The temperature on September 23, 1947 was between 6.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
Day of marriage February 7, 1969
The temperature on February 7, 1969 was between -1.7 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 18 » United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.
January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
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