WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1927
Find out what all happened January to February 1927

The Cristero War begins in Mexico. (1. January 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)

Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match anywhere in the world, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury. (22. January 1927)

Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd. (27. January 1927)

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

German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time. (23. February 1927)

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

Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California. (11. January 1927)

Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian). (1. January 1927)

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

A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children. (9. January 1927)