1947 Calendar
A year scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

1947 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728 
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     
April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930   
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     
July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930    
October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   

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1947 Historical Event(s)

January 22, 1947 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
March 25, 1947 – An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
June 5, 1947 – Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
July 5, 1947 – Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League. (Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League 11 weeks earlier.)
July 19, 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.
October 26, 1947 – The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
November 25, 1947 – New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
November 30, 1947 – 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins on this day, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
December 17, 1947 – First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

Who Were Born On 1947?

January 21, 1947 – Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan)
January 24, 1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
February 12, 1947 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984)
April 8, 1947 – Pascal Lamy, Director-General of WTO
July 19, 1947 – Hans-Jürgen Kreische, East German footballer
August 27, 1947 – Harry Reems, American actor
October 9, 1947 – France Gall, French singer
October 22, 1947 – Raymond Bachand, French-Canadian politician and businessman
November 29, 1947 – Petra Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
December 5, 1947 – Bruce Golding, Jamaican politician