What day of the week was January 1, 1927?

The day of the week January 1st, 1927 fell on was a Saturday.

Maurice Béjart the French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2007) was born on 01 January in 1927. As was Calum MacKay the Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2001) , Yvonne Sanson the Greek actress (d. 2003) , Vernon L. Smith the American economist, Nobel Prize laureate , Doak Walker the American football player (d. 1998) .

The Cristero War begins in Mexico. Turkey adopts the Gregorian calendar: December 18 the 1926 (Julian), is immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian).