The temperature on April 28, 1947 was between 8.1 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
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 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
Day of death March 16, 2013
The temperature on March 16, 2013 was between 2.7 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
February 8 » A blizzard disrupts transportation and leaves hundreds of thousands of people without electricity in the Northeastern United States and parts of Canada.
April 9 » At least 13 people are killed and another three injured after a man goes on a spree shooting in the Serbian village of Velika Ivanča.
April 29 » A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, injures 43 people.
May 25 » A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 18 people.
June 11 » Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. It reopened exactly two years later by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
November 21 » Massive protests start in Ukraine after President Viktor Yanukovych suspended signing the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement.
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