The temperature on November 16, 1947 was between 1.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
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 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
Day of death April 14, 2012
The temperature on April 14, 2012 was between 1.8 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 14, 2010 to Monday, November 5, 2012 the cabinet Rutte I, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
February 7 » President Mohamed Nasheed of the Republic of Maldives resigns, after 23 days of anti-governmental protests calling for the release of Chief Judge unlawfully arrested by the military.
March 20 » At least 52 people are killed and more than 250 injured in a wave of terror attacks across ten cities in Iraq.
April 11 » A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake was VII (Very strong). Ten were killed, twelve were injured, and a non-destructive tsunami was observed on the island of Nias.
June 29 » A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
July 31 » Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the most medals won at the Olympics.
October 29 » Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.
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