The temperature on November 27, 1907 was between 6.5 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
August 17 » Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
October 17 » Marconi begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service.
November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
December 8 » King Gustaf V of Sweden accedes to the Swedish throne.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of death June 29, 1967
The temperature on June 29, 1967 was between 13.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
April 9 » The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
April 27 » Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
June 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
November 21 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
December 21 » Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.
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