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1947 (''' MCMXLVII ''') was a Common Year Starting On Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar).
Events
January
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
- to Yugoslavia
- February 12 - A Meteor creates a Crater into Sikhote-Alin , Soviet Union
- '' begins to transmit Radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union .
- February 20 - State of Prussia ceases to exist
- 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 28 - USA gives France a military base in Casablanca
- February 28 - In Taiwan , Civil Disorder Is Put Down with large loss of civilian lives.
March-May
- 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 - Hindu s and Muslim s 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 Japan ese Booby Trap explodes in Corregidor - 28 dead
- March 29 - Rebellion against French rule erupts in Madagascar
- April 16 - The Texas City Disaster - Ammonium Nitrate cargo of ''SS Grandcap'' explodes in Texas City, Texas - 552 dead, 3000 injured, 200 lost, 20 city blocks destroyed
- 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.
- , 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 .
June
July
- 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 .
- 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 Computer s, 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
August
September-October
November
December
Unknown dates
Births
January
- January 1 - Afeni Shakur , Black Panther
- January 2 - Ai , American poet
- January 2 - Jack Hanna , American zoologist
- January 3 - Patricia Anthony , American sci-fi author
- January 6 - Sandy Denny , British vocalist (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 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 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
- 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 ( 1989 - 1993 )
- 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
- 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 - Lee Evans , American athlete
- February 25 - Doug Yule , American singer and musician ( The Velvet Underground )
- February 27 - Gidon Kremer , Latvian violinist
March
- March 4 - Jan Garbarek , Norwegian musician
- March 6 - Kiki Dee , American singer
- March 6 - Dick Fosbury , American athlete
- March 6 - Teru Miyamoto , Japanese author
- March 6 - Rob Reiner , American actor, comedian, and producer
- March 7 - Matthew Fisher , British singer-songwriter, and producer
- March 7 - Walter Röhrl , German car racer
- March 7 - Richard Lawson , American actor
- March 8 - Carole Bayer Sager , American composer
- March 10 - Kim Campbell , Prime Minister Of Canada ( 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 , British singer
- March 27 - Walt Mossberg , American newspaper columnist
April
- April 1 - Alain Connes , French mathematician
- April 2 - Emmylou Harris , American singer
- April 2 - Camille Paglia , American writer
- 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 - Mike Chapman , songwriter (with Nicky Chinn ) and producer ( Suzi Quatro , Sweet , Blondie )
- 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 23 - Philip Schneider , American structural engineer
- April 25 - Johan Cruijff , Dutch footballer and coach
- April 29 - Olavo De Carvalho , Brazilian philosopher
May
June
- June 4 - Viktor Klima , Chancellor Of Austria
- June 6 - David Blunkett , British politician
- June 6 - Ada Kok , Dutch swimmer
- 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 - 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 - 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
July
- July 2 - Larry David , American actor, writer, producer, and director
- July 3 - John William Carter , son of U.S President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter
- July 7 - Richard Beckinsale , British actor
- July 9 - Mitch Mitchell , Drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- July 9 - O. J. Simpson , American football player, actor, and suspected murderer
- 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-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- July 20 - Carlos Santana , Mexican 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
August-September
- August 10 - Ian Anderson , British musician ( Jethro Tull )
- August 15 - Raakhee Gulzar , Indian actress
- August 19 - Gerard Schwarz , American conductor
- August 24 - Roger De Vlaeminck , Belgian road cyclist
- August 28 - Liza Wang , Hong Kong actress
- September 1 - Al Green , American politician
- September 3 - Kjell Magne Bondevik , Prime Minister Of Norway
- 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 30 - Marc Bolan , English musician ( T. Rex ) (d. 1977 )
October
- October 1 - Aaron Ciechanover , Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Chemistry
- October 2 - Ward Churchill , Native American author and activist
- October 5 - Brian Johnson , English singer
- October 6 - Gail Farrell , American singer ( The Lawrence Welk Show )
- October 13 - Sammy Hagar , American singer
- October 14 - Lukas Resetarits , Austrian cabaret artist and actor
- 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
November
December
- 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 18 - Rod Piazza , American musician
- December 16 - Vincent Matthews , American athlete
- December 21 - Paco De Lucía , Spanish guitarist
- December 21 - Bryan Hamilton , Northern 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
Unknown date
Deaths
January-April
- January 20 - Andrew Volstead , American politician (b. 1860 )
- January 25 - Al Capone , American gangster (b. 1899 )
- February 27 - Heinrich Häberlin , Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (b. 1868 )
- March 11 - Victor Lustig , Austrian-born con artist (b. 1890 )
- 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 )
- March 30 - Qazi Muhammad former head and president of the people's Republic Of Mahabad was hanged at the Chuwarchira Square in the kurdish city Mahabad in Iran .
- 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-December
- 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
- May 20 - Philipp Lenard , Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862 )
- May 24 - C. F. Ramuz , Swiss writer (b. 1878 )
- 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 - Edward Higgins , the 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864 )
- December 14 - Stanley Baldwin , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (b. 1867 )
- December 17 - J. N. Brønsted , Danish chemist (b. 1879 )
- December 28 -
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