Timeline September 1927

Events in September 1927 5

• 1877 – 1927 Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) Died 14 September 1927, aged 50 Isadora Duncan was an American dancer who rejected ballet technique in favour of free, natural movement, and she is considered a founder of modern dance. She died in Nice when her long silk scarf caught in the wheel of an open car.
• 1927 Autumn Harvest Uprising Mao Zedong leads a peasant revolt in Hunan Mao Zedong led an insurrection of peasants, miners and soldiers in Hunan and Jiangxi. The uprising failed to take Changsha. Mao then withdrew the survivors to the Jinggang Mountains and set up a rural base there.
• 1927 – 2011 Peter Falk (1927-2011) Died 23 June 2011, aged 83 The American actor was best known for playing the rumpled television detective Lieutenant Columbo, a role that won him four Emmy Awards. He died at his home in Beverly Hills after suffering from dementia in his final years. Falk also appeared in films including "The In-Laws" and "The Princess Bride."
• 1927 The Long Count Fight Tunney beats Dempsey in their Chicago rematch Gene Tunney kept his heavyweight title against Jack Dempsey at Soldier Field in Chicago. Dempsey was slow to go to a neutral corner after knocking Tunney down in the seventh round, which delayed the referee's count and gave Tunney extra seconds to recover. Tunney got up and won the fight on points.
• 1927 Babe Ruth hits 60 home runs Sets a single-season baseball record Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run of the season at Yankee Stadium, off Tom Zachary of the Washington Senators. The record stood until 1961. That year's New York Yankees, known as Murderers' Row, went on to sweep the World Series.