The temperature on February 28, 1947 was between -3.3 °C and -0.5 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 13.4 mm of rain during 19.1 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
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.
Day of death March 4, 1947
The temperature on March 4, 1947 was between -9.3 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
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