The temperature on June 21, 1927 was between 10.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
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 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 death October 4, 1999
The temperature on October 4, 1999 was between 7.2 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA.
March 24 » A lorry carrying margarine and flour catches fire inside the Mont Blanc Tunnel. The resulting inferno kills 38 people.
May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
June 9 » Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
November 19 » Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
December 14 » Torrential rains cause flash floods in Vargas, Venezuela, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths, the destruction of thousands of homes, and the complete collapse of the state's infrastructure.
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