The temperature on December 2, 1947 was between -2.6 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
Day of death August 21, 1965
The temperature on August 21, 1965 was between 7.9 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 2 » The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
April 4 » The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled.
September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
November 9 » A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
November 11 » Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith unilaterally declares the colony independent as the unrecognised state of Rhodesia
November 24 » Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
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