The temperature on August 4, 1927 was between 11.5 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
May 20 » Treaty of Jeddah: The United Kingdom recognizes the sovereignty of King Ibn Saud in the Kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd, which later merge to become the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
December 27 » Kern and Hammerstein's musical play Show Boat, considered to be the first true American musical play, opens at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Broadway.
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