The temperature on December 31, 1927 was between -8.9 °C and -2.4 °C and averaged -5.1 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announces the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California.
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Day of death February 13, 2000
The temperature on February 13, 2000 was between 1.5 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
February 29 » Second Chechen War: Eighty-four Russian paratroopers are killed in a rebel attack on a guard post near Ulus Kert.
May 3 » The sport of geocaching begins, with the first cache placed and the coordinates from a GPS posted on Usenet.
August 12 » The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
September 10 » Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
Day of cremation February 18, 2000
The temperature on February 18, 2000 was between 0.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 27 » A Phillips Petroleum plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas kills one person and injures 71 others.
April 5 » UEFA Cup semi-final violence: Four Galatasaray fans are arrested for the stabbings to death of two Leeds United fans.
June 13 » President Kim Dae-jung of South Korea meets Kim Jong-il, leader of North Korea, for the beginning of the first ever inter-Korea summit, in the northern capital of Pyongyang.
June 26 » The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.
July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
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