January 1927

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January 1927

The following events occurred in January 1927:

January 1, 1927 (Saturday)

The British Broadcasting Corporation was created by royal charter as a publicly funded company, with 773 employees. The first BBC news bulletin was delivered at on January 3
The 1927 Rose Bowl matched two of the nation's unbeaten and untied college football teams, with the Stanford Indians (10–0–0) against the Alabama Crimson Tide (9–0–0). Stanford led, 7–0, until the final minute, when Alabama blocked a punt, recovered the ball on the 14, and nullified the victory with a 7–7 tie.
Massachusetts became the first state in the U.S. to require car owners to carry liability insurance.
The tomb of Tutankhamun was opened for public viewing for the first time since the Egyptian pharaoh's death in 1327 BC.
Imperial Chemical Industries was created in Great Britain by the merger of four companies.
Born: Doak Walker, American football player (Detroit Lions 1950–55), in Dallas (d.1998); and Vernon L. Smith, American economist, Nobel Prize 2002, in Wichita