The temperature on July 20, 1927 was between 6.3 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
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.
Day of death October 26, 1995
The temperature on October 26, 1995 was between 7.5 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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January 30 » Workers from the National Institutes of Health announce the success of clinical trials testing the first preventive treatment for sickle-cell disease.
February 17 » The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
June 8 » Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.
July 27 » The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
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