The temperature on January 5, 1927 was between -1.3 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
Day of death October 22, 2004
The temperature on October 22, 2004 was between 10.3 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 12 » The world's largest ocean liner, RMSQueen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
February 29 » Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.
June 24 » In New York, capital punishment is declared unconstitutional.
October 14 » MK Airlines Flight 1602 crashes during takeoff from Halifax Stanfield International Airport, killing all seven people on board.
November 9 » Firefox 1.0 is released.
November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
Day of burial October 27, 2004
The temperature on October 27, 2004 was between 2.5 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 4 » Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.
April 25 » The March for Women's Lives brings between 500,000 and 800,000 protesters, mostly pro-choice, to Washington D.C. to protest the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, and other restrictions on abortion.
May 29 » The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
June 5 » Noël Mamère, Mayor of Bègles, celebrates marriage for two men for the first time in France.
August 3 » The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
December 26 » Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.
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