The temperature on March 21, 1927 was between 1.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
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).
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
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.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Day of death May 4, 2002
The temperature on May 4, 2002 was between 7.5 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 23 » U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is kidnapped in Karachi, Pakistan and subsequently murdered.
January 29 » In his State of the Union address, President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
March 19 » Zimbabwe is suspended from the Commonwealth on charges of human rights abuses and of electoral fraud, following a turbulent presidential election.
July 15 » Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan hands down the death sentence to British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and life terms to three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
September 10 » Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
November 21 » NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
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