WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 1927
Find out what all happened May to August 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)

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

The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra. (9. May 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 Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island. (26. June 1927)

The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army. (1. August 1927)

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

Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane. (8. May 1927)

First test of Wallace Turnbull's controllable pitch propeller. (29. June 1927)

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

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)

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

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

Metropolitan Sergius proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union. (19. August 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)

The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor. (1. May 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 Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres. (24. July 1927)