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  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    1927
    Computer

    The art of mechanical analog computing reached its zenith

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    1927

    The art of mechanical analog computing reached its zenith with the differential analyzer, built by H. L. Hazen and Vannevar Bush at MIT starting in 1927. This built on the mechanical integrators of James Thomson and the torque amplifiers invented by H. W. Nieman. A dozen of these devices were built before their obsolescence became obvious. By the 1950s, the success of digital electronic computers had spelled the end for most analog computing machines, but analog computers remained in use during the 1950s in some specialized applications such as education (control systems) and aircraft (slide rule).




  • U.S.
    1927
    Harry S. Truman

    Elected to the Judgeship

    U.S.
    1927

    In 1926, Truman was elected to the judgeship with the support of the Pendergast machine, and he was re-elected in 1930. Truman helped coordinate the Ten Year Plan, which transformed Jackson County and the Kansas City skyline with new public works projects, including an extensive series of roads and construction of a new Wight and Wight-designed County Court building.




  • U.S.
    1927
    Meditation

    Tibetan Book of the Dead

    U.S.
    1927

    New schools of yoga developed in Hindu revivalism from the 1890s. Some of these schools were introduced to the West, by Vivekananda and later gurus. The first English translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead was published in 1927.




  • U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 1, 1927
    Bank of America

    The combined bank operates under Federal Charter 13044, which was granted to Giannini's Bank of Italy

    U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 1, 1927

    While NationsBank was the nominal survivor, the merged bank took the better-known name of Bank of America. Hence, the holding company was renamed Bank of America Corporation, while NationsBank, N.A. merged with Bank of America NT&SA to form Bank of America, N.A. as the remaining legal bank entity. The combined bank operates under Federal Charter 13044, which was granted to Giannini's Bank of Italy on March 1, 1927.




  • Key West, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Mar 14, 1927
    Juan Trippe

    Pan American Airways

    Key West, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Mar 14, 1927

    Interested in operating to the Caribbean, Trippe created the Aviation Corporation of the Americas. Based in Florida, the company would evolve into the unofficial United States flag carrier, Pan American Airways, commonly known as Pan Am.




  • U.S.
    Saturday Mar 26, 1927
    Anna May Wong

    Mr. Wu

    U.S.
    Saturday Mar 26, 1927

    In Mr. Wu (1927) Wong played a supporting role as increasing censorship against mixed-race onscreen couples cost her the lead. In The Crimson City, released the following year, this happened again.




  • California, U.S.
    1927
    Anna May Wong

    Re-titled The Dragon Horse

    California, U.S.
    1927

    Wong starred in The Silk Bouquet. Re-titled The Dragon Horse in 1927, the film was one of the first U.S. films to be produced with Chinese backing, provided by San Francisco's Chinese Six Companies. The story was set in China during the Ming Dynasty and featured Asian actors playing the Asian roles.


  • California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 21, 1927
    Anna May Wong

    Old San Francisco

    California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 21, 1927

    Wong continued to be assigned supporting roles. Hollywood's Asian female characters tended toward two stereotypical poles: the naïve and self-sacrificing "Butterfly" and the sly and deceitful "Dragon Lady". In Old San Francisco (1927), directed by Alan Crosland for Warner Brothers, Wong played a "Dragon Lady", a gangster's daughter.


  • U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1927
    Marcus Garvey

    Released

    U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1927

    The Attorney General, John Sargent, received a petition with 70,000 signatures urging for Garvey's release. Sargeant warned President Calvin Coolidge that African-Americans were regarding Garvey's imprisonment not as a form of justice against a man who had swindled them but as "an act of oppression of the race in their efforts in the direction of race progress". Eventually, Coolidge agreed to commute the sentence so that it would expire immediately, on 18 November 1927. He stipulated, however, that Garvey should be deported straight after release.


  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 3, 1927
    Marcus Garvey

    Garvey was taken by train to New Orleans, where around a thousand supporters saw him onto the SS Saramaca

    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 3, 1927

    On being released, Garvey was taken by train to New Orleans, where around a thousand supporters saw him onto the SS Saramaca on 3 December. The ship then stopped at Cristóbal in Panama, where supporters again greeted him, but where the authorities refused his request to disembark. He then transferred to the SS Santa Maria, which took him to Kingston.


  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1927
    Jimmy Hoffa

    Hoffa Left School

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1927

    Hoffa left school at age 14 and began working full-time manual labor jobs such as house painting to help support his family.


  • Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    1927
    Computer

    The art of mechanical analog computing reached its zenith

    Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
    1927

    The art of mechanical analog computing reached its zenith with the differential analyzer, built by H. L. Hazen and Vannevar Bush at MIT starting in 1927. This built on the mechanical integrators of James Thomson and the torque amplifiers invented by H. W. Nieman. A dozen of these devices were built before their obsolescence became obvious. By the 1950s, the success of digital electronic computers had spelled the end for most analog computing machines, but analog computers remained in use during the 1950s in some specialized applications such as education (control systems) and aircraft (slide rule).


  • U.S.
    1927
    Harry S. Truman

    Elected to the Judgeship

    U.S.
    1927

    In 1926, Truman was elected to the judgeship with the support of the Pendergast machine, and he was re-elected in 1930. Truman helped coordinate the Ten Year Plan, which transformed Jackson County and the Kansas City skyline with new public works projects, including an extensive series of roads and construction of a new Wight and Wight-designed County Court building.


  • U.S.
    1927
    Meditation

    Tibetan Book of the Dead

    U.S.
    1927

    New schools of yoga developed in Hindu revivalism from the 1890s. Some of these schools were introduced to the West, by Vivekananda and later gurus. The first English translation of the Tibetan Book of the Dead was published in 1927.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 1, 1927
    Bank of America

    The combined bank operates under Federal Charter 13044, which was granted to Giannini's Bank of Italy

    U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 1, 1927

    While NationsBank was the nominal survivor, the merged bank took the better-known name of Bank of America. Hence, the holding company was renamed Bank of America Corporation, while NationsBank, N.A. merged with Bank of America NT&SA to form Bank of America, N.A. as the remaining legal bank entity. The combined bank operates under Federal Charter 13044, which was granted to Giannini's Bank of Italy on March 1, 1927.


  • Key West, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Mar 14, 1927
    Juan Trippe

    Pan American Airways

    Key West, Florida, U.S.
    Monday Mar 14, 1927

    Interested in operating to the Caribbean, Trippe created the Aviation Corporation of the Americas. Based in Florida, the company would evolve into the unofficial United States flag carrier, Pan American Airways, commonly known as Pan Am.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Mar 26, 1927
    Anna May Wong

    Mr. Wu

    U.S.
    Saturday Mar 26, 1927

    In Mr. Wu (1927) Wong played a supporting role as increasing censorship against mixed-race onscreen couples cost her the lead. In The Crimson City, released the following year, this happened again.


  • California, U.S.
    1927
    Anna May Wong

    Re-titled The Dragon Horse

    California, U.S.
    1927

    Wong starred in The Silk Bouquet. Re-titled The Dragon Horse in 1927, the film was one of the first U.S. films to be produced with Chinese backing, provided by San Francisco's Chinese Six Companies. The story was set in China during the Ming Dynasty and featured Asian actors playing the Asian roles.


  • California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 21, 1927
    Anna May Wong

    Old San Francisco

    California, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 21, 1927

    Wong continued to be assigned supporting roles. Hollywood's Asian female characters tended toward two stereotypical poles: the naïve and self-sacrificing "Butterfly" and the sly and deceitful "Dragon Lady". In Old San Francisco (1927), directed by Alan Crosland for Warner Brothers, Wong played a "Dragon Lady", a gangster's daughter.


  • U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1927
    Marcus Garvey

    Released

    U.S.
    Friday Nov 18, 1927

    The Attorney General, John Sargent, received a petition with 70,000 signatures urging for Garvey's release. Sargeant warned President Calvin Coolidge that African-Americans were regarding Garvey's imprisonment not as a form of justice against a man who had swindled them but as "an act of oppression of the race in their efforts in the direction of race progress". Eventually, Coolidge agreed to commute the sentence so that it would expire immediately, on 18 November 1927. He stipulated, however, that Garvey should be deported straight after release.


  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 3, 1927
    Marcus Garvey

    Garvey was taken by train to New Orleans, where around a thousand supporters saw him onto the SS Saramaca

    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Saturday Dec 3, 1927

    On being released, Garvey was taken by train to New Orleans, where around a thousand supporters saw him onto the SS Saramaca on 3 December. The ship then stopped at Cristóbal in Panama, where supporters again greeted him, but where the authorities refused his request to disembark. He then transferred to the SS Santa Maria, which took him to Kingston.


  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1927
    Jimmy Hoffa

    Hoffa Left School

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    1927

    Hoffa left school at age 14 and began working full-time manual labor jobs such as house painting to help support his family.


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