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1927 in the United States

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1927
in
the United States

Decades:
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Events from the year 1927 in the United States.

Incumbents

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Events

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January–March

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April–June

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

July–September

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  • 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

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October 6: The Jazz Singer.

Undated

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Ongoing

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Births

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January

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Barbara Rush
Johnnie Ray
Eartha Kitt

February

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John Warner
Sidney Poitier

March

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Harry Belafonte
Jack Cassidy
Cesar Chavez
William Daniels

April

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Coretta Scott King

May

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Michael Constantine

June

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Jerry Stiller
Martin Lewis Perl
F. Sherwood Rowland

July

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Neil Simon
Janet Leigh
David Dinkins

August

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Porter Wagoner
Rosalynn Carter
Althea Gibson
Bill Daily

September

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Peter Falk
Jack Kelly
Harold Brown
W. S. Merwin

October

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Al Martino
George C. Scott

November

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Patti Page
McLean Stevenson
Robert Guillaume

December

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Andy Williams
Ramsey Clark

Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Thousands Hear New Governor Declare for Law Enforcement After Oath Is Administered". The Montgomery Advertiser. 1927-01-18. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-07-29.
  2. ^ "National Weather Service - Burlington, VT - The Flood of 1927". Archived from the original on 2014-02-11.
  3. ^ "The long legacy of the U.S. occupation of Haiti". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Volstead Act | History, Definition, & Significance | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. ^ Virginia Norwood, a pioneer in satellite land imaging, dies at age 96
  6. ^ Jack, Adrian (26 December 2008). "Obituary: Eartha Kitt". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  7. ^ Art Stewart, who drafted Bo Jackson, Mike Sweeney and others for Royals, dies at 94
  8. ^ "Last fluent speaker of Wichita tribal language preserves what's left." Dallas Morning News.
  9. ^ Ruckman, S. E. "Tribal language fading away." Tulsa World. 26 Nov 2007 (retrieved 3 Oct 2009)
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ William Post, Who Helped Create Pop-Tarts, Dies at 96
  13. ^ "Neil Simon obituary". the Guardian. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  14. ^ Joe Turkel dead at 94
  15. ^ Midge Decter, an Architect of Neoconservatism, Dies at 94
  16. ^ Rev. W. Sterling Cary, Pioneering Black Churchman, Dies at 94
  17. ^ "Former Knicks star Carl Braun dies at 82". USATODAY.com. February 10, 2010. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
  18. ^ "Birth details for Paul Lawrence Brady". FamilySearch.org. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  19. ^ "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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