The temperature on November 8, 1947 was between 6.6 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
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.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
Day of marriage October 15, 1971
The temperature on October 15, 1971 was between -2.2 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 26 » East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
May 1 » Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
July 11 » Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
September 8 » In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
December 6 » Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
December 16 » The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
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