 1]]
**[[Lizzie Borden]], American accused murderer (b. [[1860]])
**[[J. B. Bury]], Irish historian (b. [[1861]])
* [[June 9]] - [[Victoria Woodhull]], American feminist (b. [[1838]])
* [[June 11]] - [[William Attewell]], English cricketer (b. [[1861]])
* [[June 14]] - [[Jerome K. Jerome]], English writer (b. [[1859]])
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* [[July 5]] - [[Albrecht Kossel]], German physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1853]])
* [[July 24]] - [[Ryūnosuke Akutagawa]], Japanese poet and writer (b. [[1892]])
* [[August 23]]
**[[Nicola Sacco]], Italian anarchist (executed) (b. [[1891]])
**[[Bartolomeo Vanzetti]], Italian anarchist (executed) (b. [[1888]])
* [[September 5]] - [[Wayne Wheeler]], American temperance movement leader (b. [[1868]])
* [[September 14]]
**[[Isadora Duncan]], American dancer (b. [[1877]])
**[[Hugo Ball]], German poet, founder of Dada (b. [[1886]])
* [[September 19]] - [[Michael Peter Ancher]], Danish painter (b. [[1849]])
* [[September 29]] - [[Willem Einthoven]], Dutch inventor, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1860]])
* [[October 2]] - [[Svante Arrhenius]], Swedish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1859]])
* [[October 10]] - [[Gustave Whitehead]], German-born aviation pioneer (b. [[1874]])
* [[October 22]] - [[Borisav Stanković|Borisav "Bora" Stanković]], [[Serbia]]n writer (b. [[1876]])
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Arthur Holly Compton]], [[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Heinrich Otto Wieland]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Julius Wagner-Jauregg]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Henri Bergson]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Ferdinand Buisson]], [[Ludwig Quidde]]
==See also==
* [[20th century]]
==Notes==
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