The temperature on October 14, 1947 was between 7.4 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
Day of death April 8, 1965
The temperature on April 8, 1965 was between 5.0 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
March 21 » Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
June 9 » Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.
June 19 » Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
July 16 » South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh.
September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
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