The temperature on August 4, 1947 was between 11.2 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
Day of death December 2, 2012
The temperature on December 2, 2012 was between -1.5 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 7 » President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
March 4 » A series of explosions is reported at a munitions dump in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, killing at least 250 people.
May 21 » A suicide bombing kills more than 120 people in Sana'a, Yemen.
June 3 » The pageant for the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II takes place on the River Thames.
June 11 » More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
July 20 » James Holmes opened fire at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, killing 12 and injuring 70 others.
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