The temperature on March 21, 1909 was between 5.5 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The Paris Film Congress opens. An attempt by European producers to form an equivalent to the MPCC cartel in the United States.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
April 14 » A massacre is organized by the Ottoman Empire against the Armenian population of Cilicia.
August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
Day of death November 27, 1979
The temperature on November 27, 1979 was between 6.1 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
March 16 » Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
May 25 » John Spenkelink, a convicted murderer, is executed in Florida; he is the first person to be executed in the state after the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1976.
June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
November 28 » Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
December 3 » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
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