Page 3: Historical Events In 1947

Feb 10   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.   

Feb 10   Netherlands Radio Union forms   

Feb 10   Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland   

Feb 10   WWII peace treaties signed   

Feb 12   Daytime fireball and meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia   

Feb 12   Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands.   

Feb 12   Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72   

Feb 13   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   

Feb 16   Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres   

Feb 17   Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"   

Feb 18   24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin PA.   

Feb 19   CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"   

Feb 20   Chemical mixing error leads to explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA.   

Feb 20   Chemical mixing error leads to explosion that destroys 42 blocks in Los Angeles CA.   

Feb 20   Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India   

Feb 21   1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"   

Feb 21   inaugural broadcast of inaugural US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"   

Feb 21   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   

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

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

Feb 25   Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82.   

Feb 26   Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82   

Feb 27   Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89   

Feb 27   Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized.   

Feb 28   Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan.   

Mar 01   Cholera in Egypt.   

Mar 01   International Monetary Fund began operations.   

Mar 01   J Boogaard, nazi collaborator, executed   

Mar 05   Alfredo Casella, Italian composer/conductor (La Giara), dies at 63   

Mar 06   Ludwig Weber, composer, dies at 55.   

Mar 06   XB-45, 1st US 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, CA.   

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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,