The temperature on August 12, 1947 was between 10.9 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
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November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
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