(Arrival) on May 17, 1895 in New York, New York: SS Wittekind Namesake: Wittekind (c. 730–808), Duke of Saxony Owner: North German Lloyd Builder: Blohm & Voss, Hamburg[1] Launched: 3 February 1894[1] Maiden voyage: Bremen–Hoboken, New Jersey, 14 April 1894[1] Seized by the United States, 6 April 1917[2].Sources 4, 6
The temperature on July 8, 1947 was between 9.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
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