Sports
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The National Broadcasting Company airs the first transcontinental radio broadcast of a sporting event when they carry the Rose Bowl game. Alabama and Stanford battle to a 7-7 tie in front of a crowd of 57,417.
In the News
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Charles Augustus Lindbergh has successfully flown the Atlantic Ocean alone in his Ryan NYP monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. He departed Roosevelt Field in Garden City, Long Island, New York, on May 20, landing at Le Bourget Field, Paris, France after a flight of nearly 3,600 statute miles which lasted 33.5 hours.
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The iron lung, a negative pressure ventilator used to treat polio patients, was developed in 1927 by Philip Drinker and Louis Agassiz Shaw. This invention became crucial in saving the lives of many polio victims during epidemics.
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Baseball legend Babe Ruth set a new record by hitting 60 home runs during the 1927 Major League Baseball season, a feat that stood for 34 years.
On Campus
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A South Carolina state law forbidding Greek letter fraternities and sororities in state-supported institutions is overturned.
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