The following events occurred in July 1927: Friday, July 1, 1927 The first coast-to-coast radio network hookup in Canada was made for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Dominion. The airplane America, along with Commander Richard E. Byrd and its crew, Bert Acosta, George O. Noville and Bert Balchen, crashed into the sea as they attempted to duplicate Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris. Fortunately, the aviators were within 200 meters of the beach at Ver-sur-Mer when their plane ran out of fuel at 5:45 am, and they survived the ordeal. Born: Chandra Shekhar Singh, Prime Minister of India 1990–1991, in Ibrahimpatti, United Provinces of British India (d. 2007) Saturday, July 2, 1927 Jane Eads, reporter for the Chicago Herald and Examiner became the first airline passenger, completing a flight from Chicago to San Francisco, on a Boeing Air Transport Model 40 that was used to transport mail. The airline would later become United Airlines. Henri Cochet won the Wimbledon finals over fellow Frenchman Jean Borotra after losing the first two sets, 4–6 and 4–6, then won the next two 6–3, 6–4, and took the match 7–5. The day before, Cochet had made the finals by defeating Bill Tilden in the same come from behind fashion, losing the first 2 sets and winning the other three. Helen Wills became the first American player in 20 years to win the women's singles, beating Spanish champion Lili de Alvarez in straight sets, 6–2, 6–4. Lord Norman, Governor of the Bank of England and Hjalmar Schacht of the German Reichsbank met at Long Island with U.S. Undersecretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills to make plans to boost the American and world economies. Niels Bohr began working on his description of space-time in quantum and wave mechanics The Western film The Last Outlaw starring Gary Cooper was released. Sunday, July 3, 1927 Satchel Paige made his pro baseball debut in the Negro leagues, pitching for the Birmingham Black Barons in a game at Detroit. After twenty-one years, Paige would, at 42, become the oldest rookie in Major League Baseball, joining the Cleveland Indians in 1948 after the integration of baseball. At 59, he would make his final appearance, pitching for the Kansas City A's. Born: Ken Russell, British film director known for Women in Love and Altered States; in Southampton, Hampshire (d. 2011) Salome Thorkelsdottir, Icelandic politician and the