The temperature on January 12, 1947 was between 1.1 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
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 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
Day of death January 2, 2011
The temperature on January 2, 2011 was between -0.7 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 1 » Estonia officially adopts the Euro currency and becomes the 17th Eurozone country.
January 9 » Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, killing 77 people.
May 21 » Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted that the world would end on this date.
July 22 » Norway attacks: First a bomb blast which targeted government buildings in central Oslo, followed by a massacre at a youth camp on the island of Utøya.
November 12 » Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the European sovereign debt crisis.
December 13 » A murder–suicide in Liège, Belgium, kills six and wounds 125 people at a Christmas market.
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