Historical Events In 1947

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

Sep 13   In the year 1947 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   In the year 1947 first 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh  

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   In the year 1947 fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies  

Sep 21   In the year 1947 harry Carey Sr, actor/director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69  

Sep 22   Dodgers clinch NL pennant in the year 1947.  

Sep 23   Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged on this day in history.  

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

Sep 26   On this day in history hugh Lofting, writer (Gub Gub Book), dies at 61  

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

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 in the year 1947.  

Oct 01   In the year 1947 nHL Pension Society founded  

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

Oct 01   On this day in history uS control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends  

Oct 02   On this day in history "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances  

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

Oct 03   On this day in history first telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed  

Oct 04   On this day in history max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies  

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

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

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 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 in the year 1947.  

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

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

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) was born in the year 1947.  

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   On this day in history death of eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)  

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   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.