1927

1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1927th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 927th year of the 2nd millennium, the 27th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1920s decade.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1890s  1900s  1910s  – 1920s –  1930s  1940s  1950s
Years:	1924 1925 1926 – 1927 – 1928 1929 1930

1927 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1927 MCMXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2680
Armenian calendar	1376 ԹՎ ՌՅՀԶ
Assyrian calendar	6677
Bahá'í calendar	83–84
Balinese saka calendar	1848–1849
Bengali calendar	1334
Berber calendar	2877
British Regnal year	17 Geo. 5 – 18 Geo. 5
Buddhist calendar	2471
Burmese calendar	1289
Byzantine calendar	7435–7436
Chinese calendar	丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4623 or 4563     — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4624 or 4564
Coptic calendar	1643–1644
Discordian calendar	3093
Ethiopian calendar	1919–1920
Hebrew calendar	5687–5688
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1983–1984
- Shaka Samvat	1848–1849
- Kali Yuga	5027–5028
Holocene calendar	11927
Igbo calendar	927–928
Iranian calendar	1305–1306
Islamic calendar	1345–1346
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 2 (昭和２年)
Javanese calendar	1857–1858
Juche calendar	16
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4260
Minguo calendar	ROC 16 民國16年
Nanakshahi calendar	459
Thai solar calendar	2469–2470
Tibetan calendar	阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 2053 or 1672 or 900     — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 2054 or 1673 or 901

Events

• The Hardy Boys mystery series for children is launched.
• January 1 – Cristero War erupts in Mexico when pro-Church rebels attack secular-minded government
• January 7 – First transatlantic telephone call – New York City to London
• January 9 – Military rebellion crushed in Lisbon
• January 14 – Paul Doumer elected president of France
• January 19 – Britain sends troops to China
• January 30 – Right-wing veterans and the Republican Schutzbund clash in Schattendorf, Burgenland, Austria. One man and a child are killed by gunshots. See July 15.
• February 12 – First British troops land in Shanghai
• February 14 – Earthquake in Yugoslavia – 700 dead
• February 19 – General strike in Shanghai in protest of the presence of the British troops
• February 23 – The Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.
• March 4 – A diamond rush in South Africa includes trained athletes that have been hired by major companies to stake claims
• March 6 – In Britain, a 1000 people a week die from influenza epidemic
• March 10 – Albania mobilizes in case of an attack of Yugoslavia
• March 11 – In New York City, the Roxy Theatre is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.
• March 11 – First armoured car robbery, committed by the Flatheads gang.

Nobel prizes

• Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian doctor, won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (b. 1857) (d. 1940)

Births

January

Olof Palme

• January 3 – Mario Lanfranchi, Italian movie directors (d. 2022)
• January 30 – Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986)

February

Juliette Gréco

Sidney Poitier

Hubert de Givenchy

• February 7 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (d. 2020)
• February 20 – Sidney Poitier, Bahamian-American actor (d. 2022)
• February 21 – Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (d. 2018)

March

Gabriel García Márquez

Cesar Chavez

• March 6 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, journalist and Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 2014)
• March 17 - Patrick Allen, English actor (d. 2006)
• March 31 – Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader (d. 1993)

April

Ferenc Puskás

Gerry Mulligan

Marshall Warren Nirenberg

Pope Benedict XVI

Tadeusz Mazowiecki

• April 1 – Ferenc Puskas, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006)
• April 6 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician (d. 1996)
• April 10 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biochemist, won the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (d. 2010)
• April 16 – Pope Benedict XVI (d. 2022)
• April 18 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki, 1st Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2013)

June

László Kubala

Hugo Pratt

June 6- Shefqet Nebih Gashi, Serbian politician

• June 10 – László Kubala, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
• June 15 – Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)

July

Gina Lollobrigida

Neil Simon

Janet Leigh

Simone Veil

• July 4 – Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress
• July 4 – Neil Simon, American playwright, writer, academic (d. 2018)
• July 6 – Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004)
• July 13 – Simone Veil, 12th President of the European Parliament (d. 2017)

August

Rosalynn Carter

Thomas S. Monson

• August 18 – Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States (d. 2023)
• August 21 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2018)

September

Peter Falk

• September 16 – Peter Falk, American actor, (d. 2011)

October

Sir Roger Moore

Günter Grass

George C. Scott

• October 14 – Roger Moore, English actor (d. 2017)
• October 16 – Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (d. 2015)
• October 18 - George C. Scott, American actor (d. 1999)

November

Odvar Nordli

Patti Page

Angelo Sodano

• November 3 – Odvar Nordli, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2018)
• November 7 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman, 3rd president of Nintendo (d. 2013)
• November 8 - Patti Page, American singer (d. 2013)
• November 8 – Ken Dodd, English comedian (d. 2018)
• November 8 – Nguyen Khanh, South Vietnamese Prime Minister (d. 2013)
• November 23 – Angelo Sodano, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2022)

December

Andy Williams

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Robert Noyce

• December 3 – Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012)
• December 5 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (d. 2016)
• December 10 - Harvey Glatman, American serial killer (d. 1959)
• December 12 – Robert Noyce, American inventor (d. 1990)
• December 25 – Ram Narayan, Indian musician