The temperature on January 29, 1927 was between 3.2 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 7.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
May 21 » Charles Lindbergh touches down at Le Bourget Field in Paris, completing the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
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