The temperature on May 27, 1916 was between 9.8 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 20 » The Chicago Cubs play their first game at Weeghman Park (currently Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings.
August 27 » World War I: The Kingdom of Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as one of the Allied nations.
August 29 » The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
September 3 » World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil.
October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
November 30 » Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty.
Day of marriage May 28, 1937
The temperature on May 28, 1937 was between 7.9 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 26 » Walter Reuther and members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) clashed with Ford Motor Company security guards at the River Rouge Complex complex in Dearborn, Michigan, during the Battle of the Overpass.
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
Day of death April 12, 1978
The temperature on April 12, 1978 was between -0.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
May 4 » The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people.
June 26 » Air Canada Flight 189, flying to Toronto, overruns the runway and crashes into the Etobicoke Creek ravine. Two of the 107 passengers on board perish.
August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
December 16 » Cleveland, Ohio becomes the first major American city to default on its financial obligations since the Great Depression.
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