The temperature on March 10, 1947 was between -2.5 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
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.
August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
Day of death November 6, 2012
The temperature on November 6, 2012 was between -0.3 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 23 » A series of attacks across Iraq leave at least 83 killed and more than 250 injured.
March 2 » A tornado outbreak occurred over a large section of the Southern United States and into the Ohio Valley region, resulting in 40 tornado-related fatalities.
June 3 » A plane carrying 153 people on board crashes in a residential neighborhood in Lagos, Nigeria, killing everyone on board and 10 people on the ground.
July 5 » The Shard in London is inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020ft).
August 6 » NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
December 3 » At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
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