He directed dozens of silent films, including Paramount Pictures ' first production, The Squaw Man ( 1914 ), which was co-directed by Oscar Apfel, before coming into huge popularity during the late 1910s and early 1920s, when he reached the apex of his popularity with such films as Don't Change Your Husband ( 1919 ), The Ten Commandments ( 1923 ), and The King of Kings ( 1927 ).

* 1927 – Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand

* 1927 – Alan King, American comedian ( d. 2004 )

In 1927 and 1928, King Amanullah Khan and his wife Soraya Tarzi visited Europe.

The ceremony was first conducted with the Prince of Wales ( the future Edward VIII ) in 1927, then with King George VI in 1939, and last with his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II in 1959 and 1970.

* 1927 – Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.

* 1927 – Treaty of Jedda: the United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

* 1927 – Christine King Farris, American educator

Mackenzie King, Vincent Massey at the Canadian Legation during a visit to Washington on 22 November 1927

King, in court uniform and dress | court dress, speaking on Parliament Hill during a ceremony celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation, 1 July 1927

* August 24 – King Ferdinand of Romania ( d. 1927 )

From 1927 the Irish Government alone had the power to advise the King whom to appoint.

The concept was mentioned in a science fiction story by Julian Huxley, " The Tissue-Culture King ", first published in 1927, in which the protagonist discovers that " caps of metal foil " can be used to block the effects of telepathy.

In 1927 he stated: " I am also the King of the Communists " ().

Lovecraft read The King in Yellow in early 1927

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Marion in 1927 and spent her childhood there, graduating from Lincoln Normal School as valedictorian in 1945.

Wallace Beery's notable silent films include Arthur Conan Doyle's dinosaur epic The Lost World ( 1925 ; as Professor Challenger ), Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks ( Beery played King Richard the Lionheart in this film and a sequel the following year called Richard the Lion-Hearted ), Last of the Mohicans ( 1920 ), The Round-Up ( 1920 ; with Roscoe Arbuckle ), Old Ironsides ( 1926 ), Now We're in the Air ( 1927 ), The Usual Way ( 1913 ), Casey at the Bat ( 1927 ), and Beggars of Life ( 1928 ) with Louise Brooks.

* From 1927 to 1937-By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India

In 1927, King Ferdinand died, and the country was left in the care of Michael despite Carol II being his father.

Slim Dusty ( 1927 – 2003 ) was known as the King of Australian Country Music.

) When the first governor-general, Timothy Michael Healy retired in December 1927, James McNeill was proposed as his replacement by the Irish government of W. T. Cosgrave and duly appointed by King George V as Governor-General of the Irish Free State.

Red Nichols ' compositions include " Hurricane " with Paul Madeira Mertz, " Five Pennies " ( 1927 ), " That's No Bargain ", " Get With It ", " Hangover " with Miff Mole, " The King Kong ", " Nervous Charlie ", " Trumpet Sobs " ( 1926 ), " The Parade of the Pennies ", " Sugar ", " Overnight Hop ", " Lowland Blues ", and " Meet Miss 8 Beat ".

Today, Paramount ( through Republic, which the studio's parent company, Viacom, acquired in 1999 ), in a twist of irony, now owns the original elements to its 1927 – September 1950 output they themselves originally released ( in addition to the April 1962 – 1967 non-Comic King shorts ( except Frog's Legs, starring Little Lulu, which Paramount still owns ) they have retained the rights to and the 1961 Noveltoon, Alvin's Solo Flight, also starring Little Lulu ).

* June 12 – James Oliver Curwood, American writer and conservationist ( d. 1927 )

Oliver Hardy ( January 18, 1892-August 7, 1957 ) known as Ollie, was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.

* Oliver Searcy Purvis, born 6 / 12 / 1852, died 4 / 22 / 1927 in Purvis, MS.

Even though he lost his seat in the 1924 election, Oliver remained Premier until his death in 1927.

John Duncan Mac lean became Premier when Oliver died in 1927 at a time when the Liberal government was in decline.

* John Oliver March 1, 1918-August 17, 1927

* June 12-James Oliver Curwood, American author ( died 1927 )

The pie fight scene paid homage to the early Mack Sennett practice of using a single thrown pie as comedic punctuation, but to a greater degree it was a celebration of classic movie pie fights such as Charlie Chaplin's Behind the Screen ( 1916 ), The Battle of the Century ( 1927 ) starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and The Three Stooges ' In the Sweet Pie and Pie from 1941.

:* In 1948, Supreme recorded in Los Angeles and released A Little Bird Told Me, written by Harvey Oliver Brooks ( 1899 – 1968 ), sang by Paula Watson ( 1927 – 2003 ), who is African American, accompanied by guitarist Mitchell " Tiny " Webb, and others.

After two years in the United States Army, returned to playing in Chicago mostly with New Orleans bands, joining Carroll Dickerson's Orchestra ( recording with it in 1927 ) and later with the groups of King Oliver, Jimmie Noone, Tiny Parham, Johnny Dodds.

" Imbecile " as a concrete classification was popularized by psychologist Henry H. Goddard and was used in 1927 by United States Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in his ruling in the forced-sterilization case Buck v. Bell, 274 U. S. 200 ( 1927 ).

It was founded in 1980 by Eugene Oliver Walton ( Nov. 6, 1927 — May 28, 2010 ), who had previously been an Elder in the Church of Jesus Christ ( Cutlerite ), and who claimed to be the " One Mighty and Strong " prophesied in Mormon scripture.

* June 12-James Oliver Curwood, American novelist and conservationist ( died 1927 )

* Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley, 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 7th Baron Eddisbury, 8th Baron Sheffield ( b. 1927 ) ( known as Lord Stanley )

* Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley, 8th Baron Sheffield, 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley and 7th Baron Eddisbury ( b. 1927 ) ( known as Lord Stanley of Alderley )

* Thomas Henry Oliver Stanley, 7th Baron Eddisbury, 8th Baron Stanley of Alderley, 8th Baron Sheffield ( b. 1927 ) ( known as Lord Stanley of Alderley )

* July 31-John Oliver, politician and Premier of British Columbia ( died 1927 )

# Oliver Mowat Biggar ( 1920 – 1927 )

Maclean became premier when Oliver died in 1927 at a time when the Liberal government was in decline.

John Oliver ( Hartington, England July 31, 1856 – August 17, 1927 ) was a politician and farmer in British Columbia, Canada.

Oliver remained premier until his death in 1927.

James Oliver " Jim " Curwood ( June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927 ) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist.

In the 1927 US Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes closed the 8-1 majority opinion upholding the sterilization of Carrie Buck, with the phrase, " Three generations of imbeciles are enough.