The temperature on February 26, 1947 was between -11.5 °C and -1.8 °C and averaged -4.6 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
Day of death March 28, 1947
The temperature on March 28, 1947 was between 6.7 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
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