October 1927 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1927: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of October 1927?
Events
- 01 Oct 1927 Pirates clinch NL pennant with a 9-6 win over Reds
- 04 Oct 1927 Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
- 06 Oct 1927 Jazz Singer, 1st movie with a sound track, premieres
- 07 Oct 1927 Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game
- 08 Oct 1927 Sea battle at Navarino
- 09 Oct 1927 The Mexican government crushes a rebellion in Vera Cruz.
- 11 Oct 1927 Lou Gehrig elected Major League Baseball's Most Valuable Player.
- 12 Oct 1927 Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 pounds on a plank with the soles of his feet.
- 17 Oct 1927 Ban Johnson, in failing health, retires as AL President
- 18 Oct 1927 The first flight of Pan American Airways takes off from Key West, Florida, bound for Havana, Cuba.
- 22 Oct 1927 Nikola Tesla exposed his six (6) new inventions including motor with onephase electricity
- 23 Oct 1927 Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss
- 26 Oct 1927 Duke Ellington sings Creole Love Song
- 27 Oct 1927 Queen Wilhelmina opens Meuse-Waal Canal in Nijmegen
- 28 Oct 1927 Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia
- 23 Oct 1927 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.
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