Timeline May 1927

Events in May 1927 11

• 1887 – 1927 Juan Gris (1887-1927) Died 11 May 1927, aged 40 Juan Gris was a Spanish painter based in Paris. He was one of the leading artists of Synthetic Cubism, alongside Picasso and Braque.
• 1908 – 1927 The Model T puts everyone in one Fifteen million cars Ford's Model T is not technically remarkable. It is light, high off the ground, simple enough for a farmer to repair, and — crucially — priced to fall year after year rather than rise. Over nineteen years it sells more than fifteen million units and turns the combustion engine from a rich man's toy into the default way an ordinary person moves.
• 1926 – 1927 1927 World Snooker Championship The Inaugural Championship The first world championship. Winner: Joe Davis; Runner-up: Tom Dennis. Score: 20–11.
• 1927 To the Lighthouse published Virginia Woolf's modernist novel appears The Hogarth Press published Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse. The novel follows the Ramsay family on the Isle of Skye through stream of consciousness and shifting points of view. It is one of the central works of literary modernism.
• 1927 Australian Parliament moves to Canberra Provisional Parliament House opened by the Duke of York The Duke of York, later King George VI, opened the provisional Parliament House in Canberra. The federal parliament moved there from Melbourne. This made Canberra the working seat of Australia's government.
• 1927 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences founded Hollywood body that later created the Oscars Louis B. Mayer and other film industry figures set up the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at a banquet in Los Angeles. The organisation was first intended to settle labour disputes and improve the industry's image. It held its first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929.
• 1927 Britain breaks relations with the Soviet Union ARCOS raid leads to a diplomatic rupture Police raided the London offices of the Soviet trading company ARCOS, looking for evidence of espionage. Two weeks later Stanley Baldwin's government broke off diplomatic relations with Moscow. Relations were not restored until 1929.
• 1927 Bath School disaster Bombing of a Michigan school kills 44 School board treasurer Andrew Kehoe set off explosives at the Bath Consolidated School in Bath Township, Michigan, and then blew up his own vehicle. He killed 38 children and six adults, including himself. It remains the deadliest school massacre in United States history.
• 1927 Treaty of Jeddah Britain recognises Ibn Saud's kingdom Britain and Ibn Saud signed the Treaty of Jeddah. Britain recognised his sovereignty over the Hejaz and Nejd, and Ibn Saud agreed to respect British protectorates on the Gulf coast. The treaty was an important step towards the founding of Saudi Arabia in 1932.
• 1927 Gulang earthquake Major earthquake strikes Gansu A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Gulang County in Gansu province in north-west China. It killed about 40,000 people and caused widespread landslides.
• 1927 – 2019 Doris Day dies Hollywood legend, age 97 Doris Day, one of the most popular Hollywood actresses and recording artists of the 1950s and 1960s, died on May 13, 2019, aged 97.