1927

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s - 1920s - 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s

Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 - 1927 - 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932

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Births

• October 16 - [Günter Grass]?, German novelist

Deaths

Events

• February 11 - US female Figure Skating championship won by [Beatrix Loughran]?.
• February 11 - US male Figure Skating championship won by [Nathaniel Niles]?.
• May 20 - Saudi Arabia becomes independent of Great Britain ([Treaty of Jedda]?)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Arthur Holly Compton]?, - [Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]?
• Chemistry - [Heinrich Otto Wieland]?
• Medicine - [Julius Wagner-Jauregg]?
• Literature - Henri Bergson
• Peace - [Ferdinand Buisson]? [Ludwig Quidde]?