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1927 Calendar

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•  January 9, 1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, kills 78 children.
•  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.
•  May 9, 1927 – The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
•  May 11, 1927 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
•  May 20, 1927 – Treaty of Jedda: the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
•  June 13, 1927 – Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
•  June 29, 1927 – First test of Wallace Turnbull’s controllable pitch propeller.
•  August 7, 1927 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
•  December 3, 1927 – Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.

•  March 11, 1927 – Robert Mosbacher, 28th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
•  March 20, 1927 – John Joubert, South African-born British composer
•  May 16, 1927 – Nílton Santos, Brazilian footballer
•  June 4, 1927 – Henning Carlsen, Danish film director
•  September 16, 1927 – Jack Kelly, American actor (d. 1992)
•  September 26, 1927 – Patrick O'Neal, American actor (d. 1994)
•  October 10, 1927 – Thomas Wilson (composer), Scottish composer of classical music (d. 2001)
•  October 25, 1927 – Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, former President of Uruguay
•  November 20, 1927 – Ed “Too Tall” Freeman, American United States Army officer, helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2008)
•  December 30, 1927 – Robert Hossein, French film actor and director