What Happened In June 1927 In History

Historical Events for June, 1927

• 13th » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
• 26th » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
• 29th » The 'Bird of Paradise (aircraft) called Bird of Paradise', a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1927

• 2nd » W. Watts Biggers, American author, screenwriter, and animator (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Christopher Slade, English lawyer and judge
• 3rd » Boots Randolph, American saxophonist (Million Dollar Band (country music group) or Million Dollar Band) (d. 2007)
• 4th » Henning Carlsen, Danish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 4th » Geoffrey Palmer (actor) named Geoffrey Palmer, English actor
• 7th » Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (d. 1953)
• 7th » Paul Salamunovich, American conductor and educator (d. 2014)
• 8th » Jerry Stiller, American actor and producer
• 8th » Anne Warburton, English diplomat
• 9th » Jim Nolan (basketball) known as Jim Nolan, American basketball player (d. 1983)
• 10th » László Kubala, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2002)
• 10th » Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 10th » Michael J. H. Walsh, English general
• 10th » Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th List of vice premiers of the Republic of China known as Vice Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2013)
• 11th » Beryl Grey, English ballerina
• 13th » Slim Dusty, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2003)
• 15th » Ibn-e-Insha, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (d. 1978)
• 15th » Ottó Foky, Hungarian animator (d. 2012)
• 15th » Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995)
• 16th » Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster
• 16th » Herbert Lichtenfeld, German author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 16th » Ariano Suassuna, Brazilian author and playwright (d. 2014)
• 16th » Brian Wilde, English actor (d. 2008)
• 17th » Martin Böttcher, German composer and conductor
• 17th » Wally Wood, American author, illustrator, and publisher (d. 1981)
• 18th » Eva Bartok, Hungarian-English actress (d. 1998)
• 18th » Paul Eddington, English actor (d. 1995)
• 20th » Simin Behbahani, Iranian poet and activist (d. 2014)
• 21st » Carl Stokes, American politician, 51st Mayor of Cleveland (d. 1996)
• 22nd » Anthony Low, English historian and academic
• 22nd » Ann Petersen, Belgian actress (d. 2003)
• 23rd » Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 1987)
• 23rd » John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop
• 24th » Fernand Dumont, Canadian sociologist, philosopher, and poet (d. 1997)
• 24th » Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2014)
• 25th » Antal Róka, Hungarian runner (d. 1970)
• 25th » Newton Russell, American politician (d. 2013)
• 25th » Chuck Smith (pastor) or Chuck Smith, American pastor, founded the Calvary Chapel (d. 2013)
• 25th » Arnold Wolfendale, English astronomer and academic
• 26th » Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author and poet (d. 2011)
• 27th » Bob Keeshan, American actor and producer (d. 2004)
• 28th » Correlli Barnett, English historian and author
• 28th » Frank Sherwood Rowland, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
• 29th » Pierre Perrault, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 30th » Walter G. Church, Sr., American banker and politician (d. 2012)
• 30th » James Goldman, American screenwriter and playwright (d. 1998)
• 30th » Bob Willoughby, American-French photographer (d. 2009)

Famous Deaths for June 1927

• 1st » Lizzie Borden, American accused murderer (b. 1860)
• 1st » J. B. Bury, Irish historian, philologist, and scholar (b. 1861)
• 7th » Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician, 10th Premier of Quebec (b. 1847)
• 11th » William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
• 14th » Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
• 14th » Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)

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