The temperature on October 12, 1927 was between 8.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
Day of death January 1, 1988
The temperature on January 1, 1988 was between 6.7 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 8.1 mm of rain during 6.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 12 » Cold War: The 1988 Black Sea bumping incident: The U.S. missile cruiser USSYorktown(CG-48) is intentionally rammed by the Soviet frigate Bezzavetnyy in the Soviet territorial waters, while Yorktown claims innocent passage.
May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
July 6 » The Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea is destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.
August 8 » The 8888 Uprising begins in Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). Led by students, hundreds of thousands join in nationwide protests against the one-party regime. On September 18, the demonstrations end in a military crackdown, killing thousands.
November 15 » The first Fairtrade label, Max Havelaar, is launched in the Netherlands.
December 12 » The Clapham Junction rail crash kills thirty-five and injures hundreds after two collisions of three commuter trains—one of the worst train crashes in the United Kingdom.
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