The temperature on December 22, 1927 was between 0.7 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
Day of death May 10, 2005
The temperature on May 10, 2005 was between 4.2 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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