The temperature on March 26, 1947 was between 0.1 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
Day of death August 18, 1966
The temperature on August 18, 1966 was between 11.9 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 4 » A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
May 15 » After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command.
May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
July 30 » England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley Stadium after extra time.
August 1 » Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
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