Page 5: Historical Events In 1947

Mar 25   Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia in the year 1947.   

Mar 25   On this day in history coal mine explosion in Centralia IL, claims 111 lives   

Mar 25   Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v New Zealand, Christchurch) in the year 1947.   

Mar 25   In the year 1947 singer/songwriter/pianist Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) born this day.   

Mar 27   Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1947.   

Mar 29   "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 perfs on this day in history.   

Mar 29   In the year 1947 national revolt against France in Madagascar begins   

Apr 01   George II, king of Greece, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Apr 01   In the year 1947 greece's King George II died.   

Apr 02   Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies on this day in history.   

Apr 02   UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship in the year 1947.   

Apr 03   "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 performances on this day in history.   

Apr 03   On this day in history "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 perfs   

Apr 04   Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect in the year 1947.   

Apr 04   Largest group of sunspots on record on this day in history.   

Apr 04   UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established on this day in history.   

Apr 06   11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 in the year 1947.   

Apr 06   On this day in history vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58   

Apr 08   Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies on this day in history.   

Apr 08   Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed in the year 1947.   

Apr 08   The first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company in the year 1947.   

Apr 09   On this day in history atomic Energy Commission confirmed   

Apr 09   Atomic Energy Commission formed in the year 1947.   

Apr 09   Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Apr 09   On this day in history largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed   

Apr 09   On this day in history tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300   

Apr 10   In the year 1947 jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)   

Apr 10   Montreal Royals of the International League sell their star player Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers; appears in uniform for the Dodgers the next day, in the year 1947.   

Apr 11   In the year 1947 jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball   

Apr 11   In the year 1947 jackie Robinson becomes first black in modern major-league baseball   

Apr 12   In the year 1947 christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies   

Apr 15   Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut in the year 1947.   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80) was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 02   Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys) was born in the year 1947.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1947 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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   On this day in history death of elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924)   

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.