Historical Events In 1947

Dec 08   In the year 1947 gregg Allman musician keyboards, guitar, singer was born  

Dec 08   In the year 1947 gregg Allman musician: keyboards, guitar, singer was born  

Dec 10   USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement on this day in history.  

Dec 11   "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances in the year 1947.  

Dec 12   United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL in the year 1947.  

Dec 13   In the year 1947 "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 perfs  

Dec 13   On this day in history maine Turnpike opens to traffic  

Dec 14   In the year 1947 cleve Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game  

Dec 14   Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84 in the year 1947.  

Dec 17   New York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow on this day in history.  

Dec 17   NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow in the year 1947.  

Dec 18   Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax in the year 1947.  

Dec 22   Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution in the year 1947.  

Dec 23   In the year 1947 transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs  

Dec 23   In the year 1947 transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs  

Dec 26   "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances in the year 1947.  

Dec 26   British transfer Heard & McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia on this day in history.  

Dec 26   Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hrs. That same day, Los Angeles set a record high of 84ø F in the year 1947.  

Dec 27   On this day in history 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC  

Dec 27   On this day in history first "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC  

Dec 28   Chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game on this day in history.  

Dec 28   Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Dec 29   Cozy Powell, England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP) on this day in history.  

Dec 29   Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Dec 29   Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine in the year 1947.  

Dec 30   36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) on this day in history.  

Dec 30   Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Dec 30   In the year 1947 king Michael of Romania abdicates the throne, but makes it clear that he is forced out by Communists.  

Dec 30   On this day in history king Michael of Romania abdicates, allowing a communist republic to be formed  

Dec 31   Franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79 in the year 1947.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1947 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   On this day in history birth of j Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger  

Jan 04   Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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.