January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
December 14 » The Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
December 30 » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is executed by a Spanish firing squad in Manila.
Day of death January 3, 1947
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 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.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
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