The temperature on December 23, 1927 was between 5.0 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Day of death September 15, 2009
The temperature on September 15, 2009 was between 13.5 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 21 » Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
August 26 » Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
October 1 » The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom takes over the judicial functions of the House of Lords.
November 21 » A mine explosion in Heilongjiang, China kills 108.
December 3 » A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
Day of burial December 19, 2009
The temperature on December 19, 2009 was between -11.5 °C and -4.7 °C and averaged -7.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 29 » Governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich is removed from office following his conviction of several corruption charges, including the alleged solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the United States Senate as a replacement for then-U.S. president-elect Barack Obama.
February 1 » The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country's first female prime minister and the world's first openly gay head of government.
March 11 » Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen are killed and 11 are injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
June 1 » Air France Flight 447 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. All 228 passengers and crew are killed.
June 10 » James Wenneker von Brunn, who was 88-years-old, opened fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shot Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
December 17 » MVDanny F II sinks off the coast of Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of 44 people and over 28,000 animals.
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