The temperature on January 16, 1947 was between 2.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
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