The temperature on December 28, 1927 was between -5.4 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -4.0 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
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