Timeline March 1927

Events in March 1927 10

• 1858 – 1927 Kang Youwei (1858-1927) Died 31 March 1927, aged 69 Kang Youwei was a Chinese scholar and reformer who led the Hundred Days' Reform of 1898 under the Guangxu Emperor. When the reforms were crushed he fled abroad, and he remained a constitutional monarchist for the rest of his life.
• 1927 Revolt in the Desert London, United Kingdom An abridgement of Seven Pillars sold enormously and cleared his debts. He withdrew it from sale as soon as they were paid.
• 1927 – 2014 Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) Died 17 April 2014, aged 87 Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate who wrote "One Hundred Years of Solitude," died in Mexico City. He was the leading figure of the Latin American magical realism literary movement. His works remain among the most widely read in world literature.
• 1927 North Tango earthquake Earthquake and fires devastate the Tango Peninsula A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the Tango Peninsula in Kyoto Prefecture. Collapsing houses and the fires that followed killed about 3,000 people.
• 1927 Pan American Airways founded Future flagship US international airline is incorporated Pan American Airways was founded to carry airmail between Key West and Havana. Under Juan Trippe it grew into the leading US international airline. Pan Am later pioneered transpacific and transatlantic passenger services.
• 1927 Shōwa financial crisis Bank runs sweep Japan Finance Minister Kataoka Naoharu wrongly announced in the Diet that the Tokyo Watanabe Bank had failed. The statement set off bank runs across Japan. Dozens of banks collapsed, the Wakatsuki cabinet fell, and the government declared a three-week moratorium on payments.
• 1927 – 2003 Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) Died 26 March 2003, aged 76 Daniel Patrick Moynihan was a US senator from New York for 24 years and a social scientist who advised four presidents of both parties. Known for a wide-ranging intellect and provocative reports on poverty and family, he also served as ambassador to India and to the United Nations.
• 1927 Nanking Incident Foreign warships shell Nanjing after attacks on foreigners Soldiers of the Northern Expedition captured Nanjing and attacked foreign consulates, homes and missions. British and American warships shelled the city to cover the evacuation of foreign nationals.
• 1927 First Mille Miglia Italian road race from Brescia to Rome and back The first Mille Miglia was run over about 1,600 kilometres of public roads from Brescia to Rome and back. Drivers of OM cars took the first three places. The race became one of the most celebrated events in motor racing.
• 1927 – 1993 Cesar Chavez (1927-1993) Died 23 April 1993, aged 66 Cesar Chavez co-founded the United Farm Workers union and became the leading figure in the American labor movement for migrant farm workers. He organized boycotts and strikes, including the influential Delano grape strike, to demand better wages and conditions. He died in his sleep in San Luis, Arizona.