Historical Events In 1947
May 01 Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of the CIA
May 25 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Company's Mine #5 killing 111
May 31 Communists grab power in Hungary
May 05 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men)
May 31 Italian Government of Gasperi forms
May 31 Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53
May 11 BF Goodrich manufactures first tubeless tire, Akron OH
May 01 Radar for commercial &private planes first demonstrated
May 07 General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution
May 01 Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA
May 11 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
May 22 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece
May 13 Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
May 05 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850 million in damage
May 22 The first US ballistic missile fired
May 23 PC Hooft prize forms for literature
May 07 "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
May 07 Paraguayian Government unleashes contra revolt
May 09 The World Bank opens in Washington, United States
May 03 The birth of Doug Hemming, American actor
May 03 Japan forms a constitutional democracy
Jan 16 Vincent Aurial elected President of France
Jan 02 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengal
Jan 03 Congressional proceedings are televised for the first time as viewers in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. witness opening ceremonies of the 80th Congress.
Jan 01 Benelux agress to work related issues
Jan 31 Whitehorse, Yukon Territory temperature of -52 C (62 degrees below zero Fahrenheit) recorded; record low for all of Canada
Jan 17 Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
Jan 28 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000
Jan 31 Whitehorse, Yukon Territory temperature of -52 C (62 degrees below zero Fahrenheit) recorded; record low for all of Canada
Jan 26 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die
Jan 02 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali
Jan 08 The birth of David Bowie, English rock singer and film actor
Jan 03 William Dawson becomes first black to head congressional committee
Jan 02 A new specification for aircraft color was issued providing for the use of glossy sea blue on all shipboard and water based aircraft and all helicopters
Jan 06 Ray Lindwall smashes 100 vs England in MCG Test
