Historical Events In 1947

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

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

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

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

Dec 12   On this day in history united Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL  

Dec 13   "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 perfs in the year 1947.  

Dec 13   Maine Turnpike opens to traffic on this day in history.  

Dec 14   Cleve Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 17   NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow on this day in history.  

Dec 18   Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax on this day in history.  

Dec 22   Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution in the year 1947.  

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

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

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

Dec 26   On this day in history british transfer Heard & McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia  

Dec 26   In the year 1947 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  

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 in the year 1947.  

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

Dec 29   Joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 30   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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   Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 09   Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53 in the year 1947.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   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.