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1927 Sep, 29

Sherwood Johnston

Sherwood Johnston, American race car driver (d. 2000)
Sherwood Johnston (29 September 1927 - 9 November 2000) was an American racing driver who won racing titles on land and sea. Johnston was active in sports car racing during the 1950s. His greatest success was winning the 1952 SCCA National Sports Car Championship.

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Events on 1927

  • 10 Jan

    Metropolis (1927 film)

    Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
  • 23 Feb

    Uncertainty principle

    German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
  • 5 May

    Virginia Woolf

    To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
  • 27 May

    Ford Model T

    The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
  • 26 Jun

    Coney Island

    The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.