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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