The temperature on June 9, 1927 was between 3.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
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.
Day of death June 10, 1927
The temperature on June 10, 1927 was between 2.2 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
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