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Page 6: Historical Events In 1947

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Apr 15   In the year 1947 wolstenholme, rocker, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 16   -17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp in the year 1947.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 16   Act of Congress gives Navy Nurse Corps members commissioned rank on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 16   HMCS Esquimalt (RCN- minesweeper) torpedoed off Halifax on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 16   Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 16   Massive explosion & fire kills 500 in Texas City, Tx in the year 1947.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 17   Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 17   Jackie Robinson bunts for his first major league hit in the year 1947.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 18   In the year 1947 benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 18   On this day in history the birth of James Woods, American actor  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   Tor Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 20   Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76 in the year 1947.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 20   Comedian Fred Allen of " Allen’ s Alley" fame didn’ t find things so funny when censors cut him off the air during his radio broadcast on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 20   Frederik IX becomes king of Denmark in the year 1947.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 22   In the year 1947 1st NBA Championship: Phila Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 23   HMS Warspite, to many this was the Royal Navy's most famous battleship. Her survival from her launch on 26th November 1913 to her loss on this date en-route to the breakers has to be at the very least a tribute to her builders for constructing a virtually indestructable ship. She formed part of the 5th Battle Squadron during the First World War. During the Second World War 1939-1946 she took part in the 2nd Battle of Narvik, and the Battle of Calabria in 1940, the battle of Matapan in 1941. This was followed by the bombardment of Normandy where she was damaged by a mine. Previously, in 1943 she was badly damaged by a glider bomb off Salerno. And all this in addition to countless other operations throughout the War. In 1946 she was sold for breaking up on the Clyde but en-route the tow parted and she went ashore in Prussia Cove, Cornwall. She was eventually broken up where she lay on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   On this day in history lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to become wrestling champ  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 26   "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 27   Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through out US in the year 1947.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 27   In the year 1947 babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through the US  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 28   Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 29   Irving Fisher, US economist, dies at 80 in the year 1947.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 30   In the year 1947 boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   In the year 1947 lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   Radar for commercial &private planes first demonstrated in the year 1947.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of the CIA on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   In the year 1947 sanner, leader of Norger blood bath, executed  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 02   In the year 1947 eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in NYC  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 03   On this day in history 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 03   In the year 1947 japan forms a constitutional democracy  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 03   On this day in history the birth of Doug Hemming, American actor  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   In the year 1947 mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850 million in damage  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   On this day in history mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850M in damage  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   On this day in history pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys) was born in the year 1947.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jack Hanna, American zoologist  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1947 birth of sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of j Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of rick Stein, English chef and television presenter  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1947

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 04   On this day in history forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 09   On this day in history karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 11   Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   On this day in history jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 13   On this day in history veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 15   In the year 1947 death of elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 17   In the year 1947 death of pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   In the year 1947 josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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