The temperature on November 2, 1947 was between 8.2 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
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.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
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