The temperature on January 8, 1927 was between -1.8 °C and 3.5 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
March 15 » The first Women's Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on The Isis in Oxford.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
Day of death January 14, 1935
The temperature on January 14, 1935 was between 0.8 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Iceland becomes the first Western country to legalize therapeutic abortion.
May 6 » New Deal: Under the authority of the newly-enacted Federal Emergency Relief Administration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issues Executive Order 7034 to create the Works Progress Administration.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
July 16 » The world's first parking meter is installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
November 3 » George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
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