Page 5: Historical Events In 1947

Mar 25   Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia on this day in history.   

Mar 25   Coal mine explosion in Centralia IL, claims 111 lives in the year 1947.   

Mar 25   Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v New Zealand, Christchurch) in the year 1947.   

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

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   In the year 1947 "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 perfs   

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

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

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

Apr 02   Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome on this day in history.   

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

Apr 02   In the year 1947 uN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship   

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

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

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

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

Apr 04   In the year 1947 uN's International Civil Aviation Organization established   

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   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 in the year 1947.   

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

Apr 09   Atomic Energy Commission formed in the year 1947.   

Apr 09   Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1947.   

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

Apr 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1947.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of jack Hanna, American zoologist   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1947 birth of rick Stein, English chef and television presenter   

Jan 04   On this day in history forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71   

Jan 09   On this day in history karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53   

Jan 11   Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1947 jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77   

Jan 13   Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 in the year 1947.   

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

Jan 17   Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869) died in the year 1947.   

Jan 20   Josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35 on this day in history.