The temperature on December 20, 1947 was between 1.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
Day of death August 15, 2016
The temperature on August 15, 2016 was between 8.2 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, November 5, 2012 to Thursday, October 26, 2017 the cabinet Rutte II, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
January 12 » Ten people are killed and 15 wounded in a bombing near the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
February 11 » A man shoots six people dead at an education center in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
March 13 » The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people.
June 16 » Shanghai Disneyland Park, the first Disney Park in Mainland China, opens to the public.
September 28 » The 2016 South Australian blackout occurs, lasting up to three days in some areas.
December 9 » President Park Geun-hye of South Korea is impeached by the country's National Assembly in response to a major political scandal. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn becomes Acting President, later declining to run for a full term.
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