The temperature on July 14, 1947 was between 11.2 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
Day of death July 16, 1947
The temperature on July 16, 1947 was between 15.7 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
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