The temperature on November 6, 1947 was between 7.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
Day of marriage April 2, 1971
The temperature on April 2, 1971 was between 1.7 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
May 19 » Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
May 20 » In the Chuknagar massacre, Pakistani forces massacre thousands, mostly Bengali Hindus.
August 14 » Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.
December 4 » The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
Day of death January 26, 2008
The temperature on January 26, 2008 was between 6.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
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