Historical Events In 1947

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

Feb 10   Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history netherlands Radio Union forms   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1947 wWII peace treaties signed   

Feb 12   On this day in history daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia   

Feb 12   In the year 1947 daytime fireball &meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia   

Feb 12   On this day in history record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands   

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   In the year 1947 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater NYC after 60 perfs   

Feb 16   Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres in the year 1947.   

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

Feb 18   In the year 1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin PA   

Feb 19   In the year 1947 cBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"   

Feb 20   Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India in the year 1947.   

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

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

Feb 21   On this day in history 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 in the year 1947.   

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

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

Feb 25   Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82 in the year 1947.   

Feb 26   Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82 in the year 1947.   

Feb 27   On this day in history mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89   

Feb 27   In the year 1947 paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized   

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

Mar 01   Cholera in Egypt in the year 1947.   

Mar 01   International Monetary Fund began operations on this day in history.   

Mar 01   J Boogaard, nazi collaborator, executed in the year 1947.   

Mar 05   In the year 1947 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)   

Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)   

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

Jan 03   Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of 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) 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   In the year 1947 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   Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869) died on this day in history.   

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