1927 in the United States

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1927
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1927 in the United States.

Incumbents[edit]

Federal government[edit]

Events[edit]

January–March[edit]

April–June[edit]

May 20–21: Charles Lindbergh flies from New York to Paris.

July–September[edit]

  • August 2 – U.S. President Calvin Coolidge announces, "I do not choose to run for president in 1928."
  • August 7 – The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario, and Buffalo, New York.
  • August 23 – After six years of appeals, as protests rage in capital cities around the world, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are electrocuted at midnight in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
  • August 26 – Paul Redfern leaves Brunswick, Georgia, 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 is never located).
  • September 18 – The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (later known as CBS) is formed and goes on the air with 47 radio stations.
  • September 29 – 79 are killed and 550 are injured when a tornado strikes the St. Louis, Missouri area; it is the second-costliest and at least 24th-deadliest tornado in U.S. history.

October–December[edit]

October 6: The Jazz Singer.

Undated[edit]

Ongoing[edit]

Births[edit]

January[edit]

Barbara Rush
Johnnie Ray
Eartha Kitt

February[edit]

Harvey Korman
John Warner
Sidney Poitier

March[edit]

Harry Belafonte
Jack Cassidy
Cesar Chavez
William Daniels

April[edit]

Coretta Scott King

May[edit]

Michael Constantine

June[edit]

Jerry Stiller
Martin Lewis Perl
F. Sherwood Rowland

July[edit]

Neil Simon
Janet Leigh
David Dinkins

August[edit]

Porter Wagoner
Rosalynn Carter
Althea Gibson
Bill Daily

September[edit]

Peter Falk
Jack Kelly
Harold Brown
W. S. Merwin

October[edit]

Al Martino
George C. Scott

November[edit]

Patti Page
McLean Stevenson
Robert Guillaume

December[edit]

Andy Williams
Ramsey Clark

Deaths[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Volstead Act | History, Definition, & Significance | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  4. ^ Virginia Norwood, a pioneer in satellite land imaging, dies at age 96
  5. ^ Jack, Adrian (26 December 2008). "Obituary: Eartha Kitt". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. ^ Art Stewart, who drafted Bo Jackson, Mike Sweeney and others for Royals, dies at 94
  7. ^ "Last fluent speaker of Wichita tribal language preserves what's left." Dallas Morning News.
  8. ^ Ruckman, S. E. "Tribal language fading away." Tulsa World. 26 Nov 2007 (retrieved 3 Oct 2009)
  9. ^ Chris Strodder (March 1, 2007). The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool: A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960s. Santa Monica Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-59580-986-5.
  10. ^ John Gribbin (22 February 2000). Q is for Quantum: An Encyclopedia of Particle Physics. Simon and Schuster. p. 277. ISBN 978-0-684-86315-3.
  11. ^ William Post, Who Helped Create Pop-Tarts, Dies at 96
  12. ^ "Neil Simon obituary". the Guardian. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  13. ^ Joe Turkel dead at 94
  14. ^ Midge Decter, an Architect of Neoconservatism, Dies at 94
  15. ^ Rev. W. Sterling Cary, Pioneering Black Churchman, Dies at 94
  16. ^ "Former Knicks star Carl Braun dies at 82". USATODAY.com. February 10, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  17. ^ "Birth details for Paul Lawrence Brady". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  18. ^ "William Bromwell Melish". Grand Lodge Free & Accepted Masons of Ohio. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-24.

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