May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
June 4 » Henry Ford completes the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gives it a successful test run.
November 1 » A picture showing the bare breasts of a woman appears in National Geographic magazine for the first time.
December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
Day of marriage February 3, 1927
The temperature on February 3, 1927 was between -1.9 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
July 10 » Kevin O'Higgins TD, Vice-President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State is assassinated by the IRA.
September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
September 18 » The Columbia Broadcasting System goes on the air.
Day of death May 18, 1993
The temperature on May 18, 1993 was between 14.5 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 24 » An IRA bomb devastates the Bishopsgate area of London.
June 25 » Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
August 10 » Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 Mw shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 Mw event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.
September 22 » A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.
September 27 » The Sukhumi massacre takes place in Abkhazia.
December 10 » The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
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