Historical Events In 1947

Dec 08   Gregg Allman musician keyboards, guitar, singer was born on this day in history.  

Dec 08   In the year 1947 gregg Allman musician: keyboards, guitar, singer was born  

Dec 10   USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement on this day in history.  

Dec 11   In the year 1947 "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances  

Dec 12   In the year 1947 united Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL  

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

Dec 13   In the year 1947 maine Turnpike opens to traffic  

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

Dec 14   Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84 in the year 1947.  

Dec 17   In the year 1947 new York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow  

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

Dec 18   In the year 1947 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax  

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

Dec 23   In the year 1947 transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs  

Dec 23   In the year 1947 transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs  

Dec 26   "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances on this day in history.  

Dec 26   British transfer Heard & McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 27   1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC on this day in history.  

Dec 27   First "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC on this day in history.  

Dec 28   Chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game in the year 1947.  

Dec 28   Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 29   In the year 1947 joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78  

Dec 29   In the year 1947 ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine  

Dec 30   On this day in history 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 in the year 1947.  

Dec 30   On this day in history king Michael of Romania abdicates the throne, but makes it clear that he is forced out by Communists.  

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

Dec 31   Franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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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 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   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 in the year 1947.  

Jan 04   Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) was born in the year 1947.  

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 in the year 1947.  

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   Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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