Timeline Friday 7 January 1927

Events on Friday 7 January 1927 2

• 1927 Harlem Globetrotters play first game Basketball touring team debuts in Illinois Abe Saperstein's touring team, later called the Harlem Globetrotters, played its first road game in Hinckley, Illinois. The team was made up of African American players from Chicago. It went on to become a world-famous exhibition act.
• 1927 Transatlantic telephone service opens First commercial calls between New York and London AT&T and the British General Post Office opened a commercial radiotelephone service between New York and London. A three-minute call initially cost 75 dollars. It was the first regular voice link across the Atlantic.