The temperature on November 23, 1947 was between 7.5 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
Day of marriage February 17, 1967
The temperature on February 17, 1967 was between 0.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 10 » The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
June 5 » The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
November 3 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
November 17 » Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
November 28 » The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
Day of death July 23, 2000
The temperature on July 23, 2000 was between 13.6 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
July 10 » EADS, the world's second-largest aerospace group is formed by the merger of Aérospatiale-Matra, DASA, and CASA.
October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
October 7 » Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Hezbollah militants capture three Israeli Defense Force soldiers in a cross-border raid.
October 12 » The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
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