The temperature on October 28, 1947 was between 0.1 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
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 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
Day of marriage December 18, 1969
The temperature on December 18, 1969 was between -8.7 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -4.8 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 14 » USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USSEnterprise near Hawaii kills 28 people.
January 25 » Brazilian Army captain Carlos Lamarca deserts in order to fight against the military dictatorship, taking with him ten machine guns and 63 rifles.
July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
August 11 » The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
September 14 » The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery date.
December 6 » Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
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