The temperature on May 1, 1927 was between 0.3 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 12.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
Day of death January 4, 2014
The temperature on January 4, 2014 was between 5.9 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
April 14 » Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, kill at least 75 people and injures 141 others.
April 15 » In the worst massacre of the South Sudanese Civil War, at least 200 civilians were gunned down after seeking refuge in houses of worship as well as hospitals.
September 27 » The eruption of Mount Ontake in Japan occurs.
October 30 » Sweden is the first European Union member state to officially recognize the State of Palestine.
December 15 » A gunman takes 18 hostages inside a café in Martin Place for 16 hours in Sydney. Monis and two hostages are killed when police raid the café the following morning.
December 28 » Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 crashes into the Karimata Strait en route from Surabaya to Singapore, killing all 162 people aboard.
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