The temperature on September 24, 1947 was between 5.9 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
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 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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