March 1927 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 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 March 1927: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of March 1927?
Events
- 01 Mar 1927 Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank.
- 02 Mar 1927 Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year).
- 04 Mar 1927 A diamond rush in South Africa includes trained athletes that have been hired by major companies to stake claims.
- 05 Mar 1927 1,000 US marines land in China to protect American property.
- 07 Mar 1927 Earthquake measuring 8 on Richter scale strikes Tango, Japan.
- 08 Mar 1927 Pan American Airlines incorporates.
- 10 Mar 1927 Albania mobilizes due to threat of Serbian, Croatian and Slovenes.
- 11 Mar 1927 First armored commercial car hold-up in US, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 13 Mar 1927 Fritz Lang's culturally influential film ''Metropolis'' premieres in Germany.
- 17 Mar 1927 US government doesn't sign League of Nations disarmament treaty.
- 19 Mar 1927 Bloody battles between communists and National-socialists in Berlin, Germany.
- 21 Mar 1927 Guomindang Army conquerors Shanghai as British marines flee.
- 24 Mar 1927 Cuban chess champion Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie.
- 26 Mar 1927 Gaumont-British Film Corporation forms.
- 28 Mar 1927 Majestic Theater opens at 245 W 44th St, New York City
- 29 Mar 1927 Henry O D Segrave races his Sunbeam car to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona; first auto to exceed 200 mph (322 kph).
- 15 Mar 1927 The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
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