Historical Events In 1947

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

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   Singer/songwriter/pianist Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) born this day on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1947.  

Mar 29   National revolt against France in Madagascar begins on this day in history.  

Apr 01   George II, king of Greece, dies at 56 in the year 1947.  

Apr 01   In the year 1947 greece's King George II died.  

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

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

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

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

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

Apr 04   In the year 1947 convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect  

Apr 04   On this day in history largest group of sunspots on record  

Apr 04   UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established on this day in history.  

Apr 06   In the year 1947 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281  

Apr 06   In the year 1947 vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58  

Apr 08   Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies in the year 1947.  

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

Apr 08   On this day in history the first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.  

Apr 09   In the year 1947 atomic Energy Commission confirmed  

Apr 09   On this day in history atomic Energy Commission formed  

Apr 09   In the year 1947 konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43  

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 in the year 1947.  

Apr 10   Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) in the year 1947.  

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   In the year 1947 jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball  

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

Apr 12   Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies in the year 1947.  

Apr 15   On this day in history jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)  

Jan 02   Jack Hanna, American zoologist was born in the year 1947.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879) died in the year 1947.  

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

Jan 13   In the year 1947 veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61  

Jan 15   On this day in history death of elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924)  

Jan 17   In the year 1947 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.