The temperature on November 17, 1947 was between -1.7 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
Day of death May 9, 2005
The temperature on May 9, 2005 was between 4.8 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 26 » Under international pressure, Syria withdraws the last of its 14,000 troop military garrison in Lebanon, ending its 29-year military domination of that country (Syrian occupation of Lebanon).
May 31 » Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat".
July 22 » Jean Charles de Menezes is killed by police as the hunt begins for the London Bombers responsible for the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 21 July 2005 London bombings.
July 23 » Three bombs explode in the Naama Bay area of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, killing 88 people.
October 28 » I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is indicted due to his involvement in the Plame affair.
December 30 » Tropical Storm Zeta forms in the open Atlantic Ocean, tying the record for the latest tropical cyclone ever to form in the North Atlantic basin.
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