The temperature on June 30, 1927 was between 11.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
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.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
Day of death January 15, 1999
The temperature on January 15, 1999 was between 7.3 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 8 » Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
April 9 » Kosovo War: The Battle of Košare begins.
April 14 » NATO mistakenly bombs a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees. Yugoslav officials say 75 people were killed.
October 29 » A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
November 19 » Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
December 24 » Indian Airlines Flight 814 is hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India. The aircraft landed at Kandahar in Afghanistan. The incident ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (one passenger is killed).
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