The temperature on October 12, 1927 was between 8.8 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
April 19 » Mae West is sentenced to ten days in jail for obscenity for her play Sex.
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.
May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
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.
Day of death September 27, 1999
The temperature on September 27, 1999 was between 11.6 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
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.
September 30 » The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
October 29 » A large cyclone devastates Odisha, India.
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