April 1927

Thursday 07:

First long distance public television broadcast (Washington, DC to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).

Friday 15:

Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Norma and Constance Talmadge become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

Tuesday 19:

Mae West is sentenced to 10 days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.

Saturday 30:

The Federal Industrial Institute for Women, opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.