The temperature on March 26, 1947 was between 0.1 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
Day of death October 16, 2002
The temperature on October 16, 2002 was between 10.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 16 » The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
April 11 » Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the Presidential palace to demand the resignation of president Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.
May 3 » An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes into a bank in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17.
May 7 » A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plunges into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people.
May 23 » The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto Protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.
August 30 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on board.
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