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Events on the year of 1947 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1947 Benelux agress to work related issues
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01 Jan 1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry
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01 Jan 1947 WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting
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01 Jan 1947 The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
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01 Jan 1947 The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
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02 Jan 1947 Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali
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03 Jan 1947 1st opening session of Congress to be televised
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03 Jan 1947 William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee
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03 Jan 1947 Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
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04 Jan 1947 "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 72 performances
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04 Jan 1947 "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 417 performances
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06 Jan 1947 Ray Lindwall smashes 100 vs. England in MCG Test
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06 Jan 1947 Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
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08 Jan 1947 Gen George Marshall becomes Secretary of State
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08 Jan 1947 Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game
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09 Jan 1947 "Street Scene" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 148 performances
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09 Jan 1947 Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
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10 Jan 1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard
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10 Jan 1947 British stop ships Independence & In-Gathering from landing in Israel
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10 Jan 1947 "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St Theater New York City NY for 725 performances
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15 Jan 1947 The brutalized corpse of Elizabeth Short (The "Black Dahlia") is found in Los Angeles' Leimert Park.
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16 Jan 1947 Vincent Aurial elected President of France
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17 Jan 1947 Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die
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18 Jan 1947 "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 831 performances
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18 Jan 1947 Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000)
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18 Jan 1947 "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City NY after 831 performances
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18 Jan 1947 Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400
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19 Jan 1947 SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392
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20 Jan 1947 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA
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21 Jan 1947 "Sweethearts" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 288 performances
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21 Jan 1947 "Sweethearts" opens at Shubert Theater New York City NY for 288 performances
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21 Jan 1947 Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel
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22 Jan 1947 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood, California
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22 Jan 1947 KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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22 Jan 1947 KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
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22 Jan 1947 KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles CA (IND) begins broadcasting (1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi)
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24 Jan 1947 Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
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24 Jan 1947 NFL adds 5th official (back judge) & allows sudden death in playoffs
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26 Jan 1947 KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die
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28 Jan 1947 "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000
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29 Jan 1947 Arthur Miller's "All My Sons" premieres in New York City NY
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01 Feb 1947 Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of Christian-dems and communists
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01 Feb 1947 Dmitri Shostakovitch named Professor at Conservatory of Leningrad
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03 Feb 1947 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
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03 Feb 1947 The lowest temperature in North America, −63.9 °C (−83.0 °F), is recorded in Snag, Yukon.
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05 Feb 1947 Bolewet Beirut becomes President of Poland
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07 Feb 1947 Arabs and Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine
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08 Feb 1947 Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51)
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08 Feb 1947 KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St. Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
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09 Feb 1947 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia
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10 Feb 1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.
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10 Feb 1947 Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland
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10 Feb 1947 Netherlands Radio Union forms
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10 Feb 1947 WWII peace treaties signed
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12 Feb 1947 Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
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12 Feb 1947 The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
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12 Feb 1947 Daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia
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12 Feb 1947 Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands
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15 Feb 1947 "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater NYC after 60 performances
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16 Feb 1947 Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres
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17 Feb 1947 Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"
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17 Feb 1947 Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR
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17 Feb 1947 Dutch Roman Catholic bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"
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18 Feb 1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania
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18 Feb 1947 First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
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18 Feb 1947 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone" premieres in New York NY
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19 Feb 1947 CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
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20 Feb 1947 Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in Los Angeles CA
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20 Feb 1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
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21 Feb 1947 1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"
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21 Feb 1947 In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
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21 Feb 1947 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E H Land
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21 Feb 1947 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champion
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23 Feb 1947 The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
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23 Feb 1947 General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170 million in aid for European Jews
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25 Feb 1947 The State of Prussia ceases to exist.
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27 Feb 1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized
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28 Feb 1947 228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
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28 Feb 1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan
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01 Mar 1947 The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
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04 Mar 1947 WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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06 Mar 1947 XB-45, 1st US 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, California
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08 Mar 1947 Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the 228 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
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09 Mar 1947 US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill
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09 Mar 1947 US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
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12 Mar 1947 "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater NYC for 69 performances
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12 Mar 1947 The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
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12 Mar 1947 Belgian government of Huysmans resigns
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12 Mar 1947 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism
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13 Mar 1947 "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 581 performances
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13 Mar 1947 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives, " De Havilland, March win
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13 Mar 1947 19th Academy Awards: "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win
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15 Mar 1947 John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in US Navy
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16 Mar 1947 Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested
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17 Mar 1947 First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
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19 Mar 1947 Belgian government of Spaak, forms
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19 Mar 1947 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan
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20 Mar 1947 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic
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21 Mar 1947 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur
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21 Mar 1947 President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States
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21 Mar 1947 Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand vs England at Christchurch
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22 Mar 1947 President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty
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24 Mar 1947 Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency
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24 Mar 1947 John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN
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25 Mar 1947 An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
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25 Mar 1947 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47
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25 Mar 1947 Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia
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25 Mar 1947 Coal mine explosion in Centralia IL, claims 111 lives
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25 Mar 1947 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v New Zealand, Christchurch)
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29 Mar 1947 Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
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29 Mar 1947 "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 performances
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01 Apr 1947 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat
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01 Apr 1947 Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II.
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03 Apr 1947 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 performances
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04 Apr 1947 Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect
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04 Apr 1947 Largest group of sunspots on record
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06 Apr 1947 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281
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06 Apr 1947 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win
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06 Apr 1947 The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
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08 Apr 1947 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
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09 Apr 1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
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09 Apr 1947 Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year
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09 Apr 1947 Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
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09 Apr 1947 The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
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09 Apr 1947 The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
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10 Apr 1947 Jackie Robinson became the 1st black in modern major league baseball (Dodgers)
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10 Apr 1947 King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
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11 Apr 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball
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15 Apr 1947 Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
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15 Apr 1947 Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut
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15 Apr 1947 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
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16 Apr 1947 Massive explosion and fire kills 522 in Texas City, Texas
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16 Apr 1947 Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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16 Apr 1947 Texas City disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
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16 Apr 1947 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (New York NY)
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16 Apr 1947 Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
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17 Apr 1947 Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
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19 Apr 1947 Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39)
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19 Apr 1947 AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
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19 Apr 1947 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39
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19 Apr 1947 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
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19 Apr 1947 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montr
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20 Apr 1947 Frederik IX becomes King of Denmark
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22 Apr 1947 1st NBA Championship Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2
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25 Apr 1947 Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St Louis, to become wrestling champion
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25 Apr 1947 Trial against WWII mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vo
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26 Apr 1947 "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London
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26 Apr 1947 "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London
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27 Apr 1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through the US
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28 Apr 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia
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28 Apr 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
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30 Apr 1947 In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed the Hoover Dam a second time.
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30 Apr 1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover
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01 May 1947 Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stadium
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01 May 1947 Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA
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01 May 1947 Radar for coml and private planes 1st demonstrated
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01 May 1947 Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th Director of CIA
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01 May 1947 Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
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03 May 1947 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8
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03 May 1947 Japan forms a constitutional democracy
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03 May 1947 New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
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05 May 1947 Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 and causes $850M in damage
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07 May 1947 "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC
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07 May 1947 General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution
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07 May 1947 Paraguayian government unleashes contra revolt
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08 May 1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon
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10 May 1947 "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater NYC after 69 performances
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10 May 1947 73rd Preakness: Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59
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11 May 1947 BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire (Akron Ohio)
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11 May 1947 BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron OH
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11 May 1947 Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy
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13 May 1947 Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions
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17 May 1947 "Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater NYC after 148 performances
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18 May 1947 A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
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22 May 1947 "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece
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22 May 1947 Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, the U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, each battling an internal Communist movement.
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22 May 1947 1st US ballistic missile fired
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23 May 1947 PC Hooft prize forms for literature
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25 May 1947 Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Company's Mine #5 killing 111
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31 May 1947 79th Belmont Stakes: Ruperto Donoso aboard Phalanx wins in 2:29.6
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31 May 1947 Communists grab power in Hungary
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31 May 1947 Eastern DC-4 crashes between Port Deposit & Perryville MD, kills 53
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31 May 1947 Italian Government of Gasperi forms
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01 Jun 1947 OPA, which issued WWII rationing coupons, disbands
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01 Jun 1947 Photosensitive glass developed
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02 Jun 1947 "Louisiana Lady" opens at Century Theater NYC for 4 performances
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02 Jun 1947 Hungarian Premier Ferenc Nagy resigns
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03 Jun 1947 British Viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan
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04 Jun 1947 "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater NYC after 4 performances
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04 Jun 1947 House of Reps approves Taft-Hartley act
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05 Jun 1947 Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"
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05 Jun 1947 Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
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06 Jun 1947 Treaty drawn for establishment of International Patent Institute
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10 Jun 1947 Saab produces its first automobile.
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11 Jun 1947 WW II sugar rationing finally endd in US (began May 28, 1942)
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11 Jun 1947 WW II sugar rationing finally ends
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12 Jun 1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Br Women's Amateur Golf Champ
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13 Jun 1947 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
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15 Jun 1947 47th US Golf Open: Lew Worsham shoots a 282 at St. Louis Country Club - Missouri
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15 Jun 1947 1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1)
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16 Jun 1947 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"
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16 Jun 1947 Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
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17 Jun 1947 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves, New York City
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17 Jun 1947 Earnest Reuter becomes Mayor of Berlin
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17 Jun 1947 Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline
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18 Jun 1947 Cincinatti Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
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19 Jun 1947 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 km/h) - Albert Boyd, Muroc, California
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20 Jun 1947 President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
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22 Jun 1947 12" rain in 42 minutes (Holt, MO)
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22 Jun 1947 Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn)
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22 Jun 1947 12" rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO)
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23 Jun 1947 Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa
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23 Jun 1947 The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
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23 Jun 1947 Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress
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24 Jun 1947 29th PGA Championship: Jim Ferrier at Plum Hollow Country Club - Detroit
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24 Jun 1947 Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his career
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24 Jun 1947 Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament
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24 Jun 1947 Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.
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24 Jun 1947 Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold
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25 Jun 1947 Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
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25 Jun 1947 Tennis shoe introduced
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25 Jun 1947 The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
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27 Jun 1947 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington DC (NBC) begins broadcasting
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28 Jun 1947 "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1
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29 Jun 1947 Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak
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01 Jul 1947 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched
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01 Jul 1947 British Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office
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01 Jul 1947 The Philippine Air Force is established.
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02 Jul 1947 Military coup discovered in France
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03 Jul 1947 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City
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03 Jul 1947 Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL
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04 Jul 1947 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62)
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04 Jul 1947 The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
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05 Jul 1947 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 108 performances
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05 Jul 1947 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64)
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05 Jul 1947 Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL
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06 Jul 1947 The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
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07 Jul 1947 The Roswell incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico.
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08 Jul 1947 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
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08 Jul 1947 Demolition begins for UN HQ in New York City
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08 Jul 1947 Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
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09 Jul 1947 Spain votes for Franco monarchy
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10 Jul 1947 Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0
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10 Jul 1947 Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
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10 Jul 1947 200 die when train derails & fell into a river in Canton, China
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11 Jul 1947 The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
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14 Jul 1947 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1747 Wright
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16 Jul 1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee andYanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19
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16 Jul 1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee & Yanks 18th straight
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18 Jul 1947 British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
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18 Jul 1947 King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
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18 Jul 1947 President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
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18 Jul 1947 US begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
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18 Jul 1947 Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak
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18 Jul 1947 US receives UN trusteeship over Pacific Islands
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19 Jul 1947 The Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassinated by Galon U Saw.
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19 Jul 1947 Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
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20 Jul 1947 1st political action of the Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra
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21 Jul 1947 Indonesia begins 1st political election
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22 Jul 1947 -8
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23 Jul 1947 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
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25 Jul 1947 US Air Force, Navy and War Department form US Department of Defense
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25 Jul 1947 US Deptartment of the Army created
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26 Jul 1947 Department of Defense forms
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26 Jul 1947 Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
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26 Jul 1947 Department of Defense established
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26 Jul 1947 National Security Act establishes the CIA
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27 Jul 1947 Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
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29 Jul 1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia
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30 Jul 1947 Cin Reds 16 game win streak ends, losing to New York Giants 5-4
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01 Aug 1947 "Medium & The Telephone" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 211 performances
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01 Aug 1947 Valleivogels soccer team forms in Scherpenzeel
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02 Aug 1947 A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found for over 50 years.
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04 Aug 1947 The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
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05 Aug 1947 Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to UN pressure
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07 Aug 1947 Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef
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07 Aug 1947 Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
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07 Aug 1947 The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
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11 Aug 1947 Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
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14 Aug 1947 Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
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14 Aug 1947 India granted independence within British Commonwealth
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14 Aug 1947 Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000
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14 Aug 1947 Pakistan gains independence from Britain
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15 Aug 1947 India declares independence from the UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan
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15 Aug 1947 Pakistan (formerly West Pakistan) declares independence from the UK
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15 Aug 1947 India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire after near 190 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
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15 Aug 1947 Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
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15 Aug 1947 India becomes independent, Islamic part becomes Pakistan
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16 Aug 1947 Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs
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18 Aug 1947 Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300
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19 Aug 1947 J Arens and D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A
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20 Aug 1947 Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time
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20 Aug 1947 Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph
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21 Aug 1947 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport PA win
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22 Aug 1947 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840)
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22 Aug 1947 1st college team to beat an NFL team (All Stars-16, Bears-0)
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23 Aug 1947 Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert
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25 Aug 1947 Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph
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26 Aug 1947 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat)
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29 Aug 1947 Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece Premier
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31 Aug 1947 Hungarian communist party wins election
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31 Aug 1947 New York Giants set season record for HRs by a club 183 (en route to 221)
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01 Sep 1947 New York Giants 183-185 HR of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936
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03 Sep 1947 Philadelphia Athletics Bill McCahan no-hits Washingston Senators, 3-0
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03 Sep 1947 Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2
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07 Sep 1947 Battles between Hindus and Moslems in New Delhi
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08 Sep 1947 British government sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis
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09 Sep 1947 First case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
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12 Sep 1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games
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13 Sep 1947 WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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14 Sep 1947 61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61)
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14 Sep 1947 67th US Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Frank A Parker (46 26 61 60 63)
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15 Sep 1947 RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.
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15 Sep 1947 Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
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15 Sep 1947 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh
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15 Sep 1947 Yanks clinch pennant #15
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16 Sep 1947 Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
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16 Sep 1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH
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17 Sep 1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News
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17 Sep 1947 US Department of Defense forms
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17 Sep 1947 James Forrestal sworn in as 1st US secretary of defense
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18 Sep 1947 National Security Act, passes
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18 Sep 1947 USAF (US Air Force) forms
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18 Sep 1947 The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces.
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18 Sep 1947 The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States under the National Security Act.
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19 Sep 1947 Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year"
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22 Sep 1947 Dodgers clinch NL pennant
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26 Sep 1947 Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series
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27 Sep 1947 "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 288 performances
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29 Sep 1947 Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in New York
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29 Sep 1947 Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox
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29 Sep 1947 Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828)
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30 Sep 1947 Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.
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30 Sep 1947 The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
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30 Sep 1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised
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01 Oct 1947 1st helicopter air mail and express service, Los Angeles, California
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01 Oct 1947 NHL Pension Society founded
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01 Oct 1947 US control of Haitian customs and governmental revenue ends
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01 Oct 1947 The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
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02 Oct 1947 "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances
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02 Oct 1947 Revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted
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02 Oct 1947 Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer
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03 Oct 1947 "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances
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03 Oct 1947 With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game
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03 Oct 1947 WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, DC (ABC) begins
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04 Oct 1947 Negro League World Series, New York Cubans beat Cleveland Buckeyes, 6-5
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05 Oct 1947 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman
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05 Oct 1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series
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05 Oct 1947 The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
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06 Oct 1947 New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series
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07 Oct 1947 Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series
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09 Oct 1947 "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater NYC for 727 performances
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09 Oct 1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane
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10 Oct 1947 "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances
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10 Oct 1947 "Allegro" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway
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11 Oct 1947 Brazil and Chile break diplomatic relations with USSR
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13 Oct 1947 "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" premieres
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13 Oct 1947 1st NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 4-3 at Toronto
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13 Oct 1947 "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" premieres
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13 Oct 1947 NHL All Star Game - All Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs
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14 Oct 1947 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower
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14 Oct 1947 Captain Chuck Yeager of the United States Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, the Glamorous Glennis, faster than the speed of sound over the high desert of Southern California and becomes the first pilot and the first airplane to do so in level flight.
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14 Oct 1947 Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)
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19 Oct 1947 De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections
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20 Oct 1947 Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years
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20 Oct 1947 The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
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20 Oct 1947 United States of America and Islamic Republic of Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time.
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20 Oct 1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood
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21 Oct 1947 Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die
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23 Oct 1947 Husband and wife Dr Carl Cori and Dr Gerty Cori are 1st spouses to be awarded joint Nobel Prizes
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23 Oct 1947 NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN
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24 Oct 1947 Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
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24 Oct 1947 Series of forest fires burn $30 million of timber (New England States)
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25 Oct 1947 "Under the Counter" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 27 performances
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25 Oct 1947 Bradman scores 156 for South Africa vs. the Indians, 152 mins, 22 fours
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25 Oct 1947 Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M
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26 Oct 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
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26 Oct 1947 Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India
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27 Oct 1947 "You Bet Your Life, " with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio
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27 Oct 1947 WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, Maryland (NBC) begins broadcasting
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29 Oct 1947 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands form Benelux Union
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29 Oct 1947 Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam
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30 Oct 1947 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva
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30 Oct 1947 Darius Milhauds 3rd Symphony "Hymnus Ambrosianus, " premieres in Paris
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30 Oct 1947 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded.
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01 Nov 1947 "Medium & The Telephone" closes at Barrymore NYC after 211 performances
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01 Nov 1947 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii
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01 Nov 1947 Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose, " a large wooden airplane
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01 Nov 1947 UN trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, New Zealand and the UK
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02 Nov 1947 7th Ryder Cup: US wins 11-1 at Portland Country Club - Oregon
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02 Nov 1947 In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
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12 Nov 1947 Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentenced
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12 Nov 1947 KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR)
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15 Nov 1947 Bradman scores his 100th 100,172 vs. Indians at the SCG
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15 Nov 1947 Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
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16 Nov 1947 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of Nazis
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19 Nov 1947 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar
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20 Nov 1947 "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
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20 Nov 1947 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei
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20 Nov 1947 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (The New Jersey)
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20 Nov 1947 Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
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20 Nov 1947 UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
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21 Nov 1947 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
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23 Nov 1947 French government of Schumann, forms
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23 Nov 1947 Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Chi Cards (45-21)
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24 Nov 1947 Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
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24 Nov 1947 John Steinbeck's novel "The Pearl" published
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25 Nov 1947 Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey
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25 Nov 1947 New Zealand accedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion
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27 Nov 1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
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29 Nov 1947 35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9
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29 Nov 1947 UN General Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews
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29 Nov 1947 Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
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29 Nov 1947 First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
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30 Nov 1947 Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine
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30 Nov 1947 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
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30 Nov 1947 Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked
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02 Dec 1947 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (QB)
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02 Dec 1947 Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
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04 Dec 1947 USSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union
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05 Dec 1947 Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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06 Dec 1947 The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
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08 Dec 1947 "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater NYC for 11 performances
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10 Dec 1947 USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement
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11 Dec 1947 "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances
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11 Dec 1947 Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected
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11 Dec 1947 Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman's musical "Angel in the Wings" premieres at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances
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12 Dec 1947 United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL
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13 Dec 1947 "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 performances
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13 Dec 1947 Maine Turnpike opens to traffic
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14 Dec 1947 Cleveland Browns beat the New York Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game
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14 Dec 1947 Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid C.F., staged its first football match.
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16 Dec 1947 William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
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17 Dec 1947 New York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow
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17 Dec 1947 First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
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17 Dec 1947 WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
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18 Dec 1947 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax
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22 Dec 1947 The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy.
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22 Dec 1947 Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution
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23 Dec 1947 The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
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23 Dec 1947 Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs
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25 Dec 1947 The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
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25 Dec 1947 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law)
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26 Dec 1947 "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances
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26 Dec 1947 British transfer Heard & McDonald Islands (Indian Ocean) to Australia
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26 Dec 1947 Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours; That same day, Los Angeles set a record high of 84
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27 Dec 1947 1st "Howdy Doody Show, " (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC
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28 Dec 1947 Chicago Cardinals beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game
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29 Dec 1947 Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine
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30 Dec 1947 King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
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30 Dec 1947 King Michael of Romania, forced by communists to abdicate his throne
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30 Dec 1947 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
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30 Dec 1947 Romanian republic proclaimed
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