January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
April 14 » James Cash Penney opens his first store in Kemmerer, Wyoming.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of marriage May 4, 1927
The temperature on May 4, 1927 was between 8.7 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
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.
May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
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 March 27, 1977
The temperature on March 27, 1977 was between 1.2 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain during 17.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 18 » Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
July 24 » End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
November 21 » Minister of Internal Affairs Allan Highet announces that the national anthems of New Zealand shall be the traditional anthem "God Save the Queen" and "God Defend New Zealand".
December 6 » South Africa grants independence to Bophuthatswana, although it is not recognized by any other country.
Day of burial March 31, 1977
The temperature on March 31, 1977 was between -5.3 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
May 1 » Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
June 26 » Elvis Presley held his final concert in Indianapolis, Indiana at Market Square Arena.
July 11 » Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
August 12 » The Sri Lanka Riots:, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
October 13 » Hijacking of Lufthansa Flight 181 by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
October 17 » The hijacked Lufthansa Flight 181 lands in Mogadishu. The remaining hostages are later rescued.
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