Historical Events In 1947

Aug 05   Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure in the year 1947.  

Aug 06   In the year 1947 1st performance of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 8"  

Aug 07   On this day in history balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef  

Aug 13   On this day in history johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies  

Aug 14   India granted independence within British Commonwealth on this day in history.  

Aug 14   On this day in history pakistan created by the British  

Aug 14   Pakistan gains independence from Britain on this day in history.  

Aug 15   India becomes independent, Islamic part becomes Pakistan in the year 1947.  

Aug 15   On this day in history india declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan  

Aug 15   India gains independence from Britain in the year 1947.  

Aug 16   Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs on this day in history.  

Aug 17   The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed on this day in history.  

Aug 18   Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 in the year 1947.  

Aug 18   In the year 1947 naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300  

Aug 19   Ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Aug 19   On this day in history j Arens & D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A  

Aug 20   On this day in history boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time  

Aug 20   Franz VM Cumont, Belgian religious historian, dies at 79 in the year 1947.  

Aug 20   Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph in the year 1947.  

Aug 21   In the year 1947 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win  

Aug 21   On this day in history ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies  

Aug 22   In the year 1947 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840)  

Aug 23   Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert on this day in history.  

Aug 23   On this day in history pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's first public singing concert  

Aug 23   On this day in history the birth of Willy Russell, Playwright; 'Educating Rita' and Shirley Valentine'  

Aug 25   Clark Wissler, US cultural anthropologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Aug 25   Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph on this day in history.  

Aug 26   1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat) on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier in the year 1947.  

Aug 31   Hungarian communist party wins election in the year 1947.  

Sep 06   In the year 1947 paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76  

Sep 07   Battles between Hindus & Moslems in New Delhi in the year 1947.  

Sep 08   In the year 1947 british govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis  

Sep 12   In the year 1947 harry Rowe Shelley, composer, dies at 89  

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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   Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Jack Hanna, American zoologist was born on this day in history.  

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 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   Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 in the year 1947.  

Jan 09   In the year 1947 karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53  

Jan 11   In the year 1947 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 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.