The temperature on January 6, 1927 was between 4.3 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
December 3 » Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Day of death August 16, 2001
The temperature on August 16, 2001 was between 11.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 28 » Slobodan Milošević is extradited to the ICTY in The Hague to stand trial.
July 17 » Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
October 15 » NASA's Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter's moon Io.
November 12 » War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
December 12 » Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.
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