The temperature on December 11, 1947 was between -2.2 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
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