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December 27, 1927

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Headlines from December 27, 1927

LINDBERGH TO HOP TO SOUTH TOMORROW, HIS MOTHER NORTH; As He Leaves Mexico City on Tour She Will Start Flight Homeward. PLOTS GUATEMALA COURSES He Lays Out Alternative Routes and Will Go High to Avoid Central American Hazards. FLIER TRIES FORD PLANE Mrs. Morrow and Children of Embassy Families Are Passengers -- Americans Give Reception.

By Russell Owen.staff Correspondent of the New York Times.copyright, 1927, By the New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved.by Wireless To the New York Times

Reception by Amer colony in Mexico City; presented with silver bowl

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Notable Births

1927Antony Gardner, English engineer and politician (died 2011)[†]

Antony (Tony) John Gardner was a British Labour Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1966 to 1970.

1927Nityanand Swami, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (died 2012)[†]

Nityanand Swami was the chief minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, named Uttaranchal during his administration. He was the first chief minister of the state, serving from 9 November 2000 to 29 October 2001.

Audrey Wagner

1927Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (died 1984)[†]

Genevieve "Audrey" Wagner was an outfielder who played from 1943 through 1949 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 145 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.

Historical Events

Show Boat

1927Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.[†]

Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, a Mississippi River show boat, over 40 years from 1887 to 1927. Its themes include racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love. The musical contributed such classic songs as "Ol' Man River", "Make Believe", and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man".