Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 - 1927 - 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932
Events:
- January 7 - First transatlantic telephone call - New York City to London
- February 23 - The Federal Radio Commission (later renamed the Federal Communications Commission) begins to regulate the use of radio frequencies.
- March 11 - In New York City, the Roxy Theatre[?] is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.
- April 7 - Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Commerce Secretary Hoover which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television.
- May - Philo Farnsworth transmits first experimental electronic television pictures
- May 9 - The Australian Parliament[?] first convenes in Canberra.
- May 11 - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the "Academy" in "Academy Awards," is founded.
- May 20 - Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain (Treaty of Jedda[?]).
- May 20-May 21 Non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh.
- May 23 - The first demonstration of television before a live audience. Nearly 600 members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers[?] and the Institute of Radio Engineers[?] view the demonstration at the Bell Telephone Building in New York.
- May 27 - Ford Motor Company ceases manufacturing Ford Model Ts and begins to retool plants to make Ford Model As.
- German economy collapses
- Sacco and Vanzetti[?] executed
- The British Broadcasting Corporation is founded
- The Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (later known as CBS) is formed
- Harold Stephen Black invents the feedback amplifier
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 1927 in film
- January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premiers.
- Wings
- February 4 - The first talkie is released - The Jazz Singer starring Al Jolson
- The formation of The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences[?]
- 1927 in literature
- 1927 in music
- 1927 in sports[?]
- January 7 - The Harlem Globetrotters play their first game
- February 11 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran[?].
- February 11 - US male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles[?].
Births:
- January 10 - Gisele MacKenzie[?], singer
- January 10 - Johnnie Ray[?], singer (+ 1990)
- January 17 - Eartha Kitt[?], actress, singer
- January 28 - Hiroshi Teshigahara[?], director
- January 29 - Edward Abbey[?], environmentalist (+ 1989)
- January 30 - Olof Palme, Swedish prime minister
- February 2 - Stan Getz[?], musician (+ 1991)
- February 3 - Val Doonican[?], Irish singer and entertainer
- February 7 - Juliette Greco[?], singer and actor
- February 10 - Leontyne Price[?], lyric soprano
- February 15 - Harvey Korman[?], actor, comedian
- February 20 - Sidney Poitier, actor
- February 21 - Erma Bombeck, writer, humorist (+ 1996)
- February 21 - Hubert de Givenchy[?], fashion designer
- March 1 - Harry Belafonte, musician and actor
- March 1 - Robert Bork, law professor
- March 6 - Wes Montgomery, musician
- March 6 - Gordon Cooper[?], astronaut
- March 10 - Paul Wunderlich[?], painter, graphic artist, sculptor
- March 10 - Jupp Derwall[?], football coach
- March 11 - Joachim Fuchsberger[?], actor
- March 16 - Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut
- March 16 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Senator from New York
- March 18 - George Plimpton, writer
- March 21 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher, politician
- March 24 - Martin Walser[?], author
- March 27 - Mstislav Rostropovich, conductor, musician
- March 31 - Cesar Chavez, labor activist (+ 1993)
- March 31 - William Daniels[?], actor
- April 6 - Gerry Mulligan[?], musician (+ 1996)
- May 9 - Wim Thoelke[?], show master (+ 1995)
- May 13 - Herbert Ross[?], director (+ 2001)
- May 20 - Bud Grant[?], Canadian and American football coach
- May 23 - Dieter Hildebrandt[?], cabaret artiste
- May 25 - Robert Ludlum, science fiction writer (+ 2001)
- May 30 - Clint Walker[?], actor
- July 4 - Gina Lollobrigida[?], actress
- August 23 - Dick Bruna, illustrator
- October 16 - Günter Grass, German novelist
- October 18 - George C. Scott, film and stage actor
- December 8 - Vladimir Shatalov, cosmonaut
- Bob Fosse, choreographer and director
Deaths:
- January 18 - Former Empress Carlota of Mexico
- June 9 - Victoria Woodhull, feminist, suffragist
- June 14 - Jerome K. Jerome, writer
- Lizzy Borden[?] notorious figure- thought to have killed her parents with an axe
- Physics - Arthur Holly Compton[?], - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson[?]
- Chemistry - Heinrich Otto Wieland[?]
- Medicine - Julius Wagner-Jauregg[?]
- Literature - Henri Bergson
- Peace - Ferdinand Buisson[?] Ludwig Quidde
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