Page 4: Historical Events In 1947

Mar 06   XB-45, 1st US 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, CA in the year 1947.   

Mar 06   XB-45, a US 4-engine jet bomber, makes first test flight, Muroc CA in the year 1947.   

Mar 07   "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC in the year 1947.   

Mar 07   General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Paraguayian Government unleashes contra revolt on this day in history.   

Mar 07   On this day in history the Kuomintang and Communist Party of China resume full-fledged Civil War.   

Mar 09   On this day in history stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies   

Mar 09   US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill on this day in history.   

Mar 09   US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Ottawa-born Barbara Ann Scott gets a ticker-tape parade down Bay Street after winning the World Figure Skating Championship; a year later she wins Olympic Gold on this day in history.   

Mar 11   Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1947.   

Mar 12   On this day in history "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances   

Mar 12   In the year 1947 belgian government of Huysmans resigns   

Mar 12   In the year 1947 president Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism   

Mar 13   On this day in history "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 581 performances   

Mar 13   19th Academy Awards "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win in the year 1947.   

Mar 13   In the year 1947 19th Academy Awards: "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win   

Mar 15   John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in US Navy in the year 1947.   

Mar 15   John Lee appointed first black commissioned officer in US Navy on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1947 convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested   

Mar 16   On this day in history convair Liner, first US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested   

Mar 18   William Durant auto manufacturer cofounder of Chevrolet, founder of General Motors, died on this day on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Belgian government of Spaak, forms in the year 1947.   

Mar 19   On this day in history belgian govt of Spaak, forms   

Mar 19   In the year 1947 generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan   

Mar 19   Willem F J Pijper, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Mar 20   180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic on this day in history.   

Mar 21   In the year 1947 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur   

Mar 21   President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States on this day in history.   

Mar 22   President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty in the year 1947.   

Mar 24   In the year 1947 congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency   

Mar 24   In the year 1947 john D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN   

Mar 24   On this day in history the birth of Alan Sugar, British business Tycoon (Amstrad)   

Mar 25   In the year 1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Okla 58-47   

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

Jan 02   Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1947 birth of chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)   

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   In the year 1947 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   On this day in history josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35