Page 5: Historical Events In 1947
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Mar 25 In this year, Coal mine explosion in Centralia IL, claims 111 lives. 


Mar 25 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 


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


Mar 28 Rudolph Hermann Simonsen, composer, dies at 57. 


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


Mar 29 National revolt against France in Madagascar begins. 


Apr 01 George II, king of Greece, dies at 56 


Apr 01 Greece's King George II died 


Apr 02 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 


Apr 02 UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship. 


Apr 03 "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 


Apr 04 Convention on International Civil Aviation comes into force 


Apr 04 Largest group of sunspots on record 


Apr 04 UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established. 


Apr 06 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret claims, shooting a 281 


Apr 06 Vaclav Kapral, composer, dies at 58 


Apr 08 Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies. 


Apr 08 Largest recorded sunspot (7000) observed 


Apr 08 The inaugural illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company. 


Apr 09 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed 


Apr 09 Atomic Energy Commission formed. 


Apr 09 Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer, dies at 43 


Apr 09 Largest recorded sunspot (7000) observed 


Apr 09 Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1300. 


Apr 10 Jackie Robinson is recorded as becoming 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,. 


Apr 11 Jackie Robinson is recorded as becoming 1st black in modern major-league baseball 


Apr 11 Jackie Robinson is recorded as becoming inaugural black in modern major-league baseball 


Apr 12 Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies 


Apr 15 Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut 


Apr 15 Wolstenholme, rocker, dies 


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