1. What year is it?
By: Lauren Sandler

2. World Events
The Cristero War erupts in Mexico between Catholic rebels and the Mexican government The Royal and Parliamentary Titles Act renames the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland to the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland During the Nanchang Uprising the Communist Chinese People’s Liberation Army is formed

3. Newsworthy Items
Charles Lindbergh makes first transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St. Louis Ferdinando Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed in Massachusetts for armed robbery and murder The Holland Tunnel opens going across The Hudson River linking New York and New Jersey

4. Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party and… …Joseph Stalin is left with undisputed control of the Soviet Union

5. Disasters
Great Mississippi Flood devastates several states Bath School disaster in Bath Township, Michigan

6. Technology 1st transatlantic call made from New York to London
The Ford Motor Company unveils the Model A car
1st successful long distance
demonstration of television by
Bell Telephone Co. of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover

7. Sports New York Giants win National Football League Title
Babe Ruth hits a Major League record of 60 home runs
New York Yankees defeat the
Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 to win the
World Series
Ottawa Senators defeat the Boston Bruins in 4 games to win the Stanley Cup

8. Entertainment
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is founded. Douglas Fairbanks is elected its first president
Random House Publishing is founded by Bennett Cerf & Donald Klopfer
Kern & Hammerstein’s musical
Show Boat opens on Broadway
The Jazz Singer, the first “talkie” premieres on October 6th in New York City

9. Film Premieres

10. So…what year is it???
1927