Page 8: Historical Events In 1947

Jun 11   WW II sugar rationing finally ends   

Jun 12   Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ   

Jun 12   Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70   

Jun 13   1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)   

Jun 16   1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington".   

Jun 16   Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86.   

Jun 16   Pravda denounces Marshall Plan   

Jun 16   The inaugural network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"   

Jun 17   1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC   

Jun 18   Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0   

Jun 19   1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca   

Jun 19   Salman Rushdie, British novelist is born.   

Jun 19   The inaugural plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca.   

Jun 19   Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84   

Jun 20   Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal.   

Jun 20   Pres Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act.   

Jun 22   12" rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO).   

Jun 23   Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v S Africa   

Jun 23   Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress.   

Jun 24   Looking skyward this night, Kenneth Arnold of Boise, Idaho reported seeing flying saucers over Mt. Rainier, Washington   

Jun 25   1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published   

Jun 27   98°F (36.8°C) in De Bilt Netherlands   

Jun 28   "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1.   

Jun 28   Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Anti-Guide), dies at 72   

Jun 29   2nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson.   

Jul 01   British Dominion Affairs office is recorded as becoming Commonwealth Relations office   

Jul 01   Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80.   

Jul 02   Military coup discovered in France.   

Jul 03   252288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC   

Jul 05   "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 108 perfs   

Jul 06   The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union   

Jul 07   Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.   

Jul 08   Demolition begins in NYC for UN HQ building.   

Jul 08   In this year, 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL claims 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago.   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr tikhonova: Ussr, biathalon relay (oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)   

Jan 02   Calvin hill: Nfl running back (dallas cowboys)   

Jan 02   Lanny bassham: Us, rifle-3 position (olympic-gold-1976)   

Jan 02   Jack hanna: American zoologist   

Jan 03   Sergey filipovich protchenko: Russian cosmonaut   

Jan 04   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)   

Jan 04   Rick stein: English chef and television presenter   

Jan 04   Forrest reid: Irish author/critic (young tom, apostate),    

Jan 09   Karl mannheim: Sociologist (diagnosis of our time),    

Jan 11   Eva tanguay: Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)   

Jan 12   Jonas cohn: German/english philosopher (wertwissenschaft),    

Jan 13   Veit valentin: German/us historian (german people),   

Jan 15   Elizabeth short: The black dahlia (b. 1924)   

Jan 17   Pyotr krasnov: Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)   

Jan 20   Josh gibson: Negro league slugger,