Historical Events In 1947

Jan 21   On this day in history "Sweethearts" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 288 performances  

Jan 22   On this day in history 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA  

Jan 22   Hollywood station KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 24   In the year 1947 felix Timmermans, writer/painter (Gift from St Nicholas), dies at 60  

Jan 24   On this day in history nFL adds 5th official (back judge) & allows sudden death in playoffs  

Jan 25   Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48 in the year 1947.  

Jan 25   Mobster Al Capone dies at age 48 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Grace Moore, US soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die in the year 1947.  

Jan 28   In the year 1947 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000  

Jan 28   Reynaldo Hahn, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1947.  

Jan 29   In the year 1947 arthur Miller's "All My Sons," premieres in NYC  

Jan 29   On this day in history fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies  

Jan 30   Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies at 80 in the year 1947.  

Jan 31   Whitehorse, Yukon Territory temperature of -52 C (62 degrees below zero Fahrenheit) recorded; record low for all of Canada in the year 1947.  

Feb 01   On this day in history aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of Christian-democrats & communists  

Feb 01   Dmitri Shostakovitch named professor at conservatory of Leningrad on this day in history.  

Feb 01   NV United Dutch Fokker's Aircraft established on this day in history.  

Feb 03   -81°F (-63°C), Snag Yukon (North American record) on this day in history.  

Feb 03   In the year 1947 -81ºF (-63ºC), Snag Yukon (North American record)  

Feb 03   On this day in history anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74  

Feb 03   In the year 1947 bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket  

Feb 04   In the year 1947 the birth of Dan Quayle, Former American Vice-President  

Feb 04   In the year 1947 the birth of Dan Quayle, Former American Vice-President2006 The Wowowee stampede occurred at the PhilSports Arena. 61 killed.  

Feb 05   On this day in history bolewet Beirut becomes President of Poland  

Feb 05   In the year 1947 ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed  

Feb 06   In the year 1947 albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82  

Feb 06   In the year 1947 compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket  

Feb 07   Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine in the year 1947.  

Feb 08   In the year 1947 ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65  

Feb 08   Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51) on this day in history.  

Feb 09   Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Phila on this day in history.  

Feb 09   In the year 1947 bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia PA  

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Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)  

Jan 02   Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys) was born in the year 1947.  

Jan 02   Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of jack Hanna, American zoologist  

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)  

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   On this day in history 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   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   Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35 on this day in history.