The temperature on March 1, 1927 was between 5.5 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The first transatlantic telephone service is established from New York City to London.
January 27 » Ibn Saud takes the title of King of Nejd.
March 29 » Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
September 5 » The first Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon, Trolley Troubles, produced by Walt Disney, is released by Universal Pictures.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
Day of marriage April 9, 1949
The temperature on April 9, 1949 was between 0.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 11 » The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
April 4 » Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
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