The temperature on March 3, 1947 was between -10.5 °C and 0.2 °C and averaged -6.6 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
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.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
Day of death March 6, 1947
The temperature on March 6, 1947 was between -2.2 °C and 2.7 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
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