The temperature on March 17, 1927 was between 0.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
May 9 » Old Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
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.
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.
November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
December 17 » Indian revolutionary Rajendra Lahiri is hanged in Gonda jail, Uttar Pradesh, India, two days before the scheduled date.
Day of marriage May 9, 1947
The temperature on May 9, 1947 was between 11.4 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.9 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
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