January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
January 30 » The first Anglo-Japanese Alliance is signed in London.
March 18 » Macario Sakay issues Presidential Order No. 1 of his Tagalog Republic.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of marriage July 6, 1927
The temperature on July 6, 1927 was between 14.4 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
August 1 » The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.
September 22 » Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
Day of death April 30, 1969
The temperature on April 30, 1969 was between -0.2 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
April 9 » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
May 18 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
September 5 » My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
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