July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of marriage August 9, 1927
The temperature on August 9, 1927 was between 12.8 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 23 » Cardiff City defeat Arsenal in the FA Cup Final, the only time it has been won by a team not based in England.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
August 7 » The Peace Bridge opens between Fort Erie, Ontario and Buffalo, New York.
August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
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