The temperature on July 31, 1947 was between 13.5 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
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.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
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