The temperature on December 26, 1947 was between 0.5 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 13.2 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
Day of death February 8, 2016
The temperature on February 8, 2016 was between 7.0 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 11.0 mm of rain during 10.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (37%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
March 11 » At least 21 people are killed by flooding and mudslides in and around São Paulo, Brazil, following heavy rain.
March 19 » Flydubai Flight 981 crashes while attempting to land at Rostov-on-Don international airport, killing all 62 on board.
September 19 » In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.
November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Kaikoura, New Zealand, at a depth of 15km (9 miles), resulting in the deaths of two people.
December 22 » A study finds the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus between 70-100% effective, and thus making it the first proven vaccine against the disease.
December 25 » A Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 carrying members of the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 92 people on board.
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