Page 11: Historical Events In 1947

Sep 12   In the year 1947 pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games   

Sep 13   In the year 1947 wPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting   

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

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

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

Sep 16   On this day in history john Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH   

Sep 19   Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year" on this day in history.   

Sep 20   On this day in history fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies   

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

Sep 22   Dodgers clinch NL pennant on this day in history.   

Sep 23   Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged in the year 1947.   

Sep 26   In the year 1947 happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series   

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

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

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

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

Oct 01   NHL Pension Society founded in the year 1947.   

Oct 01   In the year 1947 the first helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca   

Oct 01   US control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends in the year 1947.   

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

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

Oct 03   First telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1947 max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies   

Oct 04   Negro League World Series, NY Cubans beat Cleveland Buckeyes, 6-5 in the year 1947.   

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

Oct 05   The first Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series in the year 1947.   

Oct 07   In the year 1947 larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series   

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

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

Oct 09   On this day in history the first telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane   

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

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

Jan 03   Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of j Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger   

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

Jan 04   Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter was born on this day in history.   

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   Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869) died in the year 1947.   

Jan 20   Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35 on this day in history.