The temperature on May 14, 1927 was between 2.4 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
Day of marriage August 27, 1952
The temperature on August 27, 1952 was between 13.9 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
June 21 » The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
July 7 » The ocean liner SSUnited States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
Day of death August 12, 1978
The temperature on August 12, 1978 was between 6.6 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
April 14 » Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
July 25 » Puerto Rican police shoot two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders.
October 3 » A Finnish Air Force DC-3 crashes, killing all 15 people on board.
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