The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear. Date: August 16, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York. Date: August 7, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. Date: August 1, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 1 📅 Events on this day…
The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres. Date: July 24, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay. Date: July 23, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
Augusto César 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 → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on…
Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by Austrian police in Vienna. Date: July 15, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State, is assassinated by the IRA. Date: July 10, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
First flight of the Lockheed Vega. Date: July 4, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii. Date: June 29, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 29 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)