The temperature on July 27, 1927 was between 13.3 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 7 » The first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover).
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
June 29 » The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
Day of marriage April 14, 1950
The temperature on April 14, 1950 was between -0.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
Day of death November 29, 1989
The temperature on November 29, 1989 was between -3.5 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 7 » Iran and the United Kingdom break diplomatic relations after a fight over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses.
March 24 » In Prince William Sound in Alaska, the Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels (38,000m) of crude oil after running aground.
July 20 » Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
August 7 » U.S. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX) and 15 others die in a plane crash in Ethiopia.
August 20 » The pleasure boat Marchioness sinks on the River Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.
December 10 » Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
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