WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1927
Find out what all happened January to June 1927

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

Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England. (23. April 1927)

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

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

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)

Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city. (24. March 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)

April 12 Incident: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Communist Party of China members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. (12. April 1927)

The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra. (9. May 1927)

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

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 Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii. (29. June 1927)

The Bath School Disaster: forty-five people are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan. (18. May 1927)

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

The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. (27. May 1927)

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

The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island. (26. June 1927)