Page 12: Historical Events In 1947

Oct 11   Brazil & Chile break diplomatic relations with USSR on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Oct 13   In the year 1947 "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" premieres   

Oct 13   Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies in the year 1947.   

Oct 14   Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015) on this day in history.   

Oct 14   On this day in history chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes first supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)   

Oct 14   On this day in history chuck Yeager makes the first 'Supersonic' flight over Edwards Air Force Base California   

Oct 19   De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections on this day in history.   

Oct 20   On this day in history hUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood   

Oct 21   Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die on this day in history.   

Oct 23   On this day in history nAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN   

Oct 24   In the year 1947 series of forest fires $30 million of timber (New England States)   

Oct 24   Series of forest fires burn $30 million of timber (New England States) on this day in history.   

Oct 24   The birth of Kevin Kline, American actor on this day in history.   

Oct 25   In the year 1947 "Under the Counter" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 27 perfs   

Oct 26   Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India in the year 1947.   

Oct 27   "You Bet Your Life", with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio in the year 1947.   

Oct 27   On this day in history "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio   

Oct 27   In the year 1947 groucho Marx hosts the radio premiere of You Bet Your Life, on ABC radio. (When the show later moved to TV, it jumped ship to NBC.)   

Oct 29   Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherland form Benelux Union in the year 1947.   

Oct 29   On this day in history frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83   

Oct 29   In the year 1947 the birth of Richard Dreyfuss, American actor   

Oct 30   23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Man O' War, racehorse, dies on this day in history.   

Nov 01   On this day in history uN trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, NZ and UK   

Nov 02   7th Ryder Cup: US wins 11-1 at Portland Golf Club (Portland, Oregon, US) on this day in history.   

Nov 02   In the year 1947 howard Hughes'"Spruce Goose" flies for only time   

Nov 06   Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Nov 08   Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA v Victoria on this day in history.   

Nov 11   On this day in history martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64   

Nov 12   Emmuska Orczy, British author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82 in the year 1947.   

Nov 12   KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR) on this day in history.   

Nov 15   Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG on this day in history.   

Nov 16   15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80)   

Jan 02   In the year 1947 birth of calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)   

Jan 02   Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jack Hanna, American zoologist   

Jan 03   Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of j Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger   

Jan 04   Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter was born in the year 1947.   

Jan 04   On this day in history forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71   

Jan 09   In the year 1947 karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879)   

Jan 12   Jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Wertwissenschaft), dies at 77 in the year 1947.   

Jan 13   Veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61 in the year 1947.   

Jan 15   In the year 1947 death of elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924)   

Jan 17   Pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869) died in the year 1947.   

Jan 20   In the year 1947 josh Gibson, Negro League slugger, dies of a brain tumor at age 35