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 → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles. Date: May 26, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes. Date: May 22, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Date: May 21, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
Charles Lindbergh takes off for Paris from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, landing 33+1⁄2 hours later. Date: May 20, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1927…
Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Date: May 20, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This…
After being founded for 20 years, the Nationalist government approves Tongji University to be among the its first national universities. Date: May 18, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia, officially opens. Date: May 9, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane. Date: May 8, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This…