The temperature on June 24, 1947 was between 11.0 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
Day of death March 26, 1971
The temperature on March 26, 1971 was between 1.1 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The Harrisburg Seven: Rev. Philip Berrigan and five other activists are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
February 8 » South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
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.
July 15 » The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
August 18 » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
December 9 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
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