March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
July 19 » The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
Day of marriage February 21, 1927
The average temperature on February 21, 1927 was 2.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
Day of death February 17, 1999
The temperature on February 17, 1999 was between -1.1 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Euro currency is introduced in 11 member nations of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden; Greece later adopts the euro).
April 9 » Kosovo War: The Battle of Košare begins.
June 1 » American Airlines Flight 1420 slides and crashes while landing at Little Rock National Airport, killing 11 people on a flight from Dallas to Little Rock.
July 20 » The Chinese Communist Party begins a persecution campaign against Falun Gong, arresting thousands nationwide.
July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
October 26 » Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
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