Historical Events In 1947

Sep 12   On this day in history 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   In the year 1947 john Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH  

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   In the year 1947 dodgers clinch NL pennant  

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

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   On this day in history "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 288 performances  

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

Sep 30   Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised in the year 1947.  

Oct 01   On this day in history nHL Pension Society founded  

Oct 01   The first helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca in the year 1947.  

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

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

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 in the year 1947.  

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

Oct 04   Negro League World Series, NY Cubans beat Cleveland Buckeyes, 6-5 on this day in history.  

Oct 05   On this day in history 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman  

Oct 05   On this day in history the first Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)  

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   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   In the year 1947 birth of chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)  

Jan 04   Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter was born in the year 1947.  

Jan 04   On this day in history forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71  

Jan 09   On this day in history 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   On this day in history veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61  

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