January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
February 14 » The United States Department of Commerce and Labor is established (later split into the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor).
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
December 17 » The Wright brothers make the first controlled powered, heavier-than-air flight in the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of marriage March 25, 1927
The temperature on March 25, 1927 was between 2.9 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
December 2 » Following 19 years of Ford Model T production, the Ford Motor Company unveils the Ford Model A as its new automobile.
Day of death May 31, 1986
The temperature on May 31, 1986 was between 1.3 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 23 » The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry, James Brown, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Fats Domino, The Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.
January 26 » The Ugandan government of Tito Okello is overthrown by the National Resistance Army, led by Yoweri Museveni.
March 3 » The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
October 9 » The Phantom of the Opera, eventually the second longest running musical in London, opens at Her Majesty's Theatre.
November 5 » USSRentz, USSReeves and USSOldendorf visit Qingdao (Tsing Tao) China – the first US Naval visit to China since 1949.
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