Video: 'Babe Ruth hits his 60th Home Run Sept 30,1927'

(Friday, September 30, 1927, game played at approximately 3:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m. EDT) — Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hit his 60th home run of the season today (in the eighth inning off Tom Zachary to break a 2–2 tie with the Washington Senators) to break his own major-league record of 59 home runs in a season. Continue reading Babe Ruth becomes first MLB player to hit 60 home runs in a season 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 30 1927) →

(Sunday, September 18, 1927, 3:00 p.m. EDT) — The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (later CBS) made its on-air debut today with a presentation by the Howard Barlow Orchestra from flagship station WOR in Newark, New Jersey, and fifteen affiliates.

Video: 'Glimpses of Isadora Duncan of Film'

(Wednesday, September 14, 1927, at about 10:00 p.m. CEST) — Modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan tonight met a tragic death in Nice, France, when her scarf became entangled in a wheel of the sports car she was riding in. Continue reading American dancer Isadora Duncan killed in freak accident 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 14 1927) →

Video: 'Sacco and Vanzetti executed'

(Tuesday, August 23, 1927, 12:11-12:26 a.m. EDT) — Amid protests, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti died in the electric chair early this morning at Charlestown State Prison in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery. Continue reading Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti executed 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 23 1927) →

Video: 'Peace Bridge Opened (1927)'

(Sunday, August 7, 1927, 3:00 p.m. EDT) — The Peace Bridge, connecting Buffalo, New York, in the United States to Fort Erie, Ontario, in Canada, was dedicated today during ceremonies attended by Prince Edward of Wales, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and U.S. Vice President Charles Dawes with about 100,000 in attendance. Continue reading Peace Bridge dedicated in Buffalo 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 7 1927) →

Video: 'Stock Footage - CHARLES LINDBERGH. 1927. CROWDS. PARADE. TICKERTAPE. POLICE / NYC CELEBRATE'

(Monday, June 13, 1927, 1:30 p.m. EDT) — American aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, who completed the first solo transatlantic flight and the first non-stop flight between North America and mainland Europe on May 20-21, 1927, was honored today with a ticker-tape parade in New York City. Continue reading Lindbergh honored with ticker-tape parade in New York City 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 13 1927) →

Video: 'Charles Lindbergh pilots the first flight from New York to Paris, May 20th 1927'

(Saturday, May 21, 1927, 10:22 p.m. CEST) — American aviator Charles Lindbergh, 25, landed his Spirit of St. Louis monoplane tonight at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean, 33 1/2 hours after taking off from Roosevelt Field in New York. Continue reading Charles Lindbergh completes first solo transatlantic flight 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1927) →