WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1927
Find out what all happened January to November 1927

After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China. (18. May 1927)

First distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover). (7. April 1927)

The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States. (30. April 1927)

Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex. (19. April 1927)

Angered by the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917, Catholic rebels in Mexico rebelled against the government. (2. January 1927)

In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre. (11. March 1927)

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. (30. April 1927)

The predecessor to the Philippine Stock Exchange opens. (8. August 1927)

The first transatlantic telephone service is established – from New York, New York to London, United Kingdom. (7. January 1927)

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the most destructive river flood in U.S. history, begins. (15. April 1927)

Treaty of Jeddah: the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (20. May 1927)

Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany. (10. January 1927)

The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden. (14. April 1927)

The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles. (31. May 1927)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded. (11. May 1927)

The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York. (7. August 1927)

Nikola Tesla introduces six new inventions including a motor with onephase electricity (22. October 1927)

Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker-tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City. (13. June 1927)

The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor. (1. May 1927)

The first cooked meals on a scheduled flight are introduced on an Imperial Airways flight from London to Paris. (1. May 1927)