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[[File:1927 Klan pamphleteer.jpg|right|thumb|A Ku Klux Klansman hands out literature in downtown Birmingham in 1927]]
'''1927''' was the 56th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].
'''1927''' was the 56th year after the founding of the city of [[Birmingham]].


==Events==
==Events==
* [[January 14]]: The Town of [[Hollywood]] was incorporated with [[Clarence Lloyd]] as its mayor.
* [[January 14]]: The Town of [[Hollywood]] was incorporated with [[Clarence Lloyd]] as its mayor.
* [[February 11]]: The state legislature approved the merger of [[Edgewood]], [[Grove Park]] and [[Rosedale]] into the newly-incorporated City of [[Homewood]]. [[Red Cunningham]] took office as [[Mayor of Homewood|Mayor]].
* [[Oak Mountain State Park]] was established.
* [[Oak Mountain State Park]] was established.
* The [[Birmingham Area Council]] of the Boy Scouts of America absorbed the [[South Jefferson County Council]].
* The [[David Lindsay Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution]] was established in [[Montevallo]].
* [[June 16]]: Jeff Calloway was [[1927 Jeff Calloway beating|abducted and beaten]] by members of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].
* July: Gennett Records set up a portable recording studio at [[Starr Piano Store]] on [[3rd Avenue North]], capturing [[boogie-woogie]] and country blues songs performed by regional artists.
* Birmingham's [[Kamram Grotto]] hosted a national conference of grottoes.
* [[September 6]]: The [[Yellowhammer]] was adopted as the State Bird of Alabama.
* [[October 5]]-[[October 7|7]]: Aviator [[Charles Lindbergh]] visited Birmingham during his 22,000-mile national tour sponsored by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics. He landed the ''Spirit of St. Louis'' at [[Roberts Field]], spoke at the [[Tutwiler Hotel]] on the importance of investing in aviation infrastructure and was toasted at [[Boutwell Auditorium|Municipal Auditorium]].
* October 5: [[Hawkins Spring]] went dry, forcing the [[Alabama Water Company]] to make connection to the [[Warrior River]] to furnish water to [[Bessemer]].
* [[December 26]]: The [[Alabama Theatre]] opened with a screening of "The Spotlight".
* [[December 26]]: The [[Alabama Theatre]] opened with a screening of "The Spotlight".


===Business===
===Business===
* [[American Cast Iron Pipe Company]] added a third-shift to allow for continuous production.
* [[Sid Lee]]'s [[Alabama Grocery Company]] dropped its other activities and became the [[Buffalo Rock Company]].
* [[Sid Lee]]'s [[Alabama Grocery Company]] dropped its other activities and became the [[Buffalo Rock Company]].
* ''[[The Birmingham News]]'' and ''[[The Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' began publishing a joint Sunday edition as ''[[The Birmingham News Age-Herald]]''.
* ''[[Birmingham News]]'' publisher [[Victor Hanson]] acquired the rival ''[[Birmingham Age-Herald]]'' and began publishing a joint Sunday edition as ''[[The Birmingham News Age-Herald]]''.
* [[Associated Grocers of the South|Associated Grocers of Alabama]] was organized by 13 independent grocers.
* The predecessor to [[West End]]'s [[Alley's Drugs]] opened.
* The predecessor to [[West End]]'s [[Alley's Drugs]] opened.
* [[April 22]]: The first [[C. F. Penn Hamburgers]] opened in Hartselle.
* [[April 22]]: The first [[C. F. Penn Hamburgers]] opened in Hartselle.
* May: The [[Oxmoor Furnaces]] ceased operation.
* May: The [[Oxmoor Furnaces]] ceased operation.
* [[June 27]]: Amid many other route changes, the [[Birmingham Electric Company (1921)|Birmingham Electric Company]] returned the former [[Birmingham Tidewater Railway]] to service as the [[No. 27 Ensley No. 38 South East Lake streetcar line]].
* [[Loren Aldridge]] founded [[Aldridge Garden Shop|Aldridge Nursery]].
* [[Kirkman O'Neal]] bought out his [[Southern Steel Works]] partners and founded [[O'Neal Steel]].
* [[Majestic Coffee Company]] was founded by [[Aristides Kokenes]].
* [[Ollie's Barbecue]] moved from [[Titusville]] to [[Southside]].
* The hoist at [[Woodward Iron Company]]'s [[Redding Shaft]] on [[Red Mountain]] was removed, but the opening continued to serve as ventilation for the [[Songo No. 1 Mine]].
* The hoist at [[Woodward Iron Company]]'s [[Redding Shaft]] on [[Red Mountain]] was removed, but the opening continued to serve as ventilation for the [[Songo No. 1 Mine]].
* August: The [[Family Reserve Insurance Company|Luquire Insurance Company]] was founded.
* [[Alice Furnaces]] shut down.
* August: [[William Luquire]] founded the [[Family Reserve Insurance Co.|W. H. Luquire Burial Association]].
* Passenger rail service to [[Shelby Furnace]] from [[Columbiana]] was ended.
* [[Alabama Power Company]] merged with the Gulf Electric Power Company.
* [[R. L. Zeigler]] founded [[Zeigler Meats|R. L. Zeigler Co., Inc.]]
* Development of the [[Yamakita Country Club]] at [[Shelby Springs]] was curtailed.
* [[Douglas Arant]] became a partner in the firm of [[Bradley Arant Boult Cummings|Bradley, Baldwin, All & White]].
* [[George Connors Jr]] took over for his father as chairman of the [[Connors Steel Company]].
* [[July 24]]: [[Mountain Brook]]'s "[[Old Mill]]" opened as a tea room.
* [[November 19]]: [[Legion Field]] was dedicated at [[McLendon Park]].
* December: [[Franklin Glass]] bought [[Victor Hanson]]'s interest in the ''Montgomery Advertiser''.
 
===Government===
* [[January 17]]: [[Bibb Graves]] was sworn in as [[Governor of Alabama]], succeeded [[William Brandon]].
* January 17: [[J. Chris Hartsfield]] succeeded [[Thomas Shirley]] as [[Jefferson County Sheriff]].
* January 17: [[Curtis Falkner]] succeeded [[James Falkner]] as [[Shelby County Sheriff]].
* January 17: [[S. D. Kilgore]] succeeded [[Guy O'Rear]] as [[Walker County Sheriff]].
* [[February 2]]: The Town of [[Boyles]] was annexed by [[Tarrant|Tarrant City]].
* [[March 4]]: [[Hugo Black]] was sworn into the U.S. Senate, taking the place of retiring Senator [[Oscar Underwood]].
* [[April 11]]: The U.S. Supreme Court upheld punitive damages for employers of negligent workers in wrongful deaths in "[[Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Co. v. Yeldell]]."
* [[December 13]]: A referendum was held to raise a 1-mill tax to fund the [[Jefferson Tuberculosis Sanatorium]].


===Education===
===Education===
*  
* [[Samford University|Howard College]] opened a [[McWhorter School of Pharmacy|Pharmacy School]].
* [[Bessemer Colored High School]] graduated its first class.
* [[E. B. Calhoun]] succeeded [[F. H. Chappelle]] as principal of [[Norwood Elementary School]].
* [[Joseph Fanning Drake]] succeeded [[Theophilus Parker]] as president of the [[Alabama A&M University|State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes]].
* Photographer [[P. H. Polk]] joined the faculty of [[Tuskegee University|Tuskegee Institute]].
 
===Religion===
* [[Max Roseman]] succeeded [[Louis Pizitz]] as president of [[Temple Beth-El]].


===Sports===
===Sports===
* [[January 1]]: [[1926 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]] and Stanford tied 7-7 in the Rose Bowl.
* [[April 17]]: Outfielder [[Sammy West]] made his debut with the Washington Senators.
* Pitcher [[Satchel Paige]] broke his contract with the Negro Southern League's Chattanooga Black Lookouts to sign with [[Bill Gatewood]]'s [[1927 Birmingham Black Barons|Birmingham Black Barons]] of the Negro National League.
* Pitcher [[John Wilson]] debuted with the Boston Red Sox.
* [[Alabama Power Company]] and the ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' claimed silver loving cups at the conclusion of the 1927 [[Indoor Baseball League of Birmingham]] season.
* [[Alabama Power Company]] and the ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' claimed silver loving cups at the conclusion of the 1927 [[Indoor Baseball League of Birmingham]] season.
* [[1927 Birmingham Barons]]
* [[Wallace Wade]] hung up his baseball coaching hat to focus on the [[1927 Alabama Crimson Tide football team]].


==Works==
==Works==
* [[Alabama State Land Act of 1927]]
* [[Alabama State Land Act of 1927]]
* [[November 10]]: Jimmie Tarlton and Tom Darby recorded "[[Birmingham Jail (song)|Birmingham Jail]]" for Columbia Records.
* [[November 10]]: Jimmie Tarlton and Tom Darby recorded "[[Birmingham Jail (song)|Birmingham Jail]]" for Columbia Records.
* [[Jaybird Coleman]] recorded for the Gennett, Silvertone and [[Black Patti]] record labels.
* [[Lucille Bogan]], [[Harry Charles]] and [[Alex Channey]] recorded for Paramount Records in Chicago.


===Books===
===Books===
* ''[[Honor Bound]]'', novel by [[Jack Bethea]]
* ''[[Laurel and Straw]]'', novel by [[James Saxon Childers]]


===Buildings===
===Buildings===
[[File:Alabama Theatre interior.jpg|right|thumb|The Alabama Theatre opened in 1927]]
* [[Anderson Electric]] built a new plant at [[44th Street North|44th Street]] and [[7th Avenue North]].
* [[Anderson Electric]] built a new plant at [[44th Street North|44th Street]] and [[7th Avenue North]].
* The [[Avon Building]] in [[Lakeview]] was constructed for the [[Avon Theatre]] and the [[Exclusive Furniture Shop]].
* The [[Avon Theater]] in [[Lakeview]] was constructed.
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 3]] was constructed on [[Highland Avenue]].
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 3]] was constructed on [[Highland Avenue]].
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 22]] was constructed on [[Clairmont Avenue]].
* [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 22]] was constructed on [[Clairmont Avenue]].
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* The [[Famous Theater]] opened on [[4th Avenue North]].
* The [[Famous Theater]] opened on [[4th Avenue North]].
* The elaborately ornamented [[Florentine Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]] was completed.
* The elaborately ornamented [[Florentine Building]] on [[2nd Avenue North]] was completed.
* [[Grace Episcopal Church]] in [[Woodlawn]] was completed.
* A new shelter was built for the [[Greater Birmingham Humane Society]].
* [[Greater Shiloh Baptist Church]] began worshiping in the basement of their church building, still under construction.
* [[Greater Shiloh Baptist Church]] began worshiping in the basement of their church building, still under construction.
* A classroom wing was added to [[A. H. Parker High School|Industrial High School]].
* The 6-story [[Berkley on Highland|Kenilworth Arms]] apartment building on [[Highland Avenue]] opened.
* The 6-story [[Berkley on Highland|Kenilworth Arms]] apartment building on [[Highland Avenue]] opened.
* The [[Virginia Samford Theatre|Little Theatre]] opened at [[Caldwell Park]].
* The [[Virginia Samford Theatre|Little Theatre]] opened at [[Caldwell Park]].
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* The [[Thomas Martin residence]] on [[Stratford Road]] was built for [[Alabama Power Company]] president [[Thomas Martin]].
* The [[Thomas Martin residence]] on [[Stratford Road]] was built for [[Alabama Power Company]] president [[Thomas Martin]].
* [[Minor High School]] was rebuilt after a fire.
* [[Minor High School]] was rebuilt after a fire.
* An addition to [[Hemphill Elementary School]] was completed.
* The landmark [[Quinlan Castle]] apartment building on [[21st Street South]] opened.
* The landmark [[Quinlan Castle]] apartment building on [[21st Street South]] opened.
* The project to roof over the infield bleachers at [[Rickwood Field]] was completed.
* The [[Pita Stop building|Venetian Village Building]] on [[11th Street South]] was completed.
* The [[Pita Stop building|Venetian Village Building]] on [[11th Street South]] was completed.
* The 17-story Art Deco [[Watts Building (1927)|Watts Building]] was completed on [[20th Street North]].
* The [[George Wofford residence]] was built on [[Salisbury Road]].
* The [[George Wofford residence]] was built on [[Salisbury Road]].
* [[Cahaba Road]] was paved.
* [[November 19]]: The 21,000 seat [[Legion Field]] opened with a game between [[Samford Bulldogs|Howard College]] and [[BSC Panthers|Birmingham-Southern]].
* [[November 19]]: The 21,000 seat [[Legion Field]] opened with a game between [[Samford Bulldogs|Howard College]] and [[BSC Panthers|Birmingham-Southern]].
* [[December 25]]: The [[Alabama Theatre]] opened its doors for a private preview party.
* [[December 25]]: The [[Alabama Theatre]] opened its doors for a private preview party.


===Demolitions===
===Demolitions===
* [[Oak Grove Elementary School]] was destroyed by fire.
* The [[Jefferson County Bank Building]] was torn down to make way for the [[Florentine Building]].
* The [[Jefferson County Bank Building]] was torn down to make way for the [[Florentine Building]].


== Individuals ==
== Individuals ==
*  
* Aviator [[Donald Beatty]] was inducted into the Order of Quiet Birdmen.
* Architect [[Harry Pembleton]] began working for [[Miller and Martin]] as a chief draftsman for commercial projects.
* [[Peahead Walker]] was hired as head football coach at Elon College near Burlington, North Carolina.


===Births===
===Births===
* Restaurateur [[Jack Caddell]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[January 16]]: Nutritionist and dean of the [[UAB School of Public Heath]] [[Juan Navia]] was born in Havana, Cuba.
* Radio host, educator and jazz vocalist [[Jesse Champion]] was born in [[Dolomite]].
* [[January 26]]: Grocer and [[Big B]] CEO [[Anthony Bruno]] was born.
* Grocer, restaurateur and Civil Rights guard [[Joe Hendricks]] was born in Boligee, Green County.
* [[February 6]]: Hardware dealer [[Vance McBride]] was born in Sewickly, Pennsylvania.
* Illustrator [[Phil Neel]] was born.
* [[March 7]]: Art historian, writer and editor [[Pat Farmer]] was born in Winchester, Massachusetts.
* Music critic [[Oliver Roosevelt]] was born.
* Toy store owner [[Herman Spivey]] was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
* Sculptor and educator [[Hannah Stewart]] was born.
* Attorney and publisher [[Asa Rountree III]] was born in Birmingham.
* Wrestler [[Tojo Yamamoto]] was born Harold Watanabe in Hawai'i.
* [[Alabama State Hornets]] football coach [[George James]] was born.
* [[Birmingham Zoo]] director [[Jack Throp]] was born in Arizona.
* [[April 12]]: [[University of Alabama School of Medicine]] dean [[James Pittman]] was born in Orlando, Florida.
* [[April 12]]: [[University of Alabama School of Medicine]] dean [[James Pittman]] was born in Orlando, Florida.
* [[April 27]]: Civil Rights activist [[Coretta Scott King]] was born Coretta Scott in Heiberger, Perry County.
* [[April 27]]: Civil Rights activist [[Coretta Scott King]] was born Coretta Scott in Heiberger, Perry County.
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* [[May 25]]: Gynecologist and [[BJCC]] board member [[Gil Wideman]] was born in [[Walker County]].
* [[May 25]]: Gynecologist and [[BJCC]] board member [[Gil Wideman]] was born in [[Walker County]].
* [[May 27]]: Mathematics professor [[Abdulalim Shabazz]] was born Lonnie Cross in [[Bessemer]].
* [[May 27]]: Mathematics professor [[Abdulalim Shabazz]] was born Lonnie Cross in [[Bessemer]].
* [[June 6]]: [[Mayor of Hoover]] [[John Hodnett]] was born in Majestic, Kentucky.
* [[July 14]]: Birmingham building inspector [[Myron Sasser]] was born in Tallapoosa County.
* [[July 29]]: Actress and educator [[Betty Caldwell]] was born Alice Elizabeth Caldwell in Birmingham.
* [[July 29]]: Actress and educator [[Betty Caldwell]] was born Alice Elizabeth Caldwell in Birmingham.
* [[August 17]]: City planner and [[Auburn University]] professor [[Robert Juster]] was born in London, England.
* [[August 17]]: City planner and [[Auburn University]] professor [[Robert Juster]] was born in London, England.
* [[August 22]]: [[World War II]] veteran [[Russell Brakefield]] was born in Winston County.
* [[September 30]]: Novelist [[Cecil Dawkins]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[September 30]]: Novelist [[Cecil Dawkins]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[October 6]]: [[Alabama Power Company]] president [[Joe Farley]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[October 6]]: [[Alabama Power Company]] president [[Joe Farley]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[October 14]]: Grocer [[Dominic Lusco]] was born.
* [[October 14]]: Grocer [[Dominic Lusco]] was born.
* [[October 25]]: Judge [[William Acker]] was born.
* [[November 13]]: Actor [[Hal Lynch]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[November 13]]: Actor [[Hal Lynch]] was born in Birmingham.
* [[November 18]]: R&B singer [[Hank Ballard]] was born John Henry Kendricks in Detroit, Michigan.
* [[November 18]]: R&B singer [[Hank Ballard]] was born John Henry Kendricks in Detroit, Michigan.
* [[November 19]]: Educator [[Wayne Teague]] was born in [[Cullman]].
* [[November 21]]: Contractor [[D. Riley Stuart]] was born in Greenville, Butler County.
* [[November 26]]: [[UAB]] administrator [[Gloria Howton]] was born Gloria Sterman in Reform, Pickens County.
* [[November 26]]: [[UAB]] administrator [[Gloria Howton]] was born Gloria Sterman in Reform, Pickens County.
* [[December 6]]: Formal wear dealer [[J. O. Tant, Jr]] was born.
* [[December 4]]: Poet and novelist [[Anne George]] was born in Montgomery.
* [[December 6]]: Formal wear dealer [[J. O. Tant Jr]] was born.
* [[December 27]]: Writer, communications director, actor and social activist [[John Wright]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* [[December 31]]: Dancer, choreographer and [[Birmingham Civic Ballet]] founder [[Lola Mae Jones Coates]] was born Lola Mae Jones.
* [[December 31]]: Dancer, choreographer and [[Birmingham Civic Ballet]] founder [[Lola Mae Jones Coates]] was born Lola Mae Jones.
* Restaurateur [[Jack Caddell]] was born in [[Birmingham]].
* Radio host, educator and jazz vocalist [[Jesse Champion]] was born in [[Dolomite]].
* Grocer, restaurateur and Civil Rights guard [[Joe Hendricks]] was born in Boligee, Green County.
* Illustrator [[Phil Neel]] was born.
* Music critic [[Oliver Roosevelt]] was born.
* Toy store owner [[Herman Spivey]] was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
* Sculptor and educator [[Hannah Stewart]] was born.
* Attorney and publisher [[Asa Rountree III]] was born in Birmingham.
* Wrestler [[Tojo Yamamoto]] was born Harold Watanabe in Hawai'i.
* [[Alabama State Hornets]] football coach [[George James]] was born.
* [[Birmingham Zoo]] director [[Jack Throp]] was born in Arizona.
===Graduations===
* Theater manager [[Norris Hadaway]] graduated from [[Bessemer High School]].
* [[Paul Hardin]] completed his divinity degree at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
* [[Arthur Shores]] completed a degree in education at [[Talladega College]].


===Marriages===
===Marriages===
*  
* [[May 7]]: [[Richmond Beatty]] married the former [[Floy Beatty|Floy Ward]].
* [[Clarence Allgood]] married [[Marie Allgood|Marie Maxwell]].
* [[Henry Higginbotham]] married [[Flora Higginbotham|Flora Belle Quinton]].
* [[Alberta Shuttlesworth|Alberta Robinson]] married [[William Shuttlesworth]].
* [[Howell Vines]] married [[Alma Vines|Alma Huey]].


===Deaths===
===Deaths===
*
* Architect [[Daniel Reamer]] died.
* [[March 5]]: Restaurateur [[Louis Gelders]] died.
* [[March 7]]: [[Birmingham Ice & Cold Storage Co.]] president [[Franklin Rushton]] died in [[Birmingham]].
* [[March 16]]: Theater owner [[Jake Wells]] died in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
* [[April 8]]: Convicted murderer [[Horace DeVaughan]] was executed at Kilby State Prison in Atmore. He was the first to have his sentenced carried out by use of the electric chair.
* [[August 15]]: [[Avondale Mills]] founder and former [[Governor of Alabama]] [[B. B. Comer]] died in Birmingham.
* November: A construction worker fell from the ceiling of the [[Alabama Theatre]], and is said to still [[Alabama Theatre ghosts|haunt]] the building.
* [[November 27]]: Labor organizer and negotiator [[William Fairley]] died in [[Ensley]].


==Context==
==Context==
1927 was the spring of the great Mississippi flood, covering 27,000 square miles between April 22 and May 5, killing an unknown number of people and forcing the relocation of more than 600,000 from the delta. Australia moved its capital from Melbourne to Canberra. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded. Andrew Kehoe murdered 38 schoolchildren in Bath Township, Michigan. Ibn Saud established his family's dynasty over the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd on the Arabia peninsula. Charles Lindbergh carried out his epic nonstop solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The United States established the Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration. The Nanchang Uprising gave birth to the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Mount Rushmore park was dedicated, with plans for a monumental carving of four presidential portraits. Joseph Stalin assumed control of the Soviet Communist Party from Leon Trotsky. The Ford Motor Company introduced the Model A. The BBC was granted a royal charter. Despite huge death tolls from earthquakes in China and Japan, the world's population topped 2 billion for the first time.
The top-grossing films of 1927 were "The Jazz Singer," "Wings," "It," (with Clara Bow, the "It girl") and "Love". The German film "Metropolis" came in at number 14. Louis Bromfield's novel, ''Early Autumn'' was awarded the Pulitzer and Henri Bergson won the Nobel for literature.
Notables born in 1927 include actors Peter Falk, Eartha Kitt, Gina Lollobrigida, Roger Moore and Sidney Poitier, musicians Antionio Carlos Jobim and Harry Belafonte, Bob "Capt. Kangaroo" Keeshan, comics Harvey Korman and Erma Bombeck, playwright Neil Simon, novelists Robert Ludlum and Gabriel García Márquez, labor activist César Chávez, baseball manager Tommy Lasorda, and Pope Benedict XVI.


Among those who died in 1927 were author Gaston Leroux, architect Hermann Muthesius, accused murderer Lizzie Borden, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and dancer Isadora Duncan.


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Latest revision as of 13:05, 30 March 2024

A Ku Klux Klansman hands out literature in downtown Birmingham in 1927

1927 was the 56th year after the founding of the city of Birmingham.

Events

Business

Government

Education

Religion

Sports

Works

Books

Buildings

The Alabama Theatre opened in 1927

Demolitions

Individuals

Births

Graduations

Marriages

Deaths

Context

1927 was the spring of the great Mississippi flood, covering 27,000 square miles between April 22 and May 5, killing an unknown number of people and forcing the relocation of more than 600,000 from the delta. Australia moved its capital from Melbourne to Canberra. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was founded. Andrew Kehoe murdered 38 schoolchildren in Bath Township, Michigan. Ibn Saud established his family's dynasty over the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd on the Arabia peninsula. Charles Lindbergh carried out his epic nonstop solo transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The United States established the Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration. The Nanchang Uprising gave birth to the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Mount Rushmore park was dedicated, with plans for a monumental carving of four presidential portraits. Joseph Stalin assumed control of the Soviet Communist Party from Leon Trotsky. The Ford Motor Company introduced the Model A. The BBC was granted a royal charter. Despite huge death tolls from earthquakes in China and Japan, the world's population topped 2 billion for the first time.

The top-grossing films of 1927 were "The Jazz Singer," "Wings," "It," (with Clara Bow, the "It girl") and "Love". The German film "Metropolis" came in at number 14. Louis Bromfield's novel, Early Autumn was awarded the Pulitzer and Henri Bergson won the Nobel for literature.

Notables born in 1927 include actors Peter Falk, Eartha Kitt, Gina Lollobrigida, Roger Moore and Sidney Poitier, musicians Antionio Carlos Jobim and Harry Belafonte, Bob "Capt. Kangaroo" Keeshan, comics Harvey Korman and Erma Bombeck, playwright Neil Simon, novelists Robert Ludlum and Gabriel García Márquez, labor activist César Chávez, baseball manager Tommy Lasorda, and Pope Benedict XVI.

Among those who died in 1927 were author Gaston Leroux, architect Hermann Muthesius, accused murderer Lizzie Borden, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, and dancer Isadora Duncan.

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