January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of marriage October 15, 1927
The temperature on October 15, 1927 was between 2.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
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.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
Day of death May 24, 1963
The temperature on May 24, 1963 was between 6.1 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 16 » Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pens his Letter from Birmingham Jail while incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for protesting against segregation.
May 22 » Greek left-wing politician Grigoris Lambrakis is shot in an assassination attempt, and dies five days later.
June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
June 30 » Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
November 25 » President John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.; his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, is buried on the same day in Fort Worth, Texas.
December 22 » The cruise ship Lakonia burns 180 miles (290km) north of Madeira, Portugal with the loss of 128 lives.
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