January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
July 2 » The first Zeppelin flight takes place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
Day of marriage June 24, 1927
The temperature on June 24, 1927 was between 10.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
Day of death May 7, 1962
The temperature on May 7, 1962 was between 9.4 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
November 17 » President John F. Kennedy dedicates Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region.
November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.
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