The temperature on July 2, 1947 was between 11.8 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
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