The temperature on August 2, 1927 was between 9.3 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
Day of death February 5, 2005
The temperature on February 5, 2005 was between -0.6 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 3 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
April 25 » The final piece of the Obelisk of Axum is returned to Ethiopia after being stolen by the invading Italian army in 1937.
July 21 » July 2005 London bombings occur.
August 18 » A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history.
November 9 » The Venus Express mission of the European Space Agency is launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
November 23 » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
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