Editing 1927 (section)

===March===
{{Main|March 1927}}
* [[March 4]] &ndash; A [[diamond rush]] in South Africa includes trained athletes, who have been hired by major companies to stake claims.
* [[March 7]] &ndash; [[1927 Kita Tango earthquake]]: A 7.0 {{M|w}} earthquake kills at least 2,925 in the [[Toyooka, Hyōgo|Toyooka]] and [[Kyoto Prefecture|Mineyama]] areas of western [[Honshu]], in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1927_03_07.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930233058/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/events/1927_03_07.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-09-30|title=Historic Earthquakes: Tango, Japan, 1927 March 07 09:27 UTC, Magnitude 7.6|publisher=[[USGS]]|access-date=April 30, 2021}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] &ndash; In New York City, the [[Roxy Theatre (New York City)|Roxy Theatre]] is opened by [[Samuel Roxy Rothafel]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Performing Arts Annual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZEbs-K00ZgAC|year=1990|publisher=Library of Congress|pages=47–48}}</ref>
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Pan American World Airways]] is founded by [[Juan T. Trippe]].
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Nanking incident of 1927|Nanking Incident]]: After six foreigners have been killed in [[Nanking]], and it appears that [[Kuomintang]] and [[Chinese Communist Party]] forces will overrun the foreign consulates, warships of the [[U.S. Navy]] and the British [[Royal Navy]] fire shells and shoot to disperse the crowds.<ref>{{cite news|title=U.S. and British Warships Shell Cantonese Army|newspaper=[[Miami Daily News]]|date=March 24, 1927|page=1}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Henry Segrave]] breaks the land speed record, driving the [[Sunbeam 1000 hp]] at Daytona Beach, Florida.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-39431234/sunbeam-1000hp-breaks-200mph-land-speed-barrier|title=Sunbeam land speed engine restored|work=BBC News}}</ref>