What Happened In August 1927 In History

Historical Events for August, 1927

• 7th » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
• 8th » The predecessor to the Philippine Stock Exchange opens.
• 16th » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu called Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
• 19th » Sergius I of Moscow named Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
• 23rd » Italian Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1927

• 1st » Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic
• 3rd » Gordon Scott, American actor (d. 2007)
• 4th » Jess Thomas, American tenor (d. 1993)
• 5th » Gunnar Bucht, Swedish composer and musicologist
• 5th » John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
• 7th » Edwin Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of Louisiana
• 7th » Art Houtteman, American baseball player (d. 2003)
• 7th » Carl Switzer, American actor and singer (d. 1959)
• 8th » Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
• 8th » Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (d. 2002)
• 9th » Daniel Keyes, American author (d. 2014)
• 9th » Robert Malpas, English engineer and businessman
• 9th » Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and author
• 9th » Robert Shaw (British actor) e.g Robert Shaw, English actor and screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 10th » Eivind Eckbo, Norwegian lawyer and politician
• 10th » Jean Guichet, French race car driver
• 10th » Jimmy Martin, American singer and guitarist (d. 2005)
• 10th » Vernon Washington, American actor (d. 1988)
• 11th » Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor
• 11th » Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 12th » Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
• 15th » Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)
• 15th » Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
• 16th » Lois Nettleton, American actress (d. 2008)
• 17th » Sam Butera, American saxophonist (d. 2009)
• 18th » Rosalynn Carter, American wife of Jimmy Carter, 41st First Lady of the United States
• 19th » L. Q. Jones, American actor and director
• 20th » John Boardman (art historian) known as John Boardman, English archaeologist and historian
• 20th » Yootha Joyce, English actress (d. 1980)
• 20th » Fred Kavli, Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (d. 2013)
• 20th » Peter Oakley, English blogger (d. 2014)
• 21st » Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• 23rd » Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator
• 23rd » Martial Solal, Algerian-French pianist and composer
• 24th » Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (d. 2014)
• 24th » David Ireland (author) or David Ireland, Australian author
• 24th » Harry Markowitz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics known as Nobel Prize laureate
• 25th » Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (d. 2003)
• 26th » B. V. Doshi, Indian architect
• 29th » Jimmy C. Newman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for August 1927

• 23rd » Nicola Sacco, Italian murderer (b. 1891)
• 23rd » Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian murderer (b. 1888)
• 31st » William Frank Carver, American target shooter (b. 1851)
• 31st » Andranik, Armenian general (b. 1865)

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