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   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 in the year 1947.  

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

Mar 29   In the year 1947 national revolt against France in Madagascar begins  

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

Apr 01   On this day in history greece's King George II died.  

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

Apr 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 04   Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect in the year 1947.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 08   Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies on this day in history.  

Apr 08   On this day in history largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed  

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

Apr 09   Atomic Energy Commission confirmed in the year 1947.  

Apr 09   In the year 1947 atomic Energy Commission formed  

Apr 09   On this day in history konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43  

Apr 09   Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed on this day in history.  

Apr 09   In the year 1947 tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300  

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

Apr 10   In the year 1947 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,  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)  

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 in the year 1947.  

Jan 13   On this day in history veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1947 death of pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)  

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