Page 14: Historical Events In 1947

Dec 08   Gregg Allman musician keyboards, guitar, singer was born in the year 1947.   

Dec 08   On this day in history gregg Allman musician: keyboards, guitar, singer was born   

Dec 10   On this day in history uSSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement   

Dec 11   "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances in the year 1947.   

Dec 12   In the year 1947 united Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL   

Dec 13   "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 perfs in the year 1947.   

Dec 13   On this day in history maine Turnpike opens to traffic   

Dec 14   In the year 1947 cleve Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game   

Dec 14   Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Dec 17   On this day in history new York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

Dec 17   On this day in history nY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

Dec 18   On this day in history pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax   

Dec 22   Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution in the year 1947.   

Dec 23   In the year 1947 transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs   

Dec 23   In the year 1947 transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs   

Dec 26   "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances on this day in history.   

Dec 26   British transfer Heard & McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia on this day in history.   

Dec 26   On this day in history heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hrs. That same day, Los Angeles set a record high of 84ø F   

Dec 27   In the year 1947 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC   

Dec 27   On this day in history first "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC   

Dec 28   Chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game in the year 1947.   

Dec 28   In the year 1947 victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78   

Dec 29   On this day in history cozy Powell, England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP)   

Dec 29   Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78 in the year 1947.   

Dec 29   Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine on this day in history.   

Dec 30   36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) on this day in history.   

Dec 30   Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58 in the year 1947.   

Dec 30   King Michael of Romania abdicates the throne, but makes it clear that he is forced out by Communists in the year 1947.   

Dec 30   King Michael of Romania abdicates, allowing a communist republic to be formed in the year 1947.   

Dec 31   In the year 1947 franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)   

Jan 02   Jack Hanna, American zoologist was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1947 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   Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 in the year 1947.   

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

Jan 17   On this day in history death of pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)   

Jan 20   Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35 in the year 1947.