January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
Day of marriage August 29, 1927
The temperature on August 29, 1927 was between 9.9 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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