July 1927 calendar

July 1927
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 1927.
The US president was Calvin Coolidge (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Stanley Baldwin (Conservative), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on July 1927: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1927?

Events

01 Jul 1927 The Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration (FDIA) is established.
02 Jul 1927 40th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez
03 Jul 1927 47th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: H Cochet beats Borotra (46 46 63 64 75)
04 Jul 1927 Ir Sukarno forms PNI (Perserikatan Nasional Indonesia) in Batavia
11 Jul 1927 An earthquake strikes Palestine, killing around 300 people. The effects are especially severe in Nablus, but damage and fatalities are also reported in many areas of Palestine and Trans-Jordan such as Amman, Salt, Jordan, and Lydda.
12 Jul 1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
14 Jul 1927 1st commercial airplane flight in Hawaii
15 Jul 1927 62nd British Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 285 at St. Andrews
16 Jul 1927 Augusto Sandino begins 5.5-year war against US occupation of Nicaragua.
19 Jul 1927 Ty Cobb gets his 4,000th Major League Baseball hit.
20 Jul 1927 Lindbergh begins New York flight
24 Jul 1927 The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
27 Jul 1927 Major Bernard Montgomery (29) marries widow Betty Carver
29 Jul 1927 1st iron lung installed

Famous Birthday

Simone Veil
French lawyer, politician, minister of health & social services 1993.
Gina Lollobrigida
Italian actress who made her debut in 1947 after winning a beauty contest.
Gérard Brach
French screenwriter best known for his collaborations with the film directors Roman Polanski and Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Claude Sarraute
French writer, a reporter and author.
Janet Leigh
American actress and author famous for her shower scene in classic horror film "Psycho" in 1960.
Gisèle Halimi
Theodore Maiman
American scientist, a physicist who built and patented the first operable laser in May 1960.
Neil Simon
American playwright and screenwriter.
Treaty of Manila (1946)
Ken Russell
British film director who aimed to shock, which he did with flair but no subtlety.
Léonce Deprez
John Ashbery
American poet and professor, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry among other prestigious awards.
Pierre Paulin
French furniture designer and interior designer, famed for his innovative work with Artifort in the 1960s and interior design in the 1970s.
Daniel Ceccaldi
French actor.
Ed Ames
American singer and actor (Ames Brothers).
James MacKay
Scottish nobleman, Lord Mackay of Clashfern and Lord Chancellor in the present government.
Alex Katz
American painter with one-man exhibitions in U.S.
Marcel Azzola
Pierre Granier-Deferre
French film director.
Guy Bardone
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