The temperature on May 6, 1927 was between 11.0 °C and 23.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
June 27 » Prime Minister of Japan Tanaka Giichi convenes an eleven-day conference to discuss Japan's strategy in China. The Tanaka Memorial, a forged plan for world domination, is later claimed to be a secret report leaked from this conference.
July 15 » Massacre of July 15, 1927: Eighty-nine protesters are killed by the Austrian police in Vienna.
August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
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