What Happened In April 1927 In History

Historical Events for April, 1927

• 7th » First long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
• 12th » April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front (China) named First United Front.
• 14th » The first Volvo automobile e.g car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
• 15th » The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, begins.
• 19th » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play 'Sex (play) called Sex'.
• 23rd » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal F.C. called Arsenal in the 1927 FA Cup Final e.g FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
• 27th » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmery) are created.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1927

• 1st » Walter Bahr, American soccer player, coach, and manager
• 1st » Peter Cundall, English-Australian soldier, horticulturist, and author
• 1st » Amos Milburn, American singer and pianist (d. 1980)
• 1st » Ferenc Puskás, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
• 2nd » Carmen Basilio, American boxer (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Howard Callaway, American soldier and politician, 11th United States Secretary of the Army (d. 2014)
• 2nd » Kenneth Tynan, English critic (d. 1980)
• 3rd » Wesley A. Brown, American general and engineer (d. 2012)
• 4th » Joe Orlando, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 6th » Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 1996)
• 7th » Babatunde Olatunji, Nigerian-American drummer, educator, and activist (d. 2003)
• 8th » Tilly Armstrong, English author (d. 2010)
• 8th » Ollie Mitchell, American trumpet player (The Wrecking Crew (music) called The Wrecking Crew) (d. 2013)
• 10th » Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010)
• 12th » Thomas Hemsley, English opera singer (d. 2013)
• 13th » Rosemary Haughton, English-American theologian, philosopher, and author
• 13th » Maurice Ronet, French actor and director (d. 1983)
• 14th » Alan MacDiarmid, New Zealand chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
• 14th » Dany Robin, French actress (d. 1995)
• 15th » Robert Mills (physicist) named Robert Mills, American physicist (d. 1999)
• 16th » Edie Adams, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
• 16th » Pope Benedict XVI
• 16th » Dick Lane (American football) named Dick Lane, American football player (d. 2002)
• 16th » Peter Mark Richman, American actor
• 16th » Rolf Schult, German actor (d. 2013)
• 18th » Samuel P. Huntington, American political scientist, author, and academic (d. 2008)
• 18th » Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Polish journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2013)
• 19th » Mr. Kenneth, American hairdresser (d. 2013)
• 20th » Bud Cullen, Canadian judge and politician (d. 2005)
• 20th » Phil Hill, American race car driver (d. 2008)
• 20th » K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics named Nobel Prize laureate
• 21st » Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (d. 2007)
• 22nd » Laurel Aitken, Cuban-Jamaican singer (d. 2005)
• 24th » Josy Barthel, Luxembourger runner (d. 1992)
• 25th » Corín Tellado, Spanish author (d. 2009)
• 25th » Albert Uderzo, French author and illustrator
• 26th » Jack Douglas (actor) e.g Jack Douglas, English actor (d. 2008)
• 27th » Tato Bores, Argentinian actor (d. 1996)
• 27th » Charlie Fonville, American shot putter (d. 1994)
• 27th » Connie Kay, American drummer (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 1994)
• 27th » Coretta Scott King, American activist and author (d. 2006)
• 27th » Joe Moakley, American politician (d. 2001)
• 27th » Sheila Scott, English pilot (d. 1988)
• 29th » Dorothy Manley, English sprinter

Famous Deaths for April 1927

• 13th » Georg Voigt (politician) named Georg Voigt, German politician, List of mayors of Frankfurt called Mayor of Frankfurt (b. 1866)
• 15th » Gaston Leroux, French journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 20th » Enrique Simonet, Spanish painter (b. 1866)

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