The temperature on January 25, 1927 was between 2.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
Day of death February 18, 1997
The temperature on February 18, 1997 was between 4.6 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 23 » Madeleine Albright becomes the first woman to serve as United States Secretary of State.
April 18 » The Red River flood begins and soon overwhelms the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. Fire breaks out and spreads in downtown Grand Forks, but high water levels hamper efforts to reach the fire, leading to the destruction of 11 buildings.
May 15 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-84 to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
June 10 » Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP A. Thangathurai is shot dead at Sri Shanmuga Hindu Ladies College in Trincomalee.
November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
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