The temperature on August 26, 1947 was between 13.0 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
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