The temperature on January 16, 1947 was between 2.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
Day of death April 14, 1965
The temperature on April 14, 1965 was between -2.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » Malcolm X is assassinated while giving a talk at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
August 11 » Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
November 24 » Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
December 22 » In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
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