The temperature on February 23, 1927 was between 3.7 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (20%). 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.
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
July 4 » First flight of the Lockheed Vega.
August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
Day of death July 24, 1981
The temperature on July 24, 1981 was between 10.1 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
April 12 » The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
June 18 » The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
July 27 » While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
October 9 » President François Mitterrand abolishes capital punishment in France.
November 30 » Cold War: In Geneva, representatives from the United States and the Soviet Union begin to negotiate intermediate-range nuclear weapon reductions in Europe. (The meetings end inconclusively on December 17.)
December 17 » American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
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