The temperature on April 19, 1927 was between 5.3 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
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.
November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
Day of death August 20, 1980
The temperature on August 20, 1980 was between 14.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 26 » Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
April 7 » During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
July 30 » Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
November 28 » Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
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