The World in 1927 the year one man flew the ocean

Lindbergh flew about 3,600 miles in 33 and a half hours, alone and with no radio. He packed five sandwiches and ate one and a half.

Life back then

Ford shut its factories for months to swap the Model T for the Model A, and dealers took deposits for a car nobody had been allowed to see. In Britain a wireless licence cost ten shillings a year, and the BBC, just turned into a public corporation, was the only thing on it. Records played on wind up gramophones that needed cranking again every few songs. Then The Jazz Singer opened in October, a singer spoke a few lines out of the screen, and the silent era began running out of time.

The year in 8 events

• 🤖Jan 10 Metropolis opens in Berlin. The science fiction epic cost more than any German film before it and nearly sank the studio.
• 🕯️Apr 12 Chiang Kai-shek's troops turn on their Communist allies in Shanghai. Thousands are killed and China splits into two armed camps.
• ✈️May 21 Charles Lindbergh lands outside Paris after flying alone from New York.
• 🌑Jun 29 A total eclipse of the sun crosses northern England, the first seen there in more than 200 years.
• 📻Jul 1 Canada turns 60 and links its stations for a national radio broadcast, heard from Ottawa to both coasts.
• 🕯️Aug 23 Sacco and Vanzetti are executed in Massachusetts. Their case had drawn protest marches on three continents.
• 🎬Oct 6 The Jazz Singer opens in New York with songs and a few spoken lines.
• 🚇Dec 30 Asia's first subway opens in Tokyo, a short run between Ueno and Asakusa.

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