Historical Events In 1947

Oct 11   In the year 1947 brazil & Chile break diplomatic relations with USSR   

Oct 12   Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Oct 13   "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" premieres in the year 1947.   

Oct 13   Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies in the year 1947.   

Oct 14   Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015) in the year 1947.   

Oct 14   In the year 1947 chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes first supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)   

Oct 14   Chuck Yeager makes the first 'Supersonic' flight over Edwards Air Force Base California on this day in history.   

Oct 19   In the year 1947 de Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections   

Oct 20   HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood in the year 1947.   

Oct 21   Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die in the year 1947.   

Oct 23   On this day in history nAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN   

Oct 24   In the year 1947 series of forest fires $30 million of timber (New England States)   

Oct 24   Series of forest fires burn $30 million of timber (New England States) in the year 1947.   

Oct 24   The birth of Kevin Kline, American actor in the year 1947.   

Oct 25   In the year 1947 "Under the Counter" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 27 perfs   

Oct 26   Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India on this day in history.   

Oct 27   "You Bet Your Life", with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio on this day in history.   

Oct 27   "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio in the year 1947.   

Oct 27   In the year 1947 groucho Marx hosts the radio premiere of You Bet Your Life, on ABC radio. (When the show later moved to TV, it jumped ship to NBC.)   

Oct 29   Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherland form Benelux Union in the year 1947.   

Oct 29   In the year 1947 frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83   

Oct 29   In the year 1947 the birth of Richard Dreyfuss, American actor   

Oct 30   23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history man O' War, racehorse, dies   

Nov 01   UN trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, NZ and UK on this day in history.   

Nov 02   7th Ryder Cup: US wins 11-1 at Portland Golf Club (Portland, Oregon, US) on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Howard Hughes'"Spruce Goose" flies for only time on this day in history.   

Nov 06   Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA v Victoria on this day in history.   

Nov 11   Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   In the year 1947 emmuska Orczy, British author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82   

Nov 12   KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR) on this day in history.   

Nov 15   Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG in the year 1947.   

Nov 16   On this day in history 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)   

Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)   

Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jack Hanna, American zoologist   

Jan 03   In the year 1947 birth of sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut   

Jan 04   J Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of rick Stein, English chef and television presenter   

Jan 04   Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 in the year 1947.   

Jan 09   Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53 in the year 1947.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77   

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   Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35 on this day in history.