Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union. Date: November 12, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314. Date: October 25, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 25 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Imatra Cinema is destroyed in a fire in Tampere, Finland, during showing the 1924 film Wages of Virtue; 21 people die in the fire and almost 30 are injured. Date: October 23, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This…
Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie. Date: October 6, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 6 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore. Date: October 4, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 4 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air. Date: September 18, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth. Date: September 7, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking: "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?" Date: August 27, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This…
Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial. Date: August 23, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union. Date: August 19, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)