The temperature on February 8, 1927 was between -3.9 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
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 3, 1996
The temperature on September 3, 1996 was between 7.7 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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February 1 » The Communications Decency Act is passed by the U.S. Congress.
March 4 » A derailed train in Weyauwega, Wisconsin (USA) causes the emergency evacuation of 2,300 people for 16 days.
March 13 » The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland.
May 13 » Severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh kill 600 people.
September 7 » Rapper and hip hop artist Tupac Shakur is fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. He succumbs to his injuries six days later.
December 27 » Taliban forces retake the strategic Bagram Airfield which solidifies their buffer zone around Kabul, Afghanistan.
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