Historical Events In 1947

Aug 05   Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure on this day in history.  

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

Aug 07   Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef in the year 1947.  

Aug 13   Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies in the year 1947.  

Aug 14   In the year 1947 india granted independence within British Commonwealth  

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   India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan in the year 1947.  

Aug 15   In the year 1947 india gains independence from Britain  

Aug 16   Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs in the year 1947.  

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 on this day in history.  

Aug 18   On this day in history naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300  

Aug 19   Ernst Laqueur, Dut chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies at 67 in the year 1947.  

Aug 19   J Arens & D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win  

Aug 21   Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies in the year 1947.  

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 in the year 1947.  

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   On this day in history clark Wissler, US cultural anthropologist, dies at 76  

Aug 25   In the year 1947 marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph  

Aug 26   In the year 1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)  

Aug 29   On this day in history constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier  

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

Sep 06   Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76 in the year 1947.  

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

Sep 08   British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis on this day in history.  

Sep 12   Harry Rowe Shelley, composer, dies at 89 in the year 1947.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   In the year 1947 death of eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)  

Jan 12   On this day in history jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77  

Jan 13   Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 in the year 1947.  

Jan 15   On this day in history death of elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924)  

Jan 17   In the year 1947 death of pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)  

Jan 20   On this day in history josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35