The temperature on August 23, 1927 was between 11.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
Day of death August 25, 1927
The temperature on August 25, 1927 was between 8.9 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.9 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
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.
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 burial August 27, 1927
The temperature on August 27, 1927 was between 12.7 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time.
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 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
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.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
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