Page 12: Historical Events In 1927

Sep 16   Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Assn title   

Sep 17   47th US Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (119 63 119).   

Sep 17   Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco   

Sep 18   18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is NYC affiliate)   

Sep 18   Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air (16 radio stations).   

Sep 18   The American CBS broacasting organisation is created   

Sep 19   Rosemary Harris, English actress   

Sep 20   Clarice Taylor, Va, actress (Nurse Bailey-Nurse)   

Sep 20   George Nichols, actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62   

Sep 20   NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry.   

Sep 22   Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, (Rep-D-Texas, 1965- ).   

Sep 22   Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney).   

Sep 22   Giannotto Bastianelli, composer, dies at 44.   

Sep 24   NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs.   

Sep 24   NHL's Toronto St Patricks become the Maple Leafs.   

Sep 24   Richard Swift, composer.   

Sep 25   Carl Braun, basketball player (NY Knicks)   

Sep 26   Patrick O'Neal, Ocala Fla, actor (Kaz, Alvarez Kelly, King Rat)   

Sep 26   St James Theater (Erlanger) opens at 246 W 44th St NYC.   

Sep 29   Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games.   

Sep 29   Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri   

Sep 29   Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist (Nobel-1924), dies at 67.   

Sep 30   Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)   

Sep 30   W. S. Merwin, American poet.   

Oct 01   Tom Bosley, Chicago, actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote).   

Oct 01   Wilhelm Harteveld, composer, dies at 68.   

Oct 02   Svante August Arrhenius, chemist, dies.   

Oct 04   Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mt. Rushmore.   

Oct 06   "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (NYC).   

Oct 06   Alice Bauer, LPGA golfer   

Oct 07   Al Martino, Phila, singer (Here in My Heart)/actor (Godfather)   

Oct 07   Yank Herb Pennock retires 1st 22 Pirates in World Series game   

Oct 08   Al Duncan, drummer   

Oct 08   NY Yankees sweep Pirates in 24th World Series   

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Jan 01   Barbara baxley: Stockton ca, actress (norma rae, countdown)   

Jan 01   Juliusz luciuk: Composer   

Jan 01   Yuri grigorovich: Leningrad, choreographer   

Jan 01   Doak walker: American football star    

Jan 01   Calum mackay: Canadian hockey player    

Jan 01   Maurice béjart: French choreographer    

Jan 01   Pat heywood: Scottish actress   

Jan 01   Vernon l. smith: American economist, winner   

Jan 03   Carle david tolmé runge: German physicist (b. 1856)   

Jan 09   Houston s chamberlain: British/german race theorist,    

Jan 17   Juliette gordon low: American founder of the girl scouts of the usa (b. 1860)   

Jan 19   Charlotte maavcl: Princess of belg/emp of mexico (1864-67),    

Jan 21   Floris h verster: Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher,    

Jan 27   Georgios grivas: Cyprus-born general in the greek army   

Jan 30   Friedrich ernst koch: Composer,   

Feb 04   Thomas linnemann laub: Composer,