The temperature on January 31, 1947 was between -8.8 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
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.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
Day of death November 29, 1947
The temperature on November 29, 1947 was between -0.3 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
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.
June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
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