WHAT HAPPENED IN 1927.
Look what happened the 1927.

Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union. (12. November 1927)

The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City. (13. November 1927)

Columbine Mine Massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes. (21. November 1927)

Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile. (2. December 1927)

Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released. (3. December 1927)

The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings. (8. December 1927)

The phrase "Grand Ole Opry" is used for the first time on-air. (10. December 1927)

Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet. (11. December 1927)

Donald Bradman makes his debut in first-class cricket for New South Wales against South Australia. Batting at No. 7, he scores a century. (16. December 1927)

Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date. (17. December 1927)

Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan were executed by the British Empire. (19. December 1927)

The Vietnamese Nationalist Party is founded. (25. December 1927)

Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway. (27. December 1927)

The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan. (30. December 1927)