February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
Day of death October 27, 1996
The temperature on October 27, 1996 was between 7.6 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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February 29 » Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew die.
March 18 » A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
May 10 » A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.
July 28 » The remains of a prehistoric man are discovered near Kennewick, Washington. Such remains will be known as the Kennewick Man.
September 4 » War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
September 21 » The Defense of Marriage Act is passed by the United States Congress.
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