The temperature on September 15, 1927 was between 10.9 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
April 12 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
Day of marriage July 22, 1954
The temperature on July 22, 1954 was between 8.1 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
Day of death April 19, 2000
The temperature on April 19, 2000 was between 5.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
May 25 » Liberation Day of Lebanon: Israel withdraws its army from Lebanese territory (with the exception of the disputed Shebaa farms zone) 18 years after the invasion of 1982.
November 25 » The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
November 26 » George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
December 19 » The Leninist Guerrilla Units wing of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist attack a Nationalist Movement Party office in Istanbul, Turkey, killing one person and injuring three.
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