The temperature on August 5, 1927 was between 13.4 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
Day of death May 8, 1999
The temperature on May 8, 1999 was between 12.2 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (48%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
July 23 » ANA Flight 61 is hijacked in Tokyo, Japan by Yuji Nishizawa.
September 21 » The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
November 8 » Bruce Miller is killed at his junkyard near Flint, Michigan. His wife Sharee Miller, who convinced her online lover Jerry Cassaday to kill him (before later killing himself) was convicted of the crime, in what became the world's first Internet murder.
December 14 » Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
December 24 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
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