The temperature on December 2, 1927 was between 1.1 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
Day of marriage June 29, 1946
The temperature on June 29, 1946 was between 8.8 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
April 23 » Manuel Roxas is elected the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
May 5 » The International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
June 1 » Ion Antonescu, "Conducator" ("Leader") of Romania during World War II, is executed.
June 7 » The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of the Second World War.
August 23 » Ordinance No. 46 of the British Military Government constitutes the German Länder (states) of Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein.
December 11 » The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is established.
Day of death March 16, 2018
The average temperature on March 16, 2018 was 3.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 16 » Myanmar police open fire on a group of ethnic Rakhine protesters, killing seven and wounding twelve.
April 18 » King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
April 23 » A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 in Toronto. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.
May 25 » Ireland votes to repeal the Eighth Amendment of their constitution that prohibits abortion in all but a few cases, choosing to replace it with the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
July 25 » As-Suwayda attacks: Coordinated attacks occur in Syria.
October 27 » A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing 11 and injuring 6, including 4 police officers.
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