The temperature on June 8, 1947 was between 11.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
Day of marriage June 15, 1968
The temperature on June 15, 1968 was between 13.2 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison.
January 23 » USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is attacked and seized by naval forces of North Korea.
January 30 » Vietnam War: Tet Offensive launch by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.
April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
April 8 » BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
July 1 » Formal separation of the United Auto Workers from the AFL–CIO in the United States.
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