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1927 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2033. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1927 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1927

• January 22, 1927 – Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
• February 2, 1927 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
• March 11, 1927 – In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
• April 23, 1927 – Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
• April 27, 1927 – Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
• May 1, 1927 – The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.
• May 27, 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
• June 29, 1927 – 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.
• August 23, 1927 – Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
• November 12, 1927 – Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

Who Were Born On 1927?

• January 13, 1927 – Brock Adams, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 2004)
• February 15, 1927 – Harvey Korman, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2008)
• February 21, 1927 – Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer, founded Givenchy
• May 31, 1927 – James Eberle, English admiral
• July 2, 1927 – Brock Peters, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2005)
• July 15, 1927 – Joe Turkel, American actor
• November 2, 1927 – Steve Ditko, American author and illustrator
• November 8, 1927 – Chris Connor, American singer (d. 2009)
• December 25, 1927 – Ram Narayan, Indian sarangi player