February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
June 20 » Boxer Rebellion: The Imperial Chinese Army begins a 55-day siege of the Legation Quarter in Beijing, China.
July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
Day of marriage July 28, 1927
The temperature on July 28, 1927 was between 12.2 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 11 » In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
April 12 » Rocksprings, Texas was hit by an F5 tornado that destroyed 235 of the 247 buildings in the town and killed 72 townspeople and injured 205; third deadliest tornado in Texas history.
August 23 » Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti are executed after a lengthy, controversial trial.
August 27 » Five Canadian women file a petition to the Supreme Court of Canada, asking, "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the British North America Act, 1867, include female persons?"
September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
Day of death April 24, 1968
The temperature on April 24, 1968 was between 3.1 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
February 1 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
June 5 » Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan.
August 28 » The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.
October 12 » Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
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