1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). 1927 - Events. 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 Including:

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1927 - January. January 1 - Vernon L. Smith, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate January 1 - Doak Walker, American Footballer (d.1998) January 10 - Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-born singer (d. 2003) January 10 - Johnnie Ray, American singer (d. 1990) January 13 - Brock Adams, American politician (d. 2004) January 13 - Sydney Brenner, British biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine January 17 - Eartha Kitt, American actress an ...

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Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini SJ (born 15 February 1927), Italian clergyman, was Catholic Archbishop of Milan from January 1980 to July 2002 and has been a Cardinal since February 1983. Often considered to be one of the more "progressive" members of the College of Cardinals, he has achieved widespread notice for his wide-ranging and open-minded writings — popularity in some circles, notoriety in others. Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini - Career. Born in Turin, Italy in 1927, Martini entered the ...

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The Radio Act of 1927 (signed into law February 23, 1927) made almost no mention of the radio networks that were in the process of dominating radio. The only mention of radio networks was vague: The Commission {the Federal Radio Commission} shall "Have the authority to make special regulations applicable to stations engaged in chain broadcasting." Advertising was mentioned in the act with only slightly more authority than networking; merely requiring advertisers to identify themselves: "All matter broadcast by any radio station for ...

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1850 in rail transport - February births. February 27 - Henry Huntington, nephew of Collis P. Huntington and executive in charge of Pacific Electric in the early part of the 20th century (d. 1927). ...

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The territory was established in 1920 in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles. It comprised portions of the Prussian Rhine Province and the Bavarian Rhenish Palatinate. The area was put under the control of the League of Nations represented by the following Chairmen of the Commission of Government: 26 February 1920 - 18 March 1926 Victor Rault (France) (b. 1858 - d. 19..) 18 March 1926 - 8 June 1927 George Washington Stephens (Canada)(b. 1866 - d. 1942) 8 June 1927 - 1 April 1932 Sir Ernest Colville Collins ...

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Saarland, Saarland - Geography, Saarland - History

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The Buick Invitational is a PGA TOUR golf tournament played at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego, California each February. It was formerly knowns as the San Diego Open, and then the Andy Williams San Diego Open, among a variety of names it has had since it began in 1927. Buick Invitational - Winners. Buick Invitational 2005 Tiger Woods 2004 John Daly 2003 Tiger Woods 2002 José María Olazábal 2001 Phil Mickelson 2000 Phil ...

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Carl Wilhelm Eugen Stenhammar (February 7, 1871 - November 20, 1927) was a Swedish composer, pianist and conductor. His initial education took place in Stockholm, but he later went to Berlin to further his studies. In his early days he was a glowing admirer of Germanic music, particularly that of Richard Wagner and Anton Bruckner, but he later sought to emancipate himself and write in a more "Nordic" style, looking to Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius for guidance. The latter's S ...

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Sir Alister Clavering Hardy (February 10, 1896 - May 22, 1985) was an Oxford-educated marine biologist, expert on zooplankton and marine ecosystems. He was the zoologist on the RRS Discovery voyage to explore the Antarctic between 1925 and 1927, and in his studies of zooplankton and its relationship with predators became expert in marine mammals such as whales. Hardy was Professor of Zoology at the University of Hull from 1928 - 1942, became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1940, was knighted in 1957, Linac ...

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His Holiness Pope Cyril (Kyrellos) VI of Alexandria, born Azer Ioseph Atta (August 2, 1902 – March 9, 1971), was Coptic Orthodox Pope from 1959 to 1971. Pope Cyril VI was born in Damanhour, Egypt, into a Christian family. He resigned a civil service position to become a monk in July 1927. He passed his probationary period and, on February 24, 1928, took his monastic vows and assumed the name Fr. Mina El-Baramosy. ...

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974), known as "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle", was a pioneering United States aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. Charles Lindbergh - Early life. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Swedish immigrants. He grew up in Little Falls, Minnesota. His father, Charles August Lindbergh, was a lawyer and later a U.S. congressman who opposed the entry of the U.S. into World War I; ...

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2dLt (Infantry),December 1906; was graduated from War College, November 1918; attached to Army General Staff, April 1919; Member, same, December 1919; Major, February 1922; Staff Officer, Sakhalin Expeditionary Army, August 1923; Member, Army General Staff, May 1925; LtCol, August 1925; official duty, France, August 1927; attached to 45th Infantry Regiment,December 1927; Depot Unit Commander, same,August 1928; Aide-de-Camp to Emperor, August 1929; Colonel, August 1930; Regimental Commander, 2d Imperial Guards, August 1933; Superintende ...

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Korechika Anami, Korechika Anami - Military Career, Korechika Anami - Political Career

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1854 in rail transport - January births. January 6 - William N. Page, American civil engineer who built the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway (d. 1932). 1854 in rail transport - February births. February 14 - Job A. Edson, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1905-1918 and 1920-1927 (d. 1928). ...

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The cloverleaf was patented in the United States by Arthur Hale, a civil engineer in Maryland, on February 29, 1916.[1] Several cloverleaves were built in the late 1920s, and it is unclear which was first. A modified cloverleaf, with the adjacent ramps joined into a single two-way road, was planned in 1927 for the interchange between Lake Shore Drive (US 41) and Irving Park Road (ILL ...

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Cloverleaf interchange, Cloverleaf interchange - The first cloverleaves, Cloverleaf interchange - Problems

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Weimar Timeline - 1920. January 1920 The DAP grew to 190 members. February 4, 1920 Allies demand 900 Germans be handed over for war crimes. February 20, 1920 DAP changes name to National Socialist German Workers’ Party. February 1920 Inter-Allied Control Commission order 2/3 of Freikorps disbanded. February 24, 1920 First public meeting of the NSDAP. March 13, ...

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Weimar Timeline, Weimar Timeline - End of the Kaiserreich, Weimar Timeline - 1918, Weimar Timeline - 1919, Weimar Timeline - Weimar Republic, Weimar Timeline - 1920, Weimar Timeline - 1921, Weimar Timeline - 1922, Weimar Timeline - 1923, Weimar Timeline - 1924, Weimar Timeline - 1925, Weimar Timeline - 1926, Weimar Timeline - 1927, Weimar Timeline - 1928, Weimar Timeline - 1929, Weimar Timeline - 1930, Weimar Timeline - 1931, Weimar Timeline - 1932, Weimar Timeline - 1933, Weimar Timeline - Related media

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Black Pete - 1925. Pete first appeared in the Walt Disney-produced 1920s "Alice Comedies" short subject series. He first appeared in Alice Solves the Puzzle (February 15, 1925) as Bootleg Pete. His nick-name is a reference to his career of bootlegging alcoholic beverages during the United States Prohibition (January 16, 1920 - December 5, 1933). His activities brought him at a beach in time to see Alice playing with a crossword puzzle. Pete happened to be a collector of crossword puzzles and identified Ali ...

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Black Pete, Black Pete - Ancestry and Family, Black Pete - Alice Comedies, Black Pete - 1925, Black Pete - 1926, Black Pete - 1927, Black Pete - Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Black Pete - 1927, Black Pete - 1928, Black Pete - 1929 - 1933, Black Pete - Mickey Mouse, Black Pete - Kingdom Hearts, Black Pete - Voices, Black Pete - Cultural references

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Government Residents of the Northern Territory when annexed to the colony (later state) of South Australia: Administrator of the Northern Territory - Government Resident 1846 to 1912. Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy; 21 February 1846 Boyle Travers Finniss; 3 March 1864 William Bloomfield Douglas; 27 April 1870 George Byng Scott; 6 October 1873 Edward William Prince; 1 July 1876 John Langdon Parsons; 19 March 1884 John George Knight; 16 July 1890 ...

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Mahatma Gandhi wrote in Navajivan dated February 8, 1925: "His Highness the Maharaja of Mysore has taken up spinning .This news cannot but gladen the hearts of those who look upon it as sacred duty... I congratulate the Maharaja and hope that he will not give up till the end of his life this activity which he has taken up, It will do immense good to him and his subjects." Mahatma Gandhi was a state guest of the Maharaja in 1927 and 1936. He stayed at Nandi Hill to recuperate from ill health. During 1927, the State was celeberating the ...

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Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV - Early years, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV - Rama rajya, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV - Patron of the Fine Arts, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV - About his saintly character, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV - Mahatma Gandhi and the Maharaja, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV - Miscellaneous

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The Norwegian flag law of 1898 [1] specifies the appearance of the merchant and state flags and their use by merchant ships, customs and post vessels. The flag regulations of 1927 [2] further describe the use of the state flag on state property and on national holidays. The flag regulations also describe the time of day when the flag should be drawn. From March to October the flag should be drawn from 8 a.m. From November to February it should be drawn from 9 a.m. The flag is drawn until sunset, although no later than at 9 p.m. if sun ...

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Flag of Norway, Flag of Norway - History, Flag of Norway - Laws regarding the flag, Flag of Norway - Symbolism, Flag of Norway - Norwegian flag days

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