The temperature on February 7, 1947 was between -12.2 °C and -4.5 °C and averaged -8.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
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.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
Day of marriage June 28, 1967
The temperature on June 28, 1967 was between 10.9 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 26 » Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
April 28 » Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
May 26 » The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
October 26 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
November 9 » Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida.
November 30 » South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Day of death April 6, 2007
The temperature on April 6, 2007 was between 2.6 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 10 » Then Illinois senator Barack Obama announces his candidacy for president in the 2008 elections, which he later goes on to win.
February 23 » A train derails on an evening express service near Grayrigg, Cumbria, England, killing one person and injuring 88. This results in hundreds of points being checked over the UK after a few similar accidents.
August 1 » The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, collapses during the evening rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 145.
September 13 » The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
October 28 » Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina.
December 13 » The Treaty of Lisbon is signed by members states of the European Union.
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