Page 8: Historical Events In 1947

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.   

Jul 09   Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement.   

Jul 10   200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China   

Jul 13   Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies   

Jul 14   C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1747 Wright.   

Jul 15   Henry Kolker, dies at 76   

Jul 16   In this year, Bobo Newsom claims 200th game, 1st as a Yankee and Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19   

Jul 17   Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34   

Jul 18   British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine.   

Jul 18   President Harry S. Truman delegates responsibility for the civil administration of former Japanese mandated island to the Secretary of the Navy   

Jul 18   US receives UN trusteeship over Pacific Islands.   

Jul 19   Prime minister of shadow Burma government ,Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members were assassinated by British , which resulted in the political chaos in the country lasting until now.   

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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,