The temperature on December 18, 1927 was between -14.6 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
January 10 » Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
June 26 » The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
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 marriage June 5, 1960
The temperature on June 5, 1960 was between 14.8 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 9 » Dr Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and architect of apartheid, narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a white farmer, David Pratt in Johannesburg.
May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
May 27 » In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
August 7 » Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
September 8 » In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).
September 14 » The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
Day of death May 24, 2018
The temperature on May 24, 2018 was between 13.3 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 13 » A false emergency alert warning of an impending missile strike in Hawaii caused widespread panic in the state.
February 14 » Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa.
April 18 » King Mswati III of Swaziland announces that his country's name will change to Eswatini.
May 9 » The historic defeat for Barisan Nasional, the governing coalition of Malaysia since the country's independence in 1957 in 2018 Malaysian general election.
September 20 » At least 161 people die after a ferry capsized close to the pier on Ukara Island in Lake Victoria and part of Tanzania.
September 28 » The 7.5 Mw 2018 Sulawesi earthquake, which triggered a large tsunami, leaves 4,340 dead and 10,679 injured.
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