Editing 1927 (section)

===August===
{{Main|August 1927}}
* [[August 1]] &ndash; The Communist Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]] is formed, during the [[Nanchang Uprising]].
* [[August 2]] &ndash; American electrical engineer [[Harold Stephen Black]] invents the [[negative-feedback amplifier]].
* [[August 7]] &ndash; The [[Peace Bridge]] opens between [[Fort Erie, Ontario]], and [[Buffalo, New York]].
* [[August 10]] &ndash; The [[Mount Rushmore]] Park is rededicated in the United States. President [[Calvin Coolidge]] promises national funding for the proposed carving of the presidential figures.<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Library|title=Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission: Hearing...on H.R. 10462...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_iua9HUKckC&pg=PA34|year=1938|pages=34}}</ref>
* [[August 22]] &ndash; 200 people demonstrate in [[Hyde Park, London]], against the death sentences on Italian American anarchists [[Sacco and Vanzetti]]. Other protests are held across the world at this time.
* [[August 24]]&ndash;[[August 25|25]] &ndash; The [[1927 Nova Scotia hurricane]] hits the [[Atlantic Provinces]] of Canada, causing massive damage and at least 56 deaths.
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Paul Redfern]] leaves [[Brunswick, Georgia]], flying his Stinson Detroiter "Port of Brunswick", to attempt a solo nonstop flight to [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil. He later crashes in the [[Venezuela]]n jungle, but the crash site is never found.