1927

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1890s 1900s 1910s – 1920s – 1930s 1940s 1950s
Years:	1924 1925 1926 – 1927 – 1928 1929 1930

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1927 Media

May 20: Solo flight New York to Paris
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Harry Belafonte at the Vanity Fair party celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival.
Photo of actor James Broderick.
Presidente argentino Raúl Alfonsín en 1984.
Sudharmono, the 5th vice president of Indonesia.

1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1927th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 927th year of the 2nd millennium, the 27th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1920s decade.

Events

The Hardy Boys mystery series for children is launched.
January 1 – Cristero War erupts in Mexico when pro-Church rebels attack secular-minded government
January 7 – First transatlantic telephone call – New York City to London
January 9 – Military rebellion crushed in Lisbon
January 14 – Paul Doumer elected president of France
January 19 – Britain sends troops to China
January 30 – Right-wing veterans and the Republican Schutzbund clash in Schattendorf, Burgenland, Austria. One man and a child are killed by gunshots. See July 15.
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 Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.
March 4 – A diamond rush in South Africa includes trained athletes that have been hired by major companies to stake claims
March 6 – In Britain, a 1000 people a week die from influenza epidemic
March 10 – Albania mobilizes in case of an attack of Yugoslavia
March 11 – In New York City, the Roxy Theatre is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.
March 11 – First armoured car robbery, committed by the Flatheads gang.

Nobel prizes

Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian doctor, won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (b. 1857) (d. 1940)

Births

January

Olof Palme

January 3 – Mario Lanfranchi, Italian movie directors (d. 2022)
January 30 – Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986)

February

Juliette Gréco

Sidney Poitier

Hubert de Givenchy

February 7 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (d. 2020)
February 20 – Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor (d. 2022)
February 21 – Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (d. 2018)

March

Gabriel García Márquez

Cesar Chavez

March 6 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, journalist and Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 2014)
March 17 - Patrick Allen, English actor (d. 2006)
March 31 – Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader (d. 1993)

April

Ferenc Puskás

Gerry Mulligan

Marshall Warren Nirenberg

Pope Benedict XVI

Tadeusz Mazowiecki

April 1 – Ferenc Puskas, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
April 6 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician (d. 1996)
April 10 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biochemist, won the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (d. 2010)
April 16 – Pope Benedict XVI (d. 2022)
April 18 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki, 1st Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2013)

May

June

László Kubala

Hugo Pratt

June 6- Shefqet Nebih Gashi, Serbian politician

June 10 – László Kubala, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
June 15 – Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)

July

July 4 – Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
July 4 – Neil Simon, American playwright, writer, academic (d. 2018)
July 6 – Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
July 13 – Simone Veil, 12th President of the European Parliament (d. 2017)

August

Rosalynn Carter

Thomas S. Monson

August 18 – Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States (d. 2023)
August 21 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2018)

September

Peter Falk

September 16 – Peter Falk, American actor, (d. 2011)

October

Sir Roger Moore

Günter Grass

George C. Scott

October 14 – Roger Moore, English actor (d. 2017)
October 16 – Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (d. 2015)
October 18 - George C. Scott, American actor (d. 1999)