The temperature on October 8, 1947 was between 9.4 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 19.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
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 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
Day of death October 9, 1947
The temperature on October 9, 1947 was between 8.6 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
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