The temperature on August 3, 1927 was between 7.1 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
August 1 » 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.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
August 27 » 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?"
September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
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