Timeline August 1927

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• 1927 Geneva Naval Conference Failed talks on limiting cruisers The United States, Britain and Japan met in Geneva to extend the naval limits of the Washington Treaty to cruisers and smaller warships. The talks broke down over disagreements between Britain and the United States on cruiser numbers and sizes.
• 1927 Bristol sessions Recordings that launched the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers Ralph Peer of the Victor Talking Machine Company recorded local musicians in Bristol, on the Tennessee–Virginia line. The sessions produced the first recordings of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. They are often called the big bang of country music.
• 1927 US Championships 1927 Men: René Lacoste · Women: Helen Wills
• 1927 Nanchang Uprising Communist revolt later marked as the founding of the PLA Communist-led units under Zhou Enlai, He Long and Zhu De seized Nanchang from the Nationalists. They were driven out within days, but the uprising was the first major armed action by the Chinese Communist Party. China celebrates 1 August as the founding day of the People's Liberation Army.
• 1927 – 1978 Robert Shaw (1927-1978) Died 28 August 1978, aged 51 The English actor and novelist was widely known for playing shark hunter Quint in "Jaws" and for roles in "From Russia with Love" and "The Sting". He died of a heart attack while driving in Ireland.
• 1927 Wings premieres War aviation film that won the first Best Picture award William Wellman's First World War aviation drama Wings premiered in San Antonio, Texas. It was known for its realistic aerial combat scenes. In 1929 it won the first Academy Award for Outstanding Picture.
• 1927 – 2023 Rosalynn Carter (1927-2023) Died 19 November 2023, aged 96 American first lady from 1977 to 1981 who redefined the role as a policy partner and campaigned for mental health care for four decades.
• 1927 Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti Italian-born anarchists executed in Massachusetts Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in the electric chair at Charlestown State Prison. They had been convicted of a 1920 robbery and murder. Their trial was widely condemned as unfair, and the executions set off protests around the world.
• 1927 – 2003 Althea Gibson (1927-2003) Died 28 September 2003, aged 76 Althea Gibson was the first Black tennis player to compete at and win Grand Slam titles, taking the French, Wimbledon and US singles championships between 1956 and 1958. She later became the first Black player on the women's professional golf tour.