Page 14: Historical Events In 1947

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

Dec 27   inaugural "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC   

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

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

Dec 29   Cozy Powell, England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP).   

Dec 29   Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78.   

Dec 29   Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine.   

Dec 30   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   

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

Dec 30   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   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr tikhonova: Ussr, biathalon relay (oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)   

Jan 02   Calvin hill: Nfl running back (dallas cowboys)   

Jan 02   Lanny bassham: Us, rifle-3 position (olympic-gold-1976)   

Jan 02   Jack hanna: American zoologist   

Jan 03   Sergey filipovich protchenko: Russian cosmonaut   

Jan 04   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)   

Jan 04   Rick stein: English chef and television presenter   

Jan 04   Forrest reid: Irish author/critic (young tom, apostate),   

Jan 09   Karl mannheim: Sociologist (diagnosis of our time),    

Jan 11   Eva tanguay: Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)   

Jan 12   Jonas cohn: German/english philosopher (wertwissenschaft),   

Jan 13   Veit valentin: German/us historian (german people),    

Jan 15   Elizabeth short: The black dahlia (b. 1924)   

Jan 17   Pyotr krasnov: Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)   

Jan 20   Josh gibson: Negro league slugger,