The temperature on April 23, 1947 was between 7.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
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.
August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
Day of marriage December 12, 1969
The average temperature on December 12, 1969 was -2.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur.
March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.
December 6 » Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
Day of death November 20, 1990
The temperature on November 20, 1990 was between 2.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 13 » Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office as Governor of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia.
February 11 » Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
May 30 » Croatian Parliament is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the National Day of Croatia.
August 23 » West and East Germany announce that they will reunite on October 3.
November 13 » In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
November 22 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
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