The temperature on May 29, 1947 was between 10.8 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
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.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
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