Best 1927
The second boxing match between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney took place on September 22, 1927, at Soldier Field in Chicago. Tunney retained his heavyweight championship by unanimous decision, but the fight is most famous for a controversial delayed knockdown count in the seventh round. After Tunney...
Death Comes for the Archbishop is a historical western novel by Willa Cather. It portrays the experiences of Father Sebastian Keaton, a Catholic priest, as he attempts to establish a church and community in New Mexico during 1927. The story explores themes of faith, cultural conflict, and the challe...
The Shanghai Custom House is a prominent government building on the Bund in Shanghai, completed in 1927. Its central clock tower contains a large four-faced clock whose design and Westminster-style chimes recall the clock at the Palace of Westminster in London, leading to the informal nickname "Big...
Mahagonny Songspiel is a theatrical musical work composed by Kurt Weill with text by Bertolt Brecht, premiering at the German Chamber Music Festival in Baden-Baden in 1927. Structured as a suite of five songs, it served as an early, experimental prototype for their later full-scale opera, Rise and F...
SS Principessa Mafalda was an Italian passenger liner operated by Navigazione Generale Italiana on service between Italy and South America. On 25 October 1927, she sank off the coast of Brazil after a propeller shaft failure damaged the hull and admitted water. Approximately 314 people died, althoug...
Zane Grey's 1927 western set in the Nevada high desert, centering on a rivalry over wild horse herds and a deepening mystery surrounding stolen stock and hidden motives.
A submarine tuff cone located offshore of British Columbia's Graham Island, notable for its phreatomagmatic origins along the tectonically active Pacific North American margin.
The Hawk of the Hills is a 1927 American silent adventure serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, notable for its thrilling wilderness survival themes and aerial stunts.
