Historical Events In 1947

Feb 10   Canada signs mop-up peace treaties with former Axis powers Italy, Romania, Hungary and Finland in the year 1947.  

Feb 10   In the year 1947 italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia  

Feb 10   In the year 1947 netherlands Radio Union forms  

Feb 10   In the year 1947 province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland  

Feb 10   WWII peace treaties signed in the year 1947.  

Feb 12   Daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Daytime fireball &meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia in the year 1947.  

Feb 12   Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands in the year 1947.  

Feb 12   On this day in history sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72  

Feb 13   In the year 1947 vern 'Dry Hole' Hunter strikes oil near Leduc, sparking a new Alberta oil boom  

Feb 15   "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater NYC after 60 perfs in the year 1947.  

Feb 16   In the year 1947 morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres  

Feb 17   On this day in history dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"  

Feb 18   On this day in history 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin PA  

Feb 19   CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3" on this day in history.  

Feb 20   On this day in history chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA  

Feb 20   Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in Los Angeles CA in the year 1947.  

Feb 20   On this day in history lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India  

Feb 21   1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember" on this day in history.  

Feb 21   In the year 1947 first broadcast of first US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"  

Feb 21   In the year 1947 inventor Edwin Land demonstrates the Polaroid Land camera, which self-develops a black-and-white photo in 60 seconds.  

Feb 21   Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champion on this day in history.  

Feb 23   Gen Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews on this day in history.  

Feb 23   General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170 million in aid for European Jews in the year 1947.  

Feb 25   In the year 1947 friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82  

Feb 26   In the year 1947 ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82  

Feb 27   In the year 1947 mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89  

Feb 27   Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized on this day in history.  

Feb 28   On this day in history anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan  

Mar 01   On this day in history cholera in Egypt  

Mar 01   On this day in history international Monetary Fund began operations  

Mar 01   On this day in history j Boogaard, nazi collaborator, executed  

Mar 05   On this day in history alfredo Casella, Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63  

Mar 06   On this day in history ludwig Weber, composer, dies at 55  

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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 in the year 1947.  

Jan 02   Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) was born in the year 1947.  

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

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

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   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   In the year 1947 veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61  

Jan 15   Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924) died in the year 1947.  

Jan 17   On this day in history death of pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)  

Jan 20   On this day in history josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35