The temperature on January 30, 1947 was between -12.3 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -8.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
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.
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
Day of death January 31, 2016
The temperature on January 31, 2016 was between 3.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 3 » Following the fallout caused by the execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Iran ends its diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia.
January 15 » The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.
January 16 » Thirty-three out of 126 freed hostages are injured and 23 killed in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on a hotel and a nearby restaurant.
February 11 » A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
June 23 » The United Kingdom votes in a referendum to leave the European Union, by 52% to 48%.
December 10 » Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
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