The temperature on February 15, 1927 was between -1.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
Day of death January 17, 2004
The temperature on January 17, 2004 was between 3.6 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 12 » The world's largest ocean liner, RMSQueen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
March 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
April 2 » Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
May 28 » The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
August 1 » A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción, Paraguay.
August 17 » The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
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