April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
Day of marriage May 25, 1927
The temperature on May 25, 1927 was between 5.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
July 23 » The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
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