The temperature on July 27, 1936 was between 9.7 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
April 3 » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
September 9 » The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRPAfonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
Day of marriage May 27, 1956
The temperature on May 27, 1956 was between 6.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Soviet Union cedes Porkkala back to Finland.
March 1 » The International Air Transport Association finalizes a draft of the Radiotelephony spelling alphabet for the International Civil Aviation Organization.
March 23 » Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. This date is now celebrated as Republic Day in Pakistan.
August 27 » The nuclear power station at Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.
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