WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1927
Find out what all happened February to September 1927

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

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

Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi leads a conference to discuss Japan's plans for China; later, a document detailing these plans, the "Tanaka Memorial" is leaked, although it is now considered a forgery. (27. June 1927)

Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?" (27. August 1927)

The Lockheed Vega first flew. (4. July 1927)

At 07:52 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, on the world's first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He touched down at Le Bourget Field in Paris at 22:22 the next day. (20. May 1927)

Italian Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial. (23. August 1927)

Turkey becomes the first country to celebrate Children's Day as a national holiday. (23. April 1927)

The predecessor to the Philippine Stock Exchange opens. (8. August 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 first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay. (23. July 1927)

President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States. (23. February 1927)

The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Taylor Farnsworth. (7. September 1927)

Massacre of July 15, 1927: 89 protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna. (15. July 1927)

Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. (21. May 1927)

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

Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season. (30. September 1927)

Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history. (16. July 1927)

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