The temperature on January 10, 1947 was between -2.1 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
Day of death December 20, 1971
The temperature on December 20, 1971 was between 6.7 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 3 » New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.
February 9 » The 6.5–6.7 Mw Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
April 5 » In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
August 15 » President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
September 29 » Oman joins the Arab League.
December 20 » The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.
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