What Happened on March 1, 1927

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Bank of Italy (later Bank of America) becomes an American National Bank

Famous Birthdays

Harry Belafonte (1927-2023)

Jamaican-American Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning calypso singer ("Banana Boat Song"), actor (Buck & the Preacher), and human rights activist, born in Harlem, New York

Lusine Amara, opera/concert singer
Robert Bork, American lawyer, government official (US Solicitor General, 1973-77), jurist (US Court of Appeals, 1982-88), rejected Supreme Court nominee (1987), and professor (Yale), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2012)

Born in 1927

1927 Highlights