Page 14: Historical Events In 1947

Dec 08   On this day in history gregg Allman musician keyboards, guitar, singer was born   

Dec 08   Gregg Allman musician: keyboards, guitar, singer was born in the year 1947.   

Dec 10   USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement in the year 1947.   

Dec 11   "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances on this day in history.   

Dec 12   United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL on this day in history.   

Dec 13   "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 perfs on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Maine Turnpike opens to traffic in the year 1947.   

Dec 14   Cleve Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game in the year 1947.   

Dec 14   On this day in history franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84   

Dec 17   New York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow in the year 1947.   

Dec 17   On this day in history nY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

Dec 18   On this day in history pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax   

Dec 22   Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution on this day in history.   

Dec 23   Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs in the year 1947.   

Dec 23   On this day in history transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs   

Dec 26   "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances in the year 1947.   

Dec 26   British transfer Heard & McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia in the year 1947.   

Dec 26   Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hrs. That same day, Los Angeles set a record high of 84ø F in the year 1947.   

Dec 27   1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC in the year 1947.   

Dec 27   In the year 1947 first "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC   

Dec 28   Chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game on this day in history.   

Dec 28   In the year 1947 victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78   

Dec 29   On this day in history cozy Powell, England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP)   

Dec 29   On this day in history joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78   

Dec 29   Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine on this day in history.   

Dec 30   In the year 1947 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)   

Dec 30   Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Dec 30   King Michael of Romania abdicates the throne, but makes it clear that he is forced out by Communists in the year 1947.   

Dec 30   In the year 1947 king Michael of Romania abdicates, allowing a communist republic to be formed   

Dec 31   In the year 1947 franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79   

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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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jack Hanna, American zoologist   

Jan 03   In the year 1947 birth of sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1947 karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53   

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 in the year 1947.   

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

Jan 20   Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35 in the year 1947.