The temperature on December 11, 1927 was between -1.6 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
Day of death October 24, 2001
The temperature on October 24, 2001 was between 9.6 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 20 » George W. Bush is inaugurated the 43rd President of the United States of America.
February 11 » A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
June 10 » Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
September 27 » In Switzerland, a gunman shoots 18 citizens, killing 14 and then himself.
December 19 » A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
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