What is 1927?
{{Year nav|1927}} {{Year in various calendars|1927}} {{Year article header|1927}} == Events == * [[The Hardy Boys]] mystery series for children is launched. * [[January 1]] – [[Cristero War]] erupts in [[Mexico]] when pro-[[Catholic Church|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 [[veteran]]s 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]], [[Austria]]n [[Medical doctor|doctor]], won the 1927 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]], (b. [[1857]]) (d. [[1940]]) == Births == === January === [[File:(Olof Palme) Felipe González ofrece una rueda de prensa junto al primer ministro de Suecia. Pool Moncloa. 28 de septiembre de 1984 (cropped).jpeg|thumb|110px|[[Olof Palme]]]] * [[January 3]] – [[Mario Lanfranchi]], Ita