Editing 1927 (section)

===December===
{{Main|December 1927}}
* [[December]] &ndash; The [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Communist Party]] Congress condemns all ''deviation from the general party line'' in the [[USSR]].
* [[December 1]] &ndash; [[Chiang Kai-shek]] marries [[Soong Mei-ling]] in [[Shanghai]].
* [[December 2]] &ndash; Following 19 years of [[Ford Model T]] production, the [[Ford Motor Company]] unveils the [[Ford Model A (1927–1931)|Ford Model A]] as its new automobile in the United States.
* [[December 3]] &ndash; ''[[Putting Pants on Philip]]'', the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
* [[December 11]] &ndash; Gamma Sigma Fraternity becomes the first high school fraternity to become international with Alpha Zeta chapter in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
* [[December 14]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]] gains independence from the United Kingdom.
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Marion Parker]], 12, is kidnapped in Los Angeles. Her dismembered body is found on [[December 19]], prompting the largest manhunt to date on the West Coast for her killer, [[William Edward Hickman]], who is arrested on [[December 22]] in [[Oregon]].
* [[December 17]]
** [[United States Navy]] submarine {{USS|S-4|SS-109|2}} is accidentally rammed and sunk by [[United States Coast Guard]] cutter ''John Paulding'' off [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]], killing everyone aboard despite several unsuccessful attempts to raise the submarine.
** Australian [[cricket]]er [[Bill Ponsford]] makes 437 runs to break his own world record for the highest [[first-class cricket]] score at [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16427610|title=W. H. Ponsford scores 437: record for first class cricket|date=December 19, 1927|access-date=February 5, 2020|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|page=11}}</ref>
* [[December 19]] &ndash; Three members of the [[revolutionary movement for Indian independence]] &ndash; Pandit [[Ram Prasad Bismil]], Thakur [[Roshan Singh]] and [[Ashfaqulla Khan]] &ndash; are executed by the [[British Raj]]. [[Rajendra Nath Lahiri]] had been executed two days before.
* [[December 20]] &ndash; [[Letalski center Maribor]] is established in [[Maribor]]; it will be the oldest surviving operating major [[flying club]] in the [[Balkans]].
* [[December 27]] &ndash; Kern and Hammerstein's musical play, ''[[Show Boat]]'', based on [[Show Boat (novel)|Edna Ferber's novel]], opens on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and then goes on to become the first great classic of the American musical theater.<ref>{{cite book|author=Steven Suskin|title=Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z_usBBxC_TQC&pg=PA35|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-512599-3|pages=35}}</ref>
* [[December 29]] &ndash; Eruption of the Perboewatan and Danan undersea volcanoes near [[Krakatoa]], create the foundation for Anak Krakatau Island.<ref>{{cite book|first=Amie Jane|last=Leavitt|title=Anatomy of a Volcanic Eruption|url=https://archive.org/details/anatomyofvolcani0000leav|url-access=registration|publisher=Capstone Press|year=2011}}</ref>  
* [[December 30]] &ndash; The first Asian [[Rapid transit|commuter metro line]], the [[Tokyo Metro Ginza Line]], opens in [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Japan. Gaimushō. Jōhō Bunkakyoku|title=Information Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aVcMAQAAIAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Public Information Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs|page=40}}</ref>