1927 34939 225903580 2008-07-15T23:05:28Z 190.21.151.236 /* April */ {{otheruses4|the year 1927|the Australian band|1927 (band)}} {{year nav|1927}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1927''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOC}} == Events of 1927 == ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[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=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * 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&nbsp;[[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=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 2}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[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=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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]]) ===July - December===<!-- DEATHS --> <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[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== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== [[Category:1927| ]]<!--years 19xx are in blank cat--> [[af:1927]] [[am:1927 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1927]] [[an:1927]] [[frp:1927]] [[ast:1927]] [[gn:1927]] [[av:1927]] [[az:1927]] [[bn:১৯২৭]] [[map-bms:1927]] [[be:1927]] [[be-x-old:1927]] [[bh:१९२७]] [[bs:1927]] [[br:1927]] [[bg:1927]] [[ca:1927]] [[cv:1927]] [[cs:1927]] [[co:1927]] [[cy:1927]] [[da:1927]] [[de:1927]] [[et:1927]] [[el:1927]] [[es:1927]] [[eo:1927]] [[eu:1927]] [[fa:۱۹۲۷ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1927]] [[hif:1927]] [[fr:1927]] [[fy:1927]] [[ga:1927]] [[gan:1927年]] [[gv:1927]] [[gd:1927]] [[gl:1927]] [[ko:1927년]] [[hy:1927]] [[hi:1927]] [[hr:1927.]] [[io:1927]] [[ilo:1927]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯২৭]] [[id:1927]] [[ia:1927]] [[os:1927]] [[is:1927]] [[it:1927]] [[he:1927]] [[jv:1927]] [[pam:1927]] [[kn:೧೯೨೭]] [[ka:1927]] [[csb:1927]] [[kk:1927]] [[kw:1927]] [[sw:1927]] [[ht:1927 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1927]] [[la:1927]] [[lv:1927]] [[lb:1927]] [[lt:1927 m.]] [[lij:1927]] [[ln:1927]] [[hu:1927]] [[mk:1927]] [[mi:1927]] [[mr:इ.स. १९२७]] [[ms:1927]] [[nah:1927]] [[nl:1927]] [[new:ई सं १९२७]] [[ja:1927年]] [[nap:1927]] [[no:1927]] [[nn:1927]] [[nrm:1927]] [[nov:1927]] [[oc:1927]] [[uz:1927]] [[pi:१९२७]] [[nds:1927]] [[pl:1927]] [[pt:1927]] [[ty:1927]] [[ksh:Joohr 1927]] [[ro:1927]] [[ru:1927 год]] [[se:1927]] [[sq:1927]] [[scn:1927]] [[simple:1927]] [[sk:1927]] [[sl:1927]] [[sr:1927]] [[sh:1927]] [[su:1927]] [[fi:1927]] [[sv:1927]] [[tl:1927]] [[ta:1927]] [[tt:1927]] [[te:1927]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2470]] [[vi:1927]] [[tg:1927]] [[tr:1927]] [[uk:1927]] [[ur:1927ء]] [[vec:1927]] [[wa:1927]] [[vls:1927]] [[yo:1927]] [[zh-yue:1927年]] [[cbk-zam:1927]] [[bat-smg:1927]] [[zh:1927年]]