Page 14: Historical Events In 1947

Dec 08   Gregg Allman musician keyboards, guitar, singer was born in the year 1947.   

Dec 08   In the year 1947 gregg Allman musician: keyboards, guitar, singer was born   

Dec 10   In the year 1947 uSSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement   

Dec 11   In the year 1947 "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 308 performances   

Dec 12   United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL in the year 1947.   

Dec 13   In the year 1947 "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International NYC after 11 perfs   

Dec 13   In the year 1947 maine Turnpike opens to traffic   

Dec 14   On this day in history cleve Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game   

Dec 14   Franz Zorell, German RC lexicographer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Dec 17   On this day in history new York struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

Dec 17   In the year 1947 nY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow   

Dec 18   Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax on this day in history.   

Dec 22   On this day in history italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution   

Dec 23   Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain & Shockley in Bell Labs in the year 1947.   

Dec 23   In the year 1947 transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs   

Dec 26   On this day in history "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater NYC for 34 performances   

Dec 26   On this day in history british transfer Heard & McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia   

Dec 26   Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries NYC under 25.8" of snow in 16 hrs. That same day, Los Angeles set a record high of 84ø F on this day in history.   

Dec 27   In the year 1947 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC   

Dec 27   In the year 1947 first "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC   

Dec 28   Chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game in the year 1947.   

Dec 28   Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Dec 29   On this day in history cozy Powell, England, rock drummer (Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, ELP)   

Dec 29   In the year 1947 joseph Cuvelier, Belgian historian/general, dies at 78   

Dec 29   On this day in history ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine   

Dec 30   In the year 1947 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)   

Dec 30   In the year 1947 han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58   

Dec 30   On this day in history king Michael of Romania abdicates the throne, but makes it clear that he is forced out by Communists.   

Dec 30   On this day in history king Michael of Romania abdicates, allowing a communist republic to be formed   

Dec 31   On this day in history franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies at 79   

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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   Calvin Hill, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Jack Hanna, American zoologist was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   J Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1947 forrest Reid, Irish author/critic (Young Tom, Apostate), dies at 71   

Jan 09   Karl Mannheim, sociologist (Diagnosis of Our Time), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born singer and entertainer (b. 1879) died in the year 1947.   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1947 veit Valentin, German/US historian (German People), dies at 61   

Jan 15   Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924) died in the year 1947.   

Jan 17   On this day in history death of pyotr Krasnov, Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1869)   

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