Year (''' MCMXXVII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
: First transatlantic Call .]]
- May - Philo Farnsworth transmits first experimental electronic television pictures.
- May 7 - Civil War ends in Nicaragua .
- May 9 - The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra .
- May 11 - The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences , the "Academy" in " Academy Awards ," is founded.
- May 12 - British police raids the office of Soviet Trade Delegation .
- May 13 - George V proclaims the change of his style from King Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland to King of Great Britain and Ireland.
- May 14 - Cap Arcona 's launching, Blohm & Voss shipyard, in Hamburg . In the U.S., University of Chicago's local collegiate organization, Phi Sigma, becomes incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois as Eta Sigma Phi , the National Honorary Classical Fraternity.
- May 18 - Bombings result in 45 deaths, mostly children, in the Bath School Disaster in Bath Township , Michigan .
- May 20 - Saudi Arabia becomes independent of the United Kingdom ( Treaty Of Jedda ).
- May 20 - 21 - First solo non-stop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris by Charles Lindbergh .
- May 22 - An 8.6 Richter Scale Earthquake in Xining , China kills 200,000.
- May 23 - The first demonstration of television before a live audience. Nearly 600 members of the American Institute Of Electrical Engineers and the Institute Of Radio Engineers view the demonstration at the Bell Telephone Building in New York.
- May 24 - Britain severs Diplomatic Relations with Soviet Union because of revelations of Espionage and underground Agitation .
: Solo flight NYC to Paris .]]
- December 2 - Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
- December 12 - 1600 people hospitalized in London when they had hurt themselves on the icy streets.
- December 15 - Marian Parker , 12, is kidnapped in Los Angeles. Her dismembered body is found on December 19 prompting the largest manhunt to date on the West Coast for her killer, William Edward Hickman , who is arrested on December 22 in Oregon .
- December 17 - U.S. Submarine S-4 is accidentally rammed and sunk by United States Coast Guard destroyer John Paulding off Provincetown, Massachusetts killing everyone aboard after several unsuccessful attempts to raise sub.
- December 27 - Kern and Hammerstein's '' Show Boat '', based on Edna Ferber's novel, opens on Broadway and goes on to become the first great classic of the American musical theatre.
- December 30 - First Japanese Metro line, the Ginza Line in Tokyo , opens.
- January 1
- --- Pat Heywood , Scottish actress
- --- Vernon L. Smith , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- --- Doak Walker , American football player (d. 1998 )
- January 5 - Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami , American-born Hindu guru who spearheaded a global Hindu renaissance and founder of Kauai's Hindu Monastery (d. 2001 )
- January 10
- --- Gisele MacKenzie , Canadian-born singer (d. 2003 )
- --- Johnnie Ray , American singer (d. 1990 )
- --- Otto Stich , member of the Swiss Federal Council
- January 13
- --- Brock Adams , American politician (d. 2004 )
- --- Sydney Brenner , British biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine
- January 17 - Eartha Kitt , American actress and singer
- January 24 - Lasse Pöysti , Finnish writer and playwright
- January 25 - Antonio Carlos Jobim , Brazilian composer (d. 1994 )
- January 26 - José Azcona Del Hoyo , President Of Honduras (d. 2005 )
- January 28 - Hiroshi Teshigahara , Japanese director
- January 29
- --- Edward Abbey , American environmentalist (d. 1989 )
- --- Lewis Urry , Canadian inventor (d. 2004 )
- January 30 - Olof Palme , Prime Minister Of Sweden (d. 1986 )
- February 2 - Stan Getz , American musician (d. 1991 )
- February 3 - Val Doonican , Irish singer and entertainer
- February 7
- --- Juliette Greco , French singer and actor
- --- Vladimir Kuts , Russian runner (d. 1975 )
- February 10 - Leontyne Price , American soprano
- February 15 - Harvey Korman , American actor and comedian
- February 16
- --- June Brown , British actor
- --- Tom Kennedy , American game show host
- February 20
- --- Roy Cohn , American lawyer and anti-Communist (d. 1986 )
- --- Sidney Poitier , American actor
- February 21
- --- Erma Bombeck , American writer and humorist (d. 1996 )
- --- Hubert De Givenchy , French fashion designer
- February 23 - Régine Crespin , French operatic soprano (d. 2007 )
- February 24 - Mark Lane , American conspiracy theorist
- February 27 - Lynn Cartwright , American actress (d. 2004 )
- March 1
- --- Harry Belafonte , American musician and actor
- --- Robert Bork , American law professor
- March 3 - Pierre Aubert , member of the Swiss Federal Council
- March 4
- --- Philip Batt , 29th Governor of the U.S. state of Idaho
- --- Thayer David , American actor (d. 1978 )
- --- Robert Orben , American magician
- --- Dick Savitt , American tennis player
- March 6
- --- Gabriel García Márquez , Colombian author
- --- Gordon Cooper , American astronaut (d. 2004 )
- --- Wes Montgomery , American musician (d. 1968 )
- March 11 - Ron Todd , British trade union leader (d. 2005 )
- March 13
- --- Robert Denning , American interior designer (d. 2005 )
- --- Raúl Alfonsín , Argentine politician
- March 16
- --- Vladimir Komarov , Russian cosmonaut (d. 1967 )
- --- Daniel Patrick Moynihan , U.S. Senator from New York (d. 2003 )
- March 18 - George Plimpton , American writer and actor (d. 2003 )
- March 20 - John Joubert , South African-born British composer
- March 21 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher , German politician
- March 24 - Martin Walser , German author
- March 25 - Bill Barilko , Canadian hockey player
- March 27 - Mstislav Rostropovich , Russian cellist and conductor (d. 2007 )
- March 29 - John Robert Vane , British pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004 )
- March 30 - Peter Marshall , American game-show host
- March 31
- --- César Chávez , American labor activist (d. 1993 )
- --- William Daniels , American actor
- April 2
- --- Ferenc Puskás , Hungarian footballer (d. 2006 )
- --- Kenneth Tynan , English theatre critic (d. 1980 )
- April 6 - Gerry Mulligan , American musician (d. 1996 )
- April 10 - Marshall Warren Nirenberg , American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 15 - Robert Mills , American physicist (d. 1999 )
- April 16
- --- Josef Alois Ratzinger later to become Pope Benedict XVI
- --- Peter Mark Richman , American actor
- April 20
- --- Phil Hill , American race car driver
- --- Karl Alexander Müller , Swiss physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 24 - Alan MacDiarmid , New Zealand chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- April 27 - Coretta Scott King , American civil rights leader (d. 2006 )
- May 9 - Manfred Eigen , German biophysicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry
- May 11 - Mort Sahl , Canadian-born comedian, political commentator
- May 13 - Herbert Ross , American film director
- May 20 - Bud Grant , Canadian and American football coach
- May 22 - George Andrew Olah , Hungarian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- May 25 - Robert Ludlum , American author (d. 2001 )
- May 27 - Ralph Carmichael , American composer and arranger
- May 30 - Clint Walker , American actor
- June 3 - Boots Randolph , American saxophone player (d . 2007 )
- June 8 - Jerry Stiller , American comedian and actor
- June 12 - Al Fairweather , Scottish jazz musician (d. 1993 )
- June 21 - Carl Stokes , American politician (d. 1996 )
- June 23 - Bob Fosse , American choreographer and director (d. 1987 )
- June 24 - Martin Lewis Perl , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- June 27 - Bob Keeshan , American actor (d. 2004 )
- June 28 - Frank Sherwood Rowland , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 4 - Gina Lollobrigida , Italian actress
- July 6
- --- Alan Freeman , Australian-born broadcaster and disc jockey
- --- Janet Leigh , American actress (d. 2004 )
- July 10 - David Norman Dinkins , Mayor Of New York City from 1989 through 1993
- July 18 - Kurt Masur , Silesian-born conductor
- July 31 - Victor Wong , American actor (d. 2001 )
- August 4 - Jess Thomas , American tenor (d. 1993 )
- August 7 - Carl Switzer , American actor (d. 1959 )
- August 8 - Johnny Temple , baseball player (d. 1994 )
- August 18 - Rosalynn Carter , wife of U.S President Jimmy Carter
- August 23 - Dick Bruna , Dutch illustrator
- August 24 - Harry Markowitz , American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- August 25 - Albert Uderzo , French cartoonist
- August 26 - Althea Gibson , American tennis player (d. 2003 )
- August 30 - Geoffrey Beene , American fashion designer (d. 2004 )
- September 11
- --- Vernon Corea , Sri Lankan broadcaster
- --- G. David Schine , American businessman (d. 1996 )
- September 16 - Peter Falk , American actor
- September 22 - Gordon Astall , English footballer
- September 25 - Sir Colin Davis , English conductor
- September 27
- --- Steve Stavro , Canadian businessman and sports team owner (d. 2006 )
- --- W. S. Merwin , American poet
- October 1 - Tom Bosley , American actor
- October 8 - César Milstein , Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 2002 )
- October 14 - Roger Moore , English actor
- October 16 - Günter Grass , German writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- October 18 - George C. Scott , American actor (d. 1999 )
- October 31 - Lee Grant , American actress
- November 2 - Steve Ditko , influential comic book writer and artist, co-creator of Spider-Man
- November 8 - Patti Page , American singer
- November 14 - McLean Stevenson . American actor (d. 1996 )
- November 15 - Gregor Mackenzie , Labour Party (UK) politician (d. 1992 )
- November 18 - Hank Ballard , American musician (d. 2003 )
- November 23 - Guy Davenport , American author, artist, and scholar (d. 2005 )
- November 24
- --- Ahmadou Kourouma , Ivorian writer (d. 2003 )
- --- Alfredo Kraus , Spanish tenor (d. 1999 )
- November 27 - Vin Scully , baseball broadcaster
- November 28 - Chuck Mitchell , American actor (d. 1992 )
- December 3 - Andy Williams , American singer
- December 5
- ---HMK Bhumibol Adulyadej , King of Thailand
- --- W.D. Amaradeva , Sri Lanka Maestro
- December 7 - Helen Watts , Welsh contralto
- December 8 - Vladimir Shatalov , cosmonaut
- December 9 - Pierre Henry , French composer
- December 12 - Honor Blackman , British actress
- December 13 - James Wright , American poet (d. 1980 )
- December 18 - Romeo LeBlanc , 25th Governor General Of Canada
- December 24 - Mary Higgins Clark , famous American novelist
- December 25 - Nellie Fox , baseball player (d. 1975 )
- December 26
- --- Alan King , American comedian (d. 2004 )
- --- Denis Quilley , British actor (d. 2003 )
- December 29 - Andy Stanfield , American athlete (d. 1985 )
- January 19 - Empress Carlota Of Mexico (b. 1840 )
- February 19 - Robert Fuchs , Austrian composer (b. 1847 )
- March 4 - Ira Remsen , American chemist, discoverer of Saccharin (b. 1846 )
- March 14 - Jānis Čakste , Latvian politician, first president of Latvian Republic (b. 1859 )
- March 23 - Paul César Helleu , French artist (b. 1859 )
- March 27 - Joe Start , baseball player (b. 1842 )
- May 2 - Ernest Starling , British physiologist (b. 1866 )
- June 1
- --- Lizzie Borden , American accused murderer (b. 1860 )
- --- J. B. Bury , Irish historian (b. 1861 )
- June 9 - Victoria Woodhull , American feminist (b. 1838 )
- June 11 - William Attewell , English cricketer (b. 1861 )
- June 14 - Jerome K. Jerome , English writer (b. 1859 )
- July 5 - Albrecht Kossel , German physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1853 )
- July 24 - Ryūnosuke Akutagawa , Japanese poet and writer (b. 1892 )
- August 23
- --- Nicola Sacco , Italian anarchist (executed) (b. 1891 )
- --- Bartolomeo Vanzetti , Italian anarchist (executed) (b. 1888 )
- September 5 - Wayne Wheeler , American temperance movement leader (b. 1868 )
- September 14
- --- Isadora Duncan , American dancer (b. 1877 )
- --- Hugo Ball , German poet, founder of Dada (b. 1886 )
- September 19 - Michael Peter Ancher , Danish painter (b. 1849 )
- September 29 - Willem Einthoven , Dutch inventor, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1860 )
- October 2 - Svante Arrhenius , Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859 )
- October 10 - Gustave Whitehead , German-born aviation pioneer (b. 1874 )
- October 22 - Borisav "Bora" Stanković , Serbia n writer (b. 1876 )
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