The temperature on January 9, 1927 was between 1.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
Day of death April 5, 1978
The temperature on April 5, 1978 was between 1.9 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
March 9 » President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java.
July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
July 25 » Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
September 16 » The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
October 16 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first non-Italian pontiff since 1523.
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