The temperature on April 21, 1947 was between 8.8 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
Day of death December 7, 2013
The temperature on December 7, 2013 was between 3.4 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
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 22 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrest and charge two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by Al-Qaeda elements.
June 26 » Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.
June 27 » NASA launches the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, a space probe to observe the Sun.
September 17 » Grand Theft Auto V earns more than half a billion dollars on its first day of release.
November 21 » Fifty-four people are killed when the roof of a shopping center collapses in Riga, Latvia.
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