February 4 » The Philippine–American War begins with the Battle of Manila.
February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
Day of marriage April 16, 1927
The temperature on April 16, 1927 was between 2.3 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 30 » The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
July 16 » Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.
August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
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?"
December 30 » The Ginza Line, the first subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
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