Historical Events In 1947

Sep 12   Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games on this day in history.   

Sep 13   In the year 1947 wPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting   

Sep 14   61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61) in the year 1947.   

Sep 15   In the year 1947 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh   

Sep 15   First 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh in the year 1947.   

Sep 16   John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH in the year 1947.   

Sep 19   Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year" in the year 1947.   

Sep 20   Fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 21   On this day in history harry Carey Sr, actor/director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69   

Sep 22   Dodgers clinch NL pennant in the year 1947.   

Sep 23   Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged on this day in history.   

Sep 26   In the year 1947 happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series   

Sep 26   Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Sep 27   On this day in history "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 288 performances   

Sep 28   Francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Sep 30   In the year 1947 yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised   

Oct 01   On this day in history nHL Pension Society founded   

Oct 01   The first helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history uS control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends   

Oct 02   In the year 1947 "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances   

Oct 03   On this day in history "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances   

Oct 03   First telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed in the year 1947.   

Oct 04   On this day in history max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies   

Oct 04   Negro League World Series, NY Cubans beat Cleveland Buckeyes, 6-5 on this day in history.   

Oct 05   1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman on this day in history.   

Oct 05   On this day in history the first Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman   

Oct 05   On this day in history the first U.S. president to make use of television addressed the nation from the White House. "‘ Give ’ Em Hell" Harry Truman accomplished the feat. I   

Oct 06   On this day in history leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60   

Oct 06   NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series on this day in history.   

Oct 07   Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series in the year 1947.   

Oct 08   In the year 1947 felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78   

Oct 09   "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater NYC for 727 performances in the year 1947.   

Oct 09   On this day in history the first telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane   

Oct 10   In the year 1947 "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances   

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Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)   

Jan 02   Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of jack Hanna, American zoologist   

Jan 03   Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of j Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger   

Jan 04   Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 04   Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 04   Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)   

Jan 12   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77 in the year 1947.   

Jan 13   On this day in history veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61   

Jan 15   Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924) died in the year 1947.   

Jan 17   In the year 1947 death of pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)   

Jan 20   In the year 1947 josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35