The temperature on April 26, 1946 was between 6.4 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
March 29 » Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
May 10 » First successful launch of an American V-2 rocket at White Sands Proving Ground.
July 7 » Mother Francesca S. Cabrini becomes the first American to be canonized.
September 20 » The first Cannes Film Festival is held, having been delayed seven years due to World War II.
December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
Day of death January 5, 1947
The temperature on January 5, 1947 was between -7.1 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -4.5 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
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