America - 1927AD
In 1927AD:
Charles Lindbergh flew solo nonstop from New York to Paris in 33.5 hours.
Duke Ellington's jazz band starred at Harlem's Cotton Club in New York City.
Baseball player Babe Ruth scored a record 60 home runs for the New York Yankees.
Helen Newington Wills won the Wimbledon tennis championship.
Dancer Martha Graham opened her first dance studio in New York City.
American dancer Isadora Duncan was killed in a tragic car accident.
Blackface singer Al Jolson appeared in the first sound motion picture
The Jazz Singer
.
Comedy team Laurel and Hardy appeared in their first film
Putting Pants on Philip
.
American writer Thornton Wilder published
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
.
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