The temperature on December 23, 1927 was between 5.0 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 27 » The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
Day of death December 29, 1966
The temperature on December 29, 1966 was between 5.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 14.4 mm of rain during 12.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 6 » Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors murders in England.
May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
August 18 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Tan ensues after a patrol from the 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment clashes with a Viet Cong force in Phước Tuy Province.
August 26 » The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
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