What Happened In October 1927 In History

Historical Events for October, 1927

• 4th » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
• 6th » Opening of 'The Jazz Singer', the first prominent talking movie.
• 22nd » Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions including a motor with onephase electricity

Famous Birthdays on October in 1927

• 1st » Tom Bosley, American actor and singer (d. 2010)
• 1st » Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (d. 2006)
• 1st » Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author
• 6th » Bill King, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
• 7th » R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)
• 7th » Al Martino, American singer and actor (d. 2009)
• 8th » Jim Elliot, American missionary (d. 1956)
• 8th » César Milstein, Argentinian-English biochemist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)
• 10th » Dana Elcar, American actor and director (d. 2005)
• 10th » Jon Locke, American actor (d. 2013)
• 10th » Thomas Wilson (composer) known as Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer (d. 2001)
• 11th » Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
• 13th » Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer
• 14th » Roger Moore, English actor and producer
• 15th » Jeannette Charles, English actress
• 15th » Bob Elliott (Alberta politician) named Bob Elliott, Canadian politician (d. 2013)
• 15th » Bill Henry, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 16th » Günter Grass, Polish-German author, poet, playwright, and illustrator, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate
• 18th » Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 18th » George C. Scott, American actor and director (d. 1999)
• 19th » Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator
• 20th » Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (d. 2013)
• 20th » Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (d. 2007)
• 21st » Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer
• 22nd » Allan Hendrickse, South African minister and politician (d. 2005)
• 23rd » Sonny Criss, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
• 23rd » Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player and coach (d. 2013)
• 23rd » Leszek Kołakowski, Polish-English philosopher (d. 2009)
• 24th » Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001)
• 24th » Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 24th » Barbara Robinson (author) known as Barbara Robinson, American author (d. 2013)
• 25th » Barbara Cook, American singer and actress
• 25th » Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay
• 25th » Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and author (d. 1987)
• 26th » Warne Marsh, American saxophonist (Supersax) (d. 1987)
• 27th » Dominick Argento, American composer
• 28th » Cleo Laine, English singer and actress
• 28th » Roza Makagonova, Russian actress (d. 1995)
• 30th » Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)

Famous Deaths for October 1927

• 2nd » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 5th » Sam Warner, Polish-American film producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (b. 1887)
• 10th » August Kitzberg, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1855)
• 10th » Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot (b. 1874)
• 22nd » Borisav Stanković, Serbian author (b. 1876)
• 27th » Squizzy Taylor, Australian gangster (b. 1888)

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