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unusual facts about January 1927


Laurier Palace Theatre fire

The Laurier Palace Theatre fire, sometimes known as the Saddest fire or the Laurier Palace Theatre crush, was a small fire that occurred in a movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Sunday, January 9, 1927.



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Achimota School

Achimota, originally known as the Prince of Wales College and School, was formally opened on 28 January 1927 by the then Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg.

Allison R. Palmer

Allison Ralph (Pete) Palmer (9 January 1927 in Bound Brook, New Jersey) is an American paleontologist and geologist.

Arbeiderklassens Samlingsparti

As it happened, there were two unifying congresses in January 1927: one where Labour and Social Democratic Labour united once and for all with support from the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions, and one where Arbeiderklassens Samlingsparti was founded.

Boeing Model 40

Boeing's bid of $3 per lb was much less than any of the competing bids, and Boeing was awarded the San Francisco to Chicago contract in January 1927, building 24 Model 40As for the route (with a further aircraft being used as a testbed by Pratt & Whitney).

Darwin Diengdoh Pugh

Born on 12 January 1927 at Sohra to late Bransly Marpna Pugh and Glis Diengdoh, Pugh had his education at Gauhati University.

Darwin Diengdoh Pugh (12 January 1927 – 17 November 2008) was the first Khasi Chief Minister of Meghalaya state of Northeastern India.

Dover Corporation Tramways

In January 1927, the surviving original cars were condemned and it was decided to purchase five trams from the recently defunct West Hartlepool system at a cost of £850 including spares.

Fur Workers Industrial Union

In January 1927, foreseeing a communist victory at the 1927 union convention, the communist leaders and locals were expelled on the instructions of the AFL president William Green.

Geraldine Hervey, Marchioness of Bristol

Lady Bristol died in 25 January 1927 in St George's Hospital on Hyde Park Corner after being knocked down by a motor car and was buried in the grounds of the family home, Ickworth House, two days later.

Heinrich von Gossler

Heinrich Wilhelm Martin von Goßler (29 September 1841, in Weißenfels, Province of Saxony – 10 January 1927, in Berlin-Wilmersdorf) was a Prussian General of the Infantry and Minister of War.

Kazi M Badruddoza

Dr Kazi M Badruddoza was born 1 January 1927 in Bogra District.

Martha Blackman

Martha Elizabeth Blackman (born 1 January 1927, Dallas) is an American viola da gamba player and lutenist, and the first American to perform on and teach the viol.

Miles J. Breuer

When Hugo Gernsback founded the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories, Breuer began writing and submitting stories, publishing his first, "The Man with the Strange Head", in the January 1927 issue.

Sigmund von Riezler

Sigmund Riezler or Siegmund Riezler (after 1900 von Riezler; 2 May or 5 May 1843 Munich - 28 January 1927 Ambach) was a German historian.

Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet

Sir Patrick Alexander Macnaghten, 11th Baronet, DL (24 January 1927 – 22 August 2007) was a British baronet and Chief of the Clan Macnaghten.

Stanley Frederick Gibbs

On 3 January 1927, Gibbs was out driving a launch at Port Hacking when he noticed Mervyn Allum struggling in the water.

Vidadi Babanli

Vidadi Babanli was born on 5 January 1927, in Shikhly village of Qazakh Rayon which is now renamed to Mughanly and is under administration of Agstafa Rayon.

Walter Sparrow

Walter Leonard Sparrow (22 January 1927 – 31 May 2000) was a British film and television actor best known for his appearance as Duncan in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner.

Zuzana Růžičková

Zuzana Růžičková (14 January 1927, Plzeň) is a Czech harpsichordist, an interpreter of classical and baroque music.