The temperature on February 7, 1927 was between -2.8 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
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 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
May 1 » The Union Labor Life Insurance Company is founded by the American Federation of Labor.
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
Day of marriage June 23, 1954
The temperature on June 23, 1954 was between 6.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
February 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
Day of death November 29, 1996
The temperature on November 29, 1996 was between -0.2 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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April 28 » Whitewater controversy: President Bill Clinton gives a 4½ hour videotaped testimony for the defense.
May 10 » A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.
May 20 » Civil rights: The Supreme Court of the United States rules in Romer v. Evans against a law that would have prevented any city, town or county in the state of Colorado from taking any legislative, executive, or judicial action to protect the rights of gays and lesbians.
October 2 » Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean near Peru, killing all 70 people on board.
November 7 » NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.
November 19 » Lt. Gen. Maurice Baril of Canada arrives in Africa to lead a multi-national policing force in Zaire.
Day of burial December 4, 1996
The temperature on December 4, 1996 was between 4.0 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
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