Page 5: Historical Events In 1947

Mar 25   Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia in the year 1947.   

Mar 25   On this day in history coal mine explosion in Centralia IL, claims 111 lives   

Mar 25   Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v New Zealand, Christchurch) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 27   On this day in history charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies   

Mar 28   Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 perfs on this day in history.   

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

Apr 01   George II, king of Greece, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 02   In the year 1947 joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies   

Apr 02   UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship in the year 1947.   

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

Apr 03   On this day in history "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 perfs   

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

Apr 04   In the year 1947 largest group of sunspots on record   

Apr 04   On this day in history uN's International Civil Aviation Organization established   

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   Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies in the year 1947.   

Apr 08   On this day in history 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   Atomic Energy Commission confirmed in the year 1947.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1947 jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers)   

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, in the year 1947.   

Apr 11   Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball on this day in history.   

Apr 11   In the year 1947 jackie Robinson becomes first black in modern major-league baseball   

Apr 12   In the year 1947 christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies   

Apr 15   In the year 1947 jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut   

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

Jan 03   Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1947 birth of j Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger   

Jan 04   In the year 1947 birth of chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)   

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   Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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.