Historical Events In 1947

Sep 12   On this day in history pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games  

Sep 13   On this day in history 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) in the year 1947.  

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 in the year 1947.  

Sep 16   In the year 1947 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   Fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies in the year 1947.  

Sep 21   Harry Carey Sr, actor/director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69 in the year 1947.  

Sep 22   Dodgers clinch NL pennant in the year 1947.  

Sep 23   On this day in history nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 28   On this day in history francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58  

Sep 30   In the year 1947 yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised  

Oct 01   NHL Pension Society founded on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 03   In the year 1947 first telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed  

Oct 04   Max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies in the year 1947.  

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 in the year 1947.  

Oct 05   On this day in history 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  

Oct 06   In the year 1947 leevi Antti Madetoya, composer, dies at 60  

Oct 06   On this day in history nY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series  

Oct 07   Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1947 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 in the year 1947.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of rick Stein, English chef and television presenter  

Jan 04   In the year 1947 forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71  

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   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77 in the year 1947.  

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

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