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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〔Asa Briggs, ''The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: The golden age of wireless'' (Oxford University Press, 1995) pp3, 6, 143〕 *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.〔"Stanford and Alabama Play Tie," ''Oakland Tribune'', January 2, 1927, p D-1〕 *Massachusetts became the first state in the U.S. to require car owners to carry liability insurance.〔"Massachusetts Puts Into Effect New Compulsory Auto Insurance Law, Premium $16 to $150 Year", ''San Antonio Express'', January 2, 1927, p1〕 *The tomb of Tutankhamun was opened for public viewing for the first time since the Egyptian pharaoh's death in 1327 BC.〔T.G.H. James, ''Howard Carter: The Path to Tutankhamun'' (Tauris Parke Paperbacks, 2006), p416〕 *Imperial Chemical Industries was created in Great Britain by the merger of four companies.〔J. F. Wilson, ''British Business History, 1720–1994'' (Manchester University Press, 1995) p173〕 *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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「January 1927」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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