Date: April 30, 1927
The first transatlantic commercial telephone service is established from New York City to London. Date: January 7, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1927Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards Seize City, Form Soviet – December…
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…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in…
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) More events from 1927Imatra Cinema Fire in Tampere Kills 21, Injures 30 – October…
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 → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople, and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history. Date: April 12, 1927 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1927 📅 On This…