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1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar).

[edit] Events

[edit] January

January 1: Nigeria gains autonomy.

Jan. 3: U.S. Congress first televised.

January 1 - British mines nationalized
January 1 - Nigeria gains limited autonomy
January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act goes into effect
January 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
January 10 - United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste
January 15 - Elizabeth Short (the "Black Dahlia") is found murdered
January 16 - Inauguration of Vincent Auriol as a president of France
January 19 - 392 drown in a shipwreck near Athens, Greece
January 24 - Demetrios Maximos founds monarchist government in Athens
January 25 - Philippine plane crashes in Hong Kong with $5 million worth of gold and money
January 30 - February 8 - heavy blizzard in Canada buries towns from Winnipeg to Calgary
January 31 - Communists take power in Poland.

[edit] February

February 3 - In Snag, Yukon Territory, -63 degrees Celsius, lowest recorded temperature in North America.
February 3 - Percival Prattis becomes the first black news correspondent allowed in the United States House of Representatives and Senate press gallery.
February 5 - Boleslaw Bierut becomes president of Poland
February 8 - A dance hall fire in Berlin kills over 80.
February 10 - Paris peace treaties signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland: Italy cedes most of Istria to Yugoslavia
February 12 - A meteor creates a crater into Sikhote-Alin, Soviet Union
February 17 - Propaganda: The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union.
February 20 - Explosion at the O'Connor Electro-Plating Co in Los Angeles, California - 17 dead, 100 buildings damaged, 22-foot crater
February 21 - In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
February 23 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
February 25 - State of Prussia ceases to exist
February 25 - Worst train wreck in Japan kills 184.
February 28 - USA gives France a military base in Casablanca
February 28 - In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with large loss of civilian lives.

[edit] March

March 1 - The International Monetary Fund begins to operate.
March 1 - Wernher von Braun marries his first cousin, 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp.
March 1 - Japanese city Tsushima, Aichi is founded
March 6 - USS Newport News, the first air-conditioned naval ship, is launched from Newport News, Virginia.
March 12 - The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
March 15 - Hindus and Muslims clash in Punjab
March 21 - Homer Collyer of the Collyer brothers is found dead in their house in Harlem, New York City. His brother is found April 8
March 25 - A coalmine explosion in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
March 28 - WW2 Japanese booby trap explodes in Corregidor - 28 dead
March 29 - Rebellion against French rule erupts in Madagascar

[edit] April

April 1 - Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball professional, signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers
April 1 - King George II of Greece dies of a heart attack, succeeded by his brother King Paul I.
April 15 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be on a professional baseball diamond.
April 16 - The Texas City Disaster - Ammonium nitrate cargo of SS Grandcamp explodes in Texas City, Texas - 552 dead, 3000 injured, 200 lost, 20 city blocks destroyed

[edit] May

May 1 - Gang of Salvatore Giuliano opens fire on a labor parade near Portella Della Ginestra, Sicily; Eleven killed, thirty wounded
May 3 - New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
May 22 - Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, President Harry S. Truman signs an act implementing the Truman Doctrine. The act granted $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.

[edit] June

June 5 - Secretary of State Gen George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan for U.S. aid to Europe.
June 7 - The ASA (currently Steaua) sport club is founded in Bucharest, Romania.
June 10 - Saab produces its first automobile.
June 15 - Portuguese government orders 11 military officers and 19 university professors to resign accused of revolutionary activity
June 20 - Bugsy Siegel found shot in the Beverly Hills mansion of Virginia Hill
June 21 - A Seaman named Harold Dahl claims to have seen six UFOs near Maury Island. The next morning Dahl reports the first modern Men in Black encounter.
June 21 - The Canadian Parliament voted unaminiously to pass several laws regarding displaced foreign refugees.
June 23 - The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.

[edit] July

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), created July 1947

July 1 - The Australian real estate franchise L. J. Hooker lists on the Australian Stock Exchange
July 5 - Downed UFO allegedly found in the Roswell UFO incident, written about by Stanton T. Friedman.
July 10 - Princess Elizabeth announces engagement to Philip Mountbatten
July 11 - Exodus (ship) departs France to Palestine with 4500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees
July 18 - Following wide media and UNSCOP coverage, Exodus (ship) is captured by British troops and refused entry to Palestine in the port of Haifa
July 18 - President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act into law which places the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the United States Vice President.
July 19 - Murder of Burmese nationalist Aung San
July 24 - 100 year anniversary of Brigham Young leading 148 Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City.
July 26 - Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council.
July 29 - After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a refurbishment, ENIAC, one of the world's first digital computers, is turned on after a memory upgrade. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
July 30 - Thor Heyerdahl sails with Kon-Tiki

[edit] August

Flag of the newly independent India

Flag of the newly independent Pakistan

August 4 - UK Betty Moore from Horsham, Sussex, sails in her first Cowes Week. 59 years later she is awarded the Skandia Cowes Week Ladies Day Trophy after campaigning her Solent Sunbeam, WHY, in all 60 consecutive regattas.
August 5 - Netherlands stops political actions in Indonesia
August 7 - Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
August 7 - The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
August 9 - Beginning the 6 Scout World Jamboree - see Jamboree Scout 1947 (in French)
August 14 - After centuries of British colonial rule, Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire under the leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. While the transition is officially at midnight on this day, Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14 compared to India on the 15th. Muhammad Ali Jinnah became the first Governor General of Pakistan.
August 15 - Following decades of violent resistance and periodic civil unrest from 1919, India gains independence from the British Empire. Pakistan splits from India. Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as first Prime Minister of India.
August 15 - The Khan of Baluchistan declares independence (acceeds to Pakistan in 1948)
August 16 - In Greece, General Markos Vafiadis takes over
August 23 - Prime Minister of Greece Dimitrios Maximos resigns.
August 27 - When the French government lowers the bread ration to 200 grams, it causes riots in Verdun and Le Mans
August 30 - Fire at a movie theater in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, France kills 87.
August 31 - Communists take power in Hungary.

[edit] September

September 4-September 21 - Hurricane in southeast Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama - 51 killed.
September 13 - Nehru suggests transfer of 4 million Hindus and Muslims between India and Pakistan.
September 18 - The United States Army Air Forces, along with some components of the United States Navy's air arm, becomes the United States Air Force. The National Security Act also created the CIA.

[edit] October

October 5 - Brian Johnson replacment vocalist for Bon Scott of AC/DC was born
October 14 - American test pilot, Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.
October 20 - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 begins
October 30 - The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is founded.

[edit] November

November 2 - In California, Designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce Goose; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built (flight lasted only eight minutes).
November 2 - Earthquake in Chilean Andes - 233 dead
November 10 - Arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a communist rioting that spreads to Paris
November 16 - 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against the relatively short sentences of Nazis.
November 16 - British begin to withdraw their troops from Palestine.

The Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh on their wedding day

November 20 - The Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI marries the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London.
November 20 - Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France - he is succeeded by Robert Schuman. Schuman calls 80,000 reservists to quell the rioting miners
November 24 - Red Scare: The United States House of Representatives votes 346 to 17 to approve citations of contempt of U.S. Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10 after the 10 had refused to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of Communist influence in the movie industry, (the 10 were blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios the next day).
November 25 - New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
November 27 - In Paris, police occupy editorial offices of communist newspapers.
November 29 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews.

[edit] December

December 3 - French communist strikers derail Paris-Tourcoing Express train because of false rumors that it was transporting soldiers - 21 dead
December 3 - Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway.
December 4 - French interior minister Jules Moch secures emergency measures against riots after six days of violent arguments in the national assembly
December 9 - French labour unions calls off the general strike and begin negotiations with the French government
December 12 - the Iranian royal army takes back power on Azerbaijan province.
December 22 - the Italian Constituent Assembly votes to accept the new constitution.
December 22 - the first practical Transistor is demonstrated.
December 30 - King Michael of Romania abdicates

[edit] Undated

The House Un-American Activities Committee begin their investigations of communism in Hollywood.
Cambridge University begins to admit women as full students.
Mikhail Kalashnikov designs the AK-47 assault rifle.
Walter Frederick Morrison invents the Frisbee.
Raytheon produces first commercial microwave oven.
Women's suffrage is granted in Argentina.
The people's Republic of Mahabad the 2nd kurdish state in kurdish history in Iran is conquered by Iranian forces. The leaders were hanged at the Chuwarchira Square in Mahabad.
In a cave in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea), several tall pottery jars containing leather scrolls are discovered, which later became known as the Dead Sea scrolls.^[1]
By discovery of Promethium in products of nuclear fission, last gap of periodic table was closed.

[edit] Births

**1947 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1947 MCMXLVII
Ab urbe condita	2700
Armenian calendar	1396 ԹՎ ՌՅՂԶ
Bahá'í calendar	103 – 104
Buddhist calendar	2491
Chinese calendar	4583/4643-12-10 (丙戌年十二月初十日) — to — 4584/4644-11-20 (丁亥年十一月二十日)
Ethiopian calendar	1939 – 1940
Hebrew calendar	5707 – 5708
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2002 – 2003
- Shaka Samvat	1869 – 1870
- Kali Yuga	5048 – 5049
Holocene calendar	11947
Iranian calendar	1325 – 1326
Islamic calendar	1366 – 1367
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 22 (昭和22年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2607 (皇紀2607年)
- Jōmon Era	11947
Julian calendar	1992
Korean calendar	4280
Thai solar calendar	2490
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[edit] January-February

January 2 - Ai, American poet
January 2 - Jack Hanna, American zoologist
January 3 - Patricia Anthony, American author
January 6 - Sandy Denny, British singer (d. 1978)
January 7 - Shobha De, Indian writer
January 8 - David Bowie, English musician
January 8 - Jenny Boyd, British model
January 8 - Samuel Schmid, Swiss Federal Councilor
January 9 - Ronnie Landfield, American artist
January 14 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
January 11 - Tom Netherton, American singer
January 11 - Mart Smeets, Dutch sports journalist
January 16 - Laura Schlessinger, American psychologist and radio talk show host
January 18 - Takeshi Kitano, Japanese film director and actor
January 23 - Thomas R. Carper, U.S. Senator from Delaware
January 24 - Warren Zevon, American musician (d. 2003)
January 26 - Richard Portnow, American actor
January 29 - Linda B. Buck, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
January 30 - Les Barker, English poet
January 30 - Steve Marriott, British musician (The Small Faces) (d. 1991)
January 31 - Nolan Ryan, baseball player

February 1 - Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
February 2 - Farrah Fawcett, American actress
February 2 - Melanie, American singer
February 3 - Paul Auster, American novelist
February 4 - Dan Quayle, Vice President of the United States
February 5 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and broadcaster
February 10 - Louise Arbour, Canadian jurist
February 13 - Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball coach
February 18 - Princess Christina of the Netherlands
February 18 - Dennis DeYoung, American musician (Styx)
February 20 - Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
February 20 - Peter Strauss, American actor
February 21 - Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (d. 2006)
February 24 - Edward James Olmos, American actor
February 25 - Doug Yule, American singer and musician (The Velvet Underground)
February 26 - Sandie Shaw, British singer
February 27 - Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist

[edit] March-April

March 4 - David Franzoni, American screenwriter
March 4 - Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician
March 4 - Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor
March 4 - Gwen Welles, American actress (d. 1993)
March 6 - Kiki Dee, English singer
March 6 - Dick Fosbury, American athlete
March 6 - Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
March 6 - Rob Reiner, American director, actor, comedian, and producer
March 7 - Matthew Fisher, British singer, songwriter, and producer
March 7 - Walter Röhrl, German race car driver
March 7 - Richard Lawson, American actor
March 8 - Carole Bayer Sager, American composer
March 10 - Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1993)
March 10 - Tom Scholz, American musician, songwriter, and inventor
March 12 - Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist
March 13 - Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician and cellist
March 14 - Pam Ayres, British poet
March 14 - Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian
March 15 - Ry Cooder, American guitarist
March 19 - Glenn Close, American actress
March 20 - John Boswell, American historian (d. 1994)
March 24 - Louise Lanctôt, Canadian terrorist and writer
March 25 - Elton John, English singer, pianist, and songwriter
March 27 - Walt Mossberg, American newspaper columnist

April 1 - Alain Connes, French mathematician
April 2 - Emmylou Harris, American singer
April 2 - Camille Paglia, American literary critic
April 4 - Eliseo Soriano, Philippine preacher
April 5 - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, incumbent Philippine president and daughter of former president Diosdado Macapagal
April 6 - John Ratzenberger, American actor
April 8 - Tom DeLay, American politician
April 11 - Deem Bristow, American video game actor (d. 2005)
April 12 - Tom Clancy, American author
April 12 - David Letterman, American entertainer
April 15 - Lois Chiles, American actress
April 15 - Mike Chapman, Australian-born record producer and songwriter
April 16 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player
April 18 - Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
April 18 - James Woods, American actor
April 19 - Murray Perahia, American pianist
April 21 - Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges)
April 21 - John Weider, British musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals and Family)
April 23 - Philip Schneider, American engineer
April 25 - Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer and coach
April 29 - Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
April 30 - Leslie Grantham, British actor

[edit] May-June

May 4 - Theda Skocpol, American sociologist
May 6 - Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
May 8 - H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
May 13 - Stephen R. Donaldson, American novelist
May 19 - Paul Brady, Northern Ireland singer/songwriter
May 23 - Bernard Comrie, English linguist
May 24 - Maude Barlow, Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians
May 26 - Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricket captains
May 27 - Branko Oblak, Slovenian football player and coach

June 4 - Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria
June 6 - David Blunkett, British politician
June 6 - Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
June 6 - Robert Englund, American actor
June 7 - Thurman Munson, Yankee catcher
June 8 - Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
June 14 - Barry Melton, American musician (Country Joe and The Fish and The Dinosaurs)
June 15 - John Hoagland, American war photographer (d. 1984)
June 16 - -minu, Swiss columnist and writer
June 19 - Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
June 19 - Salman Rushdie, Indian-born author
June 20 - The Duchess of Gloucester
June 20 - Candy Clark, American actress
June 21 - Shirin Ebadi, Iranian activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
June 22 - Octavia Butler, American author (d. 2006)
June 22 - David Lander, American actor and baseball scout
June 22 - Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
June 22 - Mike Stone, American football player
June 28 - Mark Helprin, American writer

[edit] July-August

July 2 - Larry David, American actor, writer, producer, and director
July 3 - Dave Barry, American writer
July 7 - Richard Beckinsale, British actor (d. 1979)
July 7 - Rob Townsend, British drummer (Family)
July 8 - Bobby Sowell, pianist and composer
July 9 - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
July 9 - Mitch Mitchell, American drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
July 9 - O.J. Simpson, American football player and actor
July 10 - Arlo Guthrie, American singer
July 10 - Jackie Lane, British actress
July 17 - Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
July 18 - Steven W. Mahoney, Canadian politician
July 19 - Brian May, English guitarist (Queen)
July 20 - Gerd Binnig, German physicis, Nobel Prize laureate
July 20 - Carlos Santana, Mexican-born guitarist
July 21 - Co Adriaanse, Dutch football manager
July 24 - Peter Serkin, American pianist
July 30 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born actor, bodybuilder, and Governor of California
July 31 - Richard Griffiths, English actor
August 7 - Franciscus Henri, Dutch born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist
August 9] - John Varley, American science-fiction author
August 10 - Ian Anderson, British musician (Jethro Tull)
August 12 - William Hartston, British chess player
August 15 - Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
August 19 - Gerard Schwarz, American conductor
August 23 - Willy Russell, British playwright
August 24 - Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
August 27 - Barbara Bach, American actress
August 28 - Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress
August 30 - Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat

[edit] September-October

September 1 - Al Green, American politician
September 3 - Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway
September 6 - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach
September 14 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
September 17 - Tessa Jowell, British politician
September 19 - Steve Bartlett, U.S. Congressman and Mayor of Dallas, Texas
September 21 - Stephen King, American author
September 22 - Norma McCorvey, American abortion plaintiff
September 27 - Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager
September 27 - Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday), singer and actor
September 30 - Marc Bolan, English musician (T. Rex) (d. 1977)

October 1 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
October 2 - Ward Churchill, American author and activist
October 5 - Brian Johnson, English singer
October 6 - Gail Farrell, American singer
October 7 - Pip Williams, British record producer
October 9 - France Gall, French singer
October 10 - Martin Ruane, British wrestler best known as Giant Haystacks and later, The Loch Ness Monster (d. 1998)
October 13 - Sammy Hagar, American singer
October 14 - Lukas Resetarits, Austrian singer and actor
October 16 - Bob Weir, American guitarist (Grateful Dead)
October 17 - Gene Green, American politician
October 17 - Michael McKean, American actor and comedian
October 18 - James H. Fallon, American neuroscientist
October 19 - Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comics artist and illustrator
October 24 - Kevin Kline, American actor
October 26 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and Senator from New York
October 26 - Trevor Joyce, Irish poet
October 29 - Richard Dreyfuss, American actor

[edit] November-December

November 10 - Glen Buxton, American guitarist (Alice Cooper) (d. 1997)
November 14 - P. J. O'Rourke, American journalist and satirist
November 17 - Inky Mark, Canadian politician
November 19 - Bob Boone, baseball player and manager
November 19 - Lamar S. Smith, American politician
November 22 - Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
November 24 - Dwight Schultz, American actor
November 24 - Johnny Zell, American musician
November 25 - John Larroquette, American actor
November 20 - Jason Faunt, American actor
November 30 - Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet
November 30 - David Mamet, American playwright

December 7 - Wendy Padbury, British actress
December 8 - Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
December 9 - Tom Daschle, U.S. Senator
December 10 - Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player
December 14 - Christopher Parkening, American guitarist
December 16 - Vincent Matthews, American athlete
December 18 - Rod Piazza, American musician
December 21 - Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist
December 21 - Bryan Hamilton, Irish footballer and football manager
December 26 - Carlton Fisk, baseball player
December 28 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (d. 2000)
December 29 - Ted Danson, American actor
December 30 - Michael Burns, American actor
December 30 - Jeff Lynne, British musician (Electric Light Orchestra)
December 31 - Burton Cummings, Canadian musician
December 31 - Tim Matheson, American actor

[edit] Unknown dates

Peter Irniq, Commissioner of Nunavut
M.C. Gainey, American actor
Cleopatra Mathis, American poet
Frank Ormsby, Irish poet

[edit] Deaths

[edit] January - June

January 15 - Elizabeth Short, "The Black Dahlia", famous murder victim (b. 1924)
January 20 - Andrew Volstead, American politician (b. 1860)
January 20 - Josh Gibson, baseball player (b. 1911)
January 25 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)
February 27 - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1868)

March 11 - Victor Lustig, Austrian-born con artist (b. 1890)
March 12 - Walter Samuel Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1862)
March 18 - William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (b. 1861)
March 19 - Prudence Heward, Canadian painter (b. 1896)
March 20 - Victor Goldschmidt, Swiss geochemist (b. 1888)
March 30 - Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (b. 1863)

April 1 - King George II of Greece (b. 1890)
April 7 - Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer (b. 1863)
April 20 - King Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
April 24 - Willa Cather, American novelist (b. 1873)

May 8 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American department store magnate (b. 1858)
May 16 - Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b. 1861)
May 17 - George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
May 20 - Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
May 24 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (b. 1878)
May 31 - Adrienne Ames, American actress (b. 1907)
June 26 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)

[edit] July - December

July 19 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
July 30 - Joseph Cook, sixth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)

October 4 - Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
October 6 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. 1887)
October 29 - Frances Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland (b. 1864)
November 25 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French writer (b. 1876)

December 1 - Aleister Crowley, British occultist (b. 1875)
December 1 - G. H. Hardy, British mathematician (b. 1877)
December 7 - Nicholas M. Butler, American president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862)
December 7 - Tristan Bernard, French writer and lawyer (b. 1866)
December 14 - Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
December 14 - Edward Higgins, General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
December 17 - J. N. Brønsted, Danish chemist (b. 1879)
December 28 - Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
Emil J. Brach, American candy manufacturer (b. 1859)

[edit] Nobel prizes

Physics - Edward Victor Appleton
Chemistry - Sir Robert Robinson
Medicine - Carl Ferdinand Cori, Gerty Cori, Bernardo Houssay
Literature - André Gide
Peace - The Friends Service Council (UK) and The American Friends Service Committee (USA), on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends

[edit] Ship events

[edit] Fictional references

The 1988 movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit was set in Hollywood, 1947.
In the Futurama episode Roswell That Ends Well, Fry accidentally put metal in the microwave and everyone in Planet Express went back to July 9, 1947.
In Back to the Future Part III, Doc Brown said that suitable parts for his time-circuits are invented.
In the Lost in Space (1965) episode "Visit to a Hostile Planet," this is the year that the space family Robinson lands on earth, having traveled back in time.

[edit] References

^ "Year by Year 1947" -- History Channel International

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