Title: 1927 Content: == Events == * The Hardy Boys mystery series for children is launched. * January 1 – Cristero War erupts in Mexico when pro-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 veterans 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, Austrian doctor, won the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (b. 1857) (d. 1940) == Births == === January === * January 3 – Mario Lanfranchi, Italian movie directors (d. 2022) * January 30 – Olof Palme, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1986) === February === * February 7 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (d. 2020) * February 20 – Sidney Poitier, Bahamian- American actor (d. 2022) * February 21 – Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer (d. 2018) === March === * March 6 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian writer, journalist and Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 2014) * March 17 - Patrick Allen, English actor (d. 2006) * March 31 – Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader (d. 1993) === April === * April 1 – Ferenc Puskas, Hungarian footballer (d. 2006) * April 6 – Gerry Mulligan, American musician (d. 1996) * April 10 – Marshall Warren Nirenberg, American biochemist, won the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, (d. 2010) * April 16 – Pope Benedict XVI (d. 2022) * April 18 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki, 1st Prime Minister of Poland (d. 2013) === May === === June === June 6- Shefqet Nebih Gashi, Serbian politician * June 10 – László Kubala, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002) * June 15 – Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (d. 1995) === July === * July 4 – Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress * July 4 – Neil Simon, American playwright, writer, academic (d. 2018) * July 6 – Janet Leigh, American actress (d. 2004) * July 13 – Simone Veil, 12th President of the European Parliament (d. 2017) === August === * August 18 – Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States * August 21 – Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 2018) === September === * September 16 – Peter Falk, American actor, (d. 2011) === October === * October 14 – Roger Moore, English actor (d. 2017) * October 16 – Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor (d. 2015) * October 18 - George C. Scott, American actor (d. 1999) === November === * November 3 – Odvar Nordli, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2018) * November 7 – Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japanese businessman, 3rd president of Nintendo (d. 2013) * November 8 - Patti Page, American singer (d. 2013) * November 8 – Ken Dodd, English comedian (d. 2018) * November 8 – Nguyen Khanh, South Vietnamese Prime Minister (d. 2013) * November 23 – Angelo Sodano, Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church (d. 2022) === December === * December 3 – Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012) * December 5 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (d. 2016) * December 10 - Harvey Glatman, American serial killer (d. 1959) * December 12 – Robert Noyce, American inventor (d. 1990) * December 25 – Ram Narayan, Indian musician nv:1901 – 1950