Page 5: Historical Events In 1947

Mar 25   On this day in history agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia   

Mar 25   In the year 1947 coal mine explosion in Centralia IL, claims 111 lives   

Mar 25   In the year 1947 last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v New Zealand, Christchurch)   

Mar 25   In the year 1947 singer/songwriter/pianist Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) born this day.   

Mar 27   In the year 1947 charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies   

Mar 28   In the year 1947 rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57   

Mar 29   "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 perfs in the year 1947.   

Mar 29   National revolt against France in Madagascar begins in the year 1947.   

Apr 01   On this day in history george II, king of Greece, dies at 56   

Apr 01   Greece's King George II died on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome in the year 1947.   

Apr 02   On this day in history joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies   

Apr 02   On this day in history uN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship   

Apr 03   "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 performances on this day in history.   

Apr 03   "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 perfs in the year 1947.   

Apr 04   On this day in history convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect   

Apr 04   Largest group of sunspots on record in the year 1947.   

Apr 04   UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established in the year 1947.   

Apr 06   11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 on this day in history.   

Apr 06   Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Apr 08   On this day in history henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies   

Apr 08   In the year 1947 largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed   

Apr 08   In the year 1947 the first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.   

Apr 09   In the year 1947 atomic Energy Commission confirmed   

Apr 09   Atomic Energy Commission formed on this day in history.   

Apr 09   Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

Apr 09   In the year 1947 largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed   

Apr 09   Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Montreal Royals of the International League sell their star player Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers; appears in uniform for the Dodgers the next day, on this day in history.   

Apr 11   Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball in the year 1947.   

Apr 11   Jackie Robinson becomes first black in modern major-league baseball on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies on this day in history.   

Apr 15   Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history birth of jack Hanna, American zoologist   

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

Jan 04   J Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 04   Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 04   Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71 in the year 1947.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1947 death of elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924)   

Jan 17   On this day in history 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.