1927

1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.

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March 11 - In New York City, the Roxy Theater is opened by Samuel Roxy Rothafel.
March 11 - The first armoured car robbery is committed by the Flatheads Gang near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
April 14 - The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 9 - The Australian Parliament first convenes in Canberra.
May 20-21 - Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight, from New York to Paris.
November 12 - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin with undisputed control of the Soviet Union.