January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
Day of death June 18, 1947
The temperature on June 18, 1947 was between 12.1 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
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 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
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