The temperature on February 17, 1927 was between 4.4 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
May 5 » To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
Day of death May 20, 2008
The temperature on May 20, 2008 was between 1.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 14 » A series of riots, protests, and demonstrations erupt in Lhasa and subsequently spread elsewhere in Tibet.
May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
July 26 » Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured, in the Ahmedabad bombings in India.
August 20 » Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid, Spain to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport. Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.
September 11 » A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.
Day of cremation May 24, 2008
The temperature on May 24, 2008 was between 12.1 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 23 » A United States Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber crashes on Guam, marking the first operational loss of a B-2.
July 1 » Riots erupt in Mongolia in response to allegations of fraud surrounding the 2008 legislative elections.
August 1 » The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
August 17 » American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
September 13 » Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
November 27 » XL Airways Germany Flight 888T: An Airbus A320 performing a flight test crashes near the French commune of Canet-en-Roussillon, killing all seven people on board.
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