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July 24, 1927
On July 24, 1927, the Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres. Paul Salamunovich, Herbert R. Axelrod, Paul Salamunovich would arrive in the same year.
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The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads that led Allied soldiers to the front line.
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The year in brief
1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1927th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 927th year of the 2nd millennium, the 27th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1920s decade.
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On July 24, 1927
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1927 The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres. World War I memorial in Ypres, Belgium
The Menin Gate, officially the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium, dedicated to the British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and whose graves are unknown. The memorial is located at the eastern exit of the town and marks the starting point for one of the main roads that led Allied soldiers to the front line.
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Other moments from 1927
- April 12 Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.[citation needed]
- April 12 Rocksprings, Texas is hit by an F5 tornado that destroys 235 of the 247 buildings in the town, kills 72 townspeople, and injures 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
- April 19 Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
- April 23 Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
- April 27 Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
- April 30 The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
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