Today in History for September 1927

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 31 of 31

2nd - Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers
4th - Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
5th - Red Sox beat Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings
6th - Buddy DeSylva & Lew Brown's musical "Good News" premieres in NYC
6th - Red Sox beat NY Yankees 12-11 in 18 innings at Fenway Park
7th - Philo Farnsworth demonstrates 1st use of TV in SF
7th - The University of Minas Gerais is founded in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by GovernorAntônio Carlos.
9th - Tony Lazzeri Day at Yankee Stadium
10th - 22nd Davis Cup: France beats USA in Philadelphia (3-2)
10th - France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had competed since 1905.
11th - After losing 21 in a row to NY, the Browns win their last meeting, 6-2
11th - Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers
12th - Sigmund Romberg's musical "My Maryland," premieres in NYC
13th - Yanks clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 HRs (52 en route to 60)
13th - Waite Hoyt became only 20 game winner of 1927 Yankees
16th - Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Association title
17th - 47th US Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (119 63 119)
17th - Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco
18th - 18 station CBS radio network begins, (WOR is NYC affiliate)
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 18th - The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
20th - NY Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
22nd - Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses to Tunney)
22nd - Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
22nd - Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
24th - NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs
24th - Yanks set record of 106 victories
26th - St James Theater (Erlanger) opens at 246 W 44th St NYC
29th - Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
29th - Telephone service begins between US & Mexico
29th - Tornado strikes St Louis Missouri, 85 die
30th - Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 48 of 48

1st - Tommy Evans, rocker (Drifters)
2nd - Francis Matthews, British actor (On the Bowery, Paul Temple)
2nd - Leonard Katzman, TV producer
2nd - Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
2nd - Tzvi Avni, composer
4th - Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
5th - Paul Volcker, Federal Reserve chairman
6th - Keith Humble, composer
7th - Don Messick, cartoon voice (Bam-bam, Astro, Scooby-Doo)
7th - Graham Dudley Whettam, composer
7th - Eric Hill, British children's Author
8th - Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002)
9th - Elvin Jones, rocker
10th - Gwen Watford, British actress (Body in the Library, Ghoul)
11th - David Schine, businessman
11th - Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)
12th - Gianna Maria Canale, Reggio Calabria Italy, actress (Go For Broke)
12th - Ina Muller-van Ast, Dutch MP (PvdA)
14th - Martin Caidin, American aviation writer (d. 1997)
15th - Norm Crosby, Boston Mass, comedian/double talker (Liar's Club)
15th - David Stove, Australian philosopher, (d. 1994)
16th - Jack Kelly, Astoria Queens, actor (Bart-Maverick, Get Christie Love)
16th - Peter Falk, Ossining NY, actor (Colombo, Scared Straight)
17th - George Blanda, Penn, NFL kicker/quarterback (Bears, Oilers, Raiders)
17th - Ted Weiss, (Rep-D-NY, 1977-92)
18th - Gerlando Alberti, Palermo, Italy, Sicilian Mafioso (Ciaculli massacre, 1963, 'Mafia! What is that? A kind of cheese'), (d. 2012)
19th - Rosemary Harris, English actress
20th - Clarice Taylor, Va, actress (Nurse Bailey-Nurse)
20th - Rachel Roberts, Llanelly Wales, actress (Foul Play, Doctor's Wife)
20th - Johnny Dankworth, English musician and composer
22nd - Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, (Rep-D-Texas, 1965- )
Baseball Manager Tom Lasorda (22nd) 22nd - Tom Lasorda [Thomas], Norristown, Pennsylvania, baseball manager (LA Dodgers)
22nd - Gordon Astall, English footballer
24th - Richard Swift, composer
25th - Carl Braun, basketball player (NY Knicks)
25th - Colin Rex Davis, Weybridge England, conductor (NY Met 1967-71)
26th - Patrick O'Neal, Ocala Fla, actor (Kaz, Alvarez Kelly, King Rat)
26th - Robert Blackburn, Irish educationist (d. 1990)
26th - Robert Cade, American physician and beverage inventor (d. 2007)
27th - Boris Porena, composer
27th - Eli van der Merwe Louw, S Afr minister of Transport/Manpower
27th - Patrick O'Neal, actor (King Rat, Night of the Iguana)
27th - Red Robert Chudnick Rodney, jazz trumpeter
27th - Steve Stavro, Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
28th - Thomas J J Altizer, Mass, US Radical theologian (God is Dead)
29th - Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Brazil, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-52, 56)
29th - Paul McCloskey, (Sen-R-California)
30th - W. S. Merwin, American poet

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

12th - Walther Amelung, German archaeologist, dies at 61
12th - Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
14th - Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel
15th - Herman Gorter, socialist/poet (Mai, Pan), dies at 62
19th - Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (b. 1849)
20th - George Nichols, actor (His Favorite Pastime, Star Boarder), dies at 62
22nd - Giannotto Bastianelli, composer, dies at 44
29th - Willem Einthoven, Dutch physiologist (Nobel-1924), dies at 67
29th - Arthur Achleitner, German writer (b. 1858)