The temperature on September 16, 1947 was between 17.0 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 21.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
Day of death February 10, 1948
The temperature on February 10, 1948 was between 3.0 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
February 21 » NASCAR is incorporated.
March 18 » Soviet consultants leave Yugoslavia in the first sign of the Tito–Stalin Split.
June 7 » Anti-Jewish riots in Oujda and Jerada take place.
June 17 » United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
September 18 » Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.
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