Historical Events In 1947

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

Sep 13   On this day in history wPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting  

Sep 14   61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61) on this day in history.  

Sep 15   In the year 1947 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh  

Sep 15   First 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh in the year 1947.  

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

Sep 19   On this day in history jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year"  

Sep 20   Fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies in the year 1947.  

Sep 21   Harry Carey Sr, actor/director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Sep 22   On this day in history dodgers clinch NL pennant  

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

Sep 26   Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series in the year 1947.  

Sep 26   In the year 1947 hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61  

Sep 27   "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 288 performances on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1947.  

Sep 30   On this day in history yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised  

Oct 01   On this day in history nHL Pension Society founded  

Oct 01   On this day in history the first helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca  

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

Oct 02   "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances in the year 1947.  

Oct 03   On this day in history "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances  

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

Oct 04   Max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 04   On this day in history negro League World Series, NY Cubans beat Cleveland Buckeyes, 6-5  

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

Oct 05   In the year 1947 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 in the year 1947.  

Oct 07   Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Oct 09   On this day in history "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater NYC for 727 performances  

Oct 09   In the year 1947 the first telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane  

Oct 10   In the year 1947 "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances  

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

Jan 02   Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) was born in the year 1947.  

Jan 02   Jack Hanna, American zoologist was born in the year 1947.  

Jan 03   Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut was born in the year 1947.  

Jan 04   J Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1947 forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71  

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

Jan 11   Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879) died in the year 1947.  

Jan 12   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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.