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Events
January_7 - First transatlantic telephone call - New_York_City to London
February_23 - The Federal_Radio_Commission (later renamed the Federal_Communications_Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.
March_11 - In New_York_City, the Roxy_Theatre is opened by Samuel_Roxy_Rothafel.
April - The Great_Mississippi_Flood affects 700,000 people in the greatest national disaster in US history.
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.
May - Philo_Farnsworth transmits first experimental electronic television pictures
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_13 - George_V proclaims the change of his style from 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.
May_20 - Saudi_Arabia becomes independent of the United_Kingdom (Treaty_of_Jedda).
May_20-May_21 Non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles_Lindbergh.
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_27 - Ford_Motor_Company ceases manufacturing Ford_Model_Ts and begins to retool plants to make Ford_Model_As.
July_24 - The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
August_1 - Formation of the People's_Liberation_Army during the Nanching_Uprising
August_7 - Peace_Bridge opens between Fort_Erie,_Ontario and Buffalo,_New_York.
August_23 - Sacco_and_Vanzetti executed.
November_12 - Leon_Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph_Stalin with undisputed control of the Soviet_Union.
November 12 - The Holland_Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson_River vehicular tunnel linking New_Jersey to New_York_City.
December_2 - Following 19 years of Ford_Model_T production, the Ford_Motor_Company unveils the Ford_Model_A as its new automobile.
December_30 - Japan's first subway line, the Ginza_Line in Tokyo, opens.
German economy collapses
The British_Broadcasting_Corporation is founded
The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (later known as CBS) is formed
Harold_Stephen_Black invents the feedback_amplifier
Year in topic
1927_in_aviation
1927_in_film
January_10 - The film ''Metropolis'' by Fritz_Lang premiers.
''Wings''
October_6 - The first talkie is released - ''The_Jazz_Singer'' starring Al_Jolson
The formation of The_Motion_Picture_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
1927_in_literature
1927_in_music
1927_in_sports
January_7 - The Harlem_Globetrotters play their first game
February_11 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix_Loughran.
February_11 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel_Niles.
Births
January_10 - Gisele_MacKenzie, singer
January 10 - Johnnie_Ray, singer (d. 1990)
January_17 - Eartha_Kitt, actress, singer
January_28 - Hiroshi_Teshigahara, director
January_29 - Edward_Abbey, environmentalist (d. 1989)
January_30 - Olof_Palme, Swedish prime minister (d. 1986)
February_2 - Stan_Getz, musician (d. 1991)
February_3 - Val_Doonican, Irish singer and entertainer
February_7 - Juliette_Greco, singer and actor
February 7 - Vladimir_Kuts, Soviet long-distance runner
February_10 - Leontyne_Price, lyric soprano
February_15 - Harvey_Korman, actor, comedian
February_20 - Sidney_Poitier, actor
February_21 - Erma_Bombeck, writer, humorist
February 21 - Hubert_de_Givenchy, fashion designer
March_1 - Harry_Belafonte, musician and actor
March_1 - Robert_Bork, law professor
March_6 - Wes_Montgomery, musician
March_6 - Gordon_Cooper, astronaut
March_10 - Paul_Wunderlich, painter, graphic artist, sculptor
March_10 - Jupp_Derwall, football coach
March_11 - Joachim_Fuchsberger, actor
March_16 - Vladimir_Komarov, cosmonaut
March_16 - Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan, Senator from New_York
March_18 - George_Plimpton, writer
March_21 - Hans-Dietrich_Genscher, politician
March_24 - Martin_Walser, author
March_27 - Mstislav_Rostropovich, conductor, musician
March_31 - Cesar_Chavez, labor activist (d. 1993)
March_31 - William_Daniels, actor
April_6 - Gerry_Mulligan, musician
April_20 - Phil_Hill, race car driver
April_27 - Coretta_Scott_King, American civil rights leader
May_9 - Wim_Thoelke, show master
May_13 - Herbert_Ross, director
May_20 - Bud_Grant, Canadian and American_football coach
May_23 - Dieter_Hildebrandt, cabaret artiste
May_25 - Robert_Ludlum, science fiction writer
May_30 - Clint_Walker, actor
July_4 - Gina_Lollobrigida, actress
August_23 - Dick_Bruna, illustrator
August_27 - Althea_Gibson, African-American tennis pioneer
August_30 - Geoffrey_Beene, fashion designer
October_1 - Tom_Bosley, actor
October_16 - Günter_Grass, German novelist
October_18 - George_C._Scott, film and stage actor
December_5 - Bhumibol_Adulyadej, King of Thailand
December_8 - Vladimir_Shatalov, cosmonaut
December_29 - Andy_Stanfield, American athlete
Bob_Fosse, choreographer and director
Deaths
January_18 - Former Empress Carlota_of_Mexico
March_27 - Joe_Start, baseball player
June_1 - Lizzie_Borden,
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