Cyclone Roller Coaster Opens on Coney Island, June 26, 1927
Date: June 26, 1927
Date: June 26, 1927
The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Bath Township, Michigan. Date: May 18, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 18 π Events on this day in 1927 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1927Heisenberg Introduces…
The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314. Date: October 25, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 25 π Events on this day in 1927 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1927Treaty of Jeddah Recognizes Ibn Saudβs Sovereignty in Hejaz and…
Augusto CΓ©sar Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history. Date: July 16, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 16 π Events on…
Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California. Date: January 11, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 11 π Events on this day in 1927 π On This Day (Today)…
The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford. Date: March 15, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 15 π Events on this day in 1927 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1927Bath School Disaster…
Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created. Date: April 27, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 27 π Events on this day in 1927 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1927Nanking Incident: Foreign Warships Bombard Nanjing, China March 24, 1927Nationalist Government Approves Tongji University…