The temperature on July 8, 1927 was between 15.1 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Teddy Wakelam gives the first live radio commentary of a football match, between Arsenal F.C. and Sheffield United at Highbury.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
August 16 » The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
December 8 » The Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.
Day of death February 24, 2005
The temperature on February 24, 2005 was between -2.3 and 2.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 1 » In Roper v. Simmons, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the execution of juveniles found guilty of murder is unconstitutional.
March 3 » Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly an airplane non-stop around the world solo without refueling.
May 18 » A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
July 21 » July 2005 London bombings occur.
October 30 » The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
November 23 » Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is elected president of Liberia and becomes the first woman to lead an African country.
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