The temperature on December 18, 1927 was between -14.6 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
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.
May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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.
October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
Day of death February 17, 2015
The temperature on February 17, 2015 was between -3.0 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 12 » Government raids kill 143 Boko Haram fighters in Kolofata, Cameroon.
January 26 » An aircraft crashes at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain, killing 11 people and injuring 21 others.
May 9 » Russia stages its biggest ever military parade in Moscow's Red Square to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Victory Day.
October 14 » A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan kills at least seven people and injures 13 others.
October 29 » China announces the end of One-child policy after 35 years.
December 6 » 2015 Venezuelan parliamentary election: For the first time in 17 years, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela loses its majority in parliament.
Day of burial February 21, 2015
The temperature on February 21, 2015 was between 0.4 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 20 » Two trains collide in the Swiss town of Rafz resulting in as many as 49 people injured and Swiss Federal Railways cancelling some services.
April 2 » Gunmen attack Garissa University College in Kenya, killing at least 148 people and wounding 79 others.
May 9 » An Airbus A400M Atlas military transport aircraft crashes near the Spanish city of Seville with three people on board killed.
September 18 » Two security personnel, 17 worshippers in a mosque, and 13 militants are killed during a Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack on a Pakistan Air Force base on the outskirts of Peshawar.
October 1 » A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Oregon.
October 1 » Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in Guatemala, killing 280 people.
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