The temperature on April 15, 1927 was between 3.1 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 » Shanghai massacre of 1927: Chiang Kai-shek orders the Chinese Communist Party members executed in Shanghai, ending the First United Front.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
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.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
Day of death April 27, 1980
The temperature on April 27, 1980 was between 1.6 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
February 24 » The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
February 26 » Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
May 27 » The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
July 29 » Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
July 30 » Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
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