Charles Lindbergh Completes First Solo Nonstop Atlantic Flight, May 21, 1927
Date: May 21, 1927
Date: May 21, 1927
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…
First flight of the Lockheed Vega. Date: July 4, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 4 π Events on this day in 1927 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1927Sacco and Vanzetti Executed After Controversial Trial, August 23, 1927Nungesser and Coli Disappear on First Paris-New York Flight, May…
U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States. Date: February 23, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 23 π Events on this day in…
The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. Date: May 27, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 27 π Events on this day in 1927 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1927Ford Ends Model…
Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex. Date: April 19, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 19 π Events on this day in 1927 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1927Porto Revolt Against Portugal Military Dictatorship February 3, 1927Charles Lindbergh…
The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. Date: September 18, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 18 π Events on this day in 1927 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1927Nationalist Government Approves Tongji University as National University, May 18, 1927Samuel Roxy Rothafel Opens Roxy Theatre in…