20 Oct 1927
  • Mutsu was Emperor Showa's flagship during the annual Japanese Naval Review. ww2dbase [Mutsu | CPC]
Germany
  • Eugen von Knilling died in Munich, Germany. As Prime Minister of Bavaria his declaration of Martial Law in 1923 had led to Adolf Hitler's failed rebellion (the so-called Beer-Hall Putsch). ww2dbase [München | AC]

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