What Happened In May 1927 In History

Historical Events for May, 1927

• 1st » The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris.
• 1st » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
• 8th » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard 'The White Bird' biplane.
• 9th » The Parliament of Australia known as Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
• 11th » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
• 18th » The Bath School disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
• 18th » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China (1912–49) named Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
• 20th » Treaty of Jeddah (1927) named Treaty of Jeddah: the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Najd or Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• 27th » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A (1927) named Ford Model A.
• 31st » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1927

• 1st » Gary Bertini, Israeli conductor and composer (d. 2005)
• 1st » Laura Betti, Italian actress and singer (d. 2004)
• 2nd » Ray Barrett, Australian actor (d. 2009)
• 4th » Terry Scott, English actor (d. 1994)
• 5th » Pat Carroll (actress) or Pat Carroll, American actress and singer
• 5th » Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (d. 2012)
• 7th » Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, German-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 7th » Jim Lowe, American singer-songwriter
• 8th » Chumy Chúmez, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2003)
• 9th » Manfred Eigen, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate
• 10th » Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author
• 11th » Bernard Fox (actor) or Bernard Fox, Welsh-American actor and singer
• 11th » Mort Sahl, Canadian-American comedian and actor
• 11th » Gene Savoy, American explorer, author, and scholar (d. 2007)
• 13th » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (d. 1958)
• 13th » Herbert Ross, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2001)
• 14th » Herbert W. Franke, Austrian scientist and author
• 18th » Richard Body, British politician
• 20th » Bud Grant, American football player and coach
• 20th » David Hedison, American actor
• 20th » Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal
• 21st » Péter Zwack, Hungarian businessman and diplomat (d, 2012)
• 22nd » Peter Matthiessen, American journalist and author, co-founded 'The Paris Review' (d. 2014)
• 22nd » George Andrew Olah, Hungarian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate
• 23rd » Bodil Skjånes Dugstad, Norwegian politician
• 25th » Robert Ludlum, American author (d. 2001)
• 25th » Norman Petty, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1984)
• 26th » Jacques Bergerac, French actor (d. 2014)
• 27th » Jüri Randviir, Estonian chess player and journalist (d. 1996)
• 27th » Harry Webster, English engineer (d. 2007)
• 29th » Gordon Berg, American politician (d. 2013)
• 29th » Jean Coutu (pharmacist) named Jean Coutu, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group
• 29th » Thanasis Veggos, Greek actor and director (d. 2011)
• 30th » Clint Walker, American actor and singer
• 31st » James Eberle, English admiral
• 31st » Michael Sandberg, Baron Sandberg, English banker
• 31st » Lloyd Thaxton, American television host and producer (d. 2008)

Famous Deaths for May 1927

• 2nd » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 11th » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 17th » Harold Geiger, American pilot and lieutenant (b. 1884)
• 18th » Andrew Kehoe, American educator and murderer, committed the Bath School disaster (b. 1872)
• 25th » Payne Whitney, American businessman (b. 1876)
• 27th » Oscar Stribolt, Danish actor (b. 1872)
• 28th » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter (b. 1878)

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