The temperature on April 28, 1927 was between 2.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
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).
July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
Day of marriage July 8, 1950
The temperature on July 8, 1950 was between 9.6 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
January 21 » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
January 26 » The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
April 8 » India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact.
July 4 » Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
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