The temperature on November 8, 1927 was between 3.0 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Day of death October 5, 1928
The temperature on October 5, 1928 was between 2.2 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
May 15 » Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy".
September 18 » Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro crossing of the English Channel.
November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
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