The temperature on June 26, 1927 was between 7.9 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 10.0 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
April 27 » Carabineros de Chile (Chilean national police force and gendarmerie) are created.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
Day of death June 17, 1985
The temperature on June 17, 1985 was between 6.2 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
July 7 » Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
July 10 » The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
July 13 » Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
September 1 » A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMSTitanic.
September 13 » Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.
December 16 » Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family.
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