The temperature on August 31, 1947 was between 7.3 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
Day of marriage September 18, 1971
The temperature on September 18, 1971 was between 4.8 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
February 20 » The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
July 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
October 28 » Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket.
November 10 » In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.
December 4 » The PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
Day of death March 2, 1999
The temperature on March 2, 1999 was between 5.5 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 18.3 mm of rain during 11.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
May 24 » The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo.
September 7 » The 6.0 Mw Athens earthquake affected the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 143, injuring 800–1,600, and leaving 50,000 homeless.
November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
December 3 » NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
December 31 » The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties.
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