The temperature on September 11, 1927 was between 9.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
May 26 » The last Ford Model T rolls off the assembly line after a production run of 15,007,003 vehicles.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
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.
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