The temperature on January 3, 1947 was between -1.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
Day of death August 12, 2007
The temperature on August 12, 2007 was between 8.3 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 18 » Samjhauta Express bombings occurred around midnight in Diwana near the Indian city of Panipat, 80 kilometres (50mi) north of New Delhi, India.
April 12 » A suicide bomber penetrates the Green Zone and detonates in a cafeteria within a parliament building, killing Iraqi MP Mohammed Awad and wounding more than twenty other people.
April 18 » A series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occur in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251.
April 27 » Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
June 19 » The al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad leaves 78 people dead and another 218 injured.
June 29 » Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
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