The temperature on June 19, 1947 was between 12.4 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
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 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.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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