The temperature on December 6, 1927 was between 0.1 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
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.
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
Day of death September 29, 1999
The temperature on September 29, 1999 was between 13.8 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (34%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
May 2 » Panamanian general election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso becomes the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
May 29 » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
July 23 » Space Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-93, with Eileen Collins becoming the first female space shuttle commander. The shuttle also carried and deployed the Chandra X-ray Observatory.
July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
October 12 » The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
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