The temperature on January 2, 1947 was between -0.1 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
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 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
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