Historical Events In 1947

Sep 12   Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games on this day in history.  

Sep 13   WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Sep 14   61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61) in the year 1947.  

Sep 15   1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh on this day in history.  

Sep 15   On this day in history first 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh  

Sep 16   John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH on this day in history.  

Sep 19   Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year" in the year 1947.  

Sep 20   Fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 21   In the year 1947 harry Carey Sr, actor/director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69  

Sep 22   Dodgers clinch NL pennant in the year 1947.  

Sep 23   On this day in history nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged  

Sep 26   On this day in history happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series  

Sep 26   Hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Sep 27   In the year 1947 "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 288 performances  

Sep 28   In the year 1947 francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58  

Sep 30   Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised in the year 1947.  

Oct 01   NHL Pension Society founded in the year 1947.  

Oct 01   The first helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca on this day in history.  

Oct 01   US control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends on this day in history.  

Oct 02   On this day in history "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances  

Oct 03   "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances in the year 1947.  

Oct 03   In the year 1947 first telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed  

Oct 04   Max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies in the year 1947.  

Oct 04   Negro League World Series, NY Cubans beat Cleveland Buckeyes, 6-5 on this day in history.  

Oct 05   In the year 1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman  

Oct 05   On this day in history the first Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman  

Oct 05   The first U.S. president to make use of television addressed the nation from the White House. "‘ Give ’ Em Hell" Harry Truman accomplished the feat. I in the year 1947.  

Oct 06   Leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1947.  

Oct 06   NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series on this day in history.  

Oct 07   Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series in the year 1947.  

Oct 08   In the year 1947 felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78  

Oct 09   In the year 1947 "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater NYC for 727 performances  

Oct 09   The first telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane in the year 1947.  

Oct 10   On this day in history "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances  

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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   Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut  

Jan 04   J Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger was born in the year 1947.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)  

Jan 04   In the year 1947 birth of rick Stein, English chef and television presenter  

Jan 04   On this day in history forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71  

Jan 09   Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1947 jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77  

Jan 13   Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869) died on this day in history.  

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