The temperature on November 16, 1947 was between 1.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
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.
July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
Day of marriage October 2, 1970
The temperature on October 2, 1970 was between 7.1 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
May 15 » Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
July 23 » Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
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