1947
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 19th century–20th century–21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s1920s1930s–1940s–1950s1960s1970s |
| Years: | 194419451946–1947–194819491950 |
1947(MCMXLVII) was acommon yearstarting on Wednesdayof theGregorian calendar,the 1947th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 947th year of the2nd millennium,the 47th year of the20th century,and the 8th year of the1940sdecade.
Events
[change|change source]- February 28 incidentinTaiwanwas an affair in which large numbers of people protested against the government, in which thousands were killed by the regime's forces.
- April 15–Jackie Robinson,an African-American, plays first base for theBrooklyn Dodgersmajor-leaguebaseballteam, ending the sport's unofficial rule against blacks playing.
- June 26-Sindhprovince joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
- June 29-Balochistan (Pakistan)province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
- July 2-North-West Frontier Provinceprovince joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
- July 19-Punjab (Pakistan)province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
- July 22– The formerEast Bengalprovince joins Pakistan on the basis of a Muslim-majority region the people had voted in to join the cause for Pakistan, according to the Partition Plan, based on theTwo-nation theory.It later becomes the present day People's Republic of Bangladesh, since 1971.
- August 14–Pakistanis Created fromBritish India,end of theBritish Raj.
- August 15–Indiagains independence fromBritain.
Births
[change|change source]- January 1-Jon Corzine,American politician
- January 8–David Bowie,British singer (d.2016)
- January 22–Vladimir Oravsky,Swedish author
- February 18-Dennis DeYoung,American keyboardist (Styx)
- March 3-Jennifer Warnes,American singer
- March 8–Carole Bayer Sager,American actress and singer
- March 24-Alan Sugar,Britishbusinessman
- March 24-Christine Gregoire,American politician
- March 25–Elton John,British singer
- March 29-Bobby Kimball,American singer (Toto)
- April 16-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,Americanbasketballplayer
- April 18-James Woods,American actor
- May 8-John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan,British politician
- May 25-Mitch Margo,American singer (The Tokens) (d.2017)
- May 31-Junior Campbell,Scottish musician and composer
- June 24-Mick Fleetwood,English drummer (Fleetwood Mac)
- July 2-Elijah Kostunica,Serbian politician
- July 9-O. J. Simpson,American football player (d.2024)
- July 17-Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- July 19-Brian May,Englishguitarist(Queen)
- July 19-Bernie Leadon,American singer-songwriter and musician (Eagles)
- July 22-Don Henley,American singer-songwriter and musician (Eagles)
- July 30-Arnold Schwarzenegger,Austrian-born actor, bodybuilder and politician, formerGovernorofCalifornia
- July 31-Richard Griffiths,British actor (d.2013)
- August 16–Carol Moseley Braun,American jurist
- September 21-Don Felder,American singer-songwriter and musician (Eagles)
- September 30-Marc Bolan,British musician (d.1977)
- October 4-Ann Widdecombe,British politician
- October 26–Hillary Clinton,formerFirst Lady of the United StatesandUnited States Secretary of State
- October 30-Timothy B. Schmit,American singer-songwriter and musician (Eagles)
- November 1-Bob Weston,English rock guitarist (Fleetwood Mac) (d.2012)
- November 8-Marianne Wiggins,American author
- November 10-Bachir Gemayel,Lebanesepolitician (d.1982)
- November 10-Greg Lake,Englishmusician (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) (d.2016)
- November 20-Joe Walsh,American singer-songwriter and musician (Eagles)
- December 8–Gregg Allman,American rock musician (The Allman Brothers Band) (d.2017)
- December 11-David E. Stone,American sound editor
Deaths
[change|change source]- Emil J. Brach,American candy manufacturer (b.1859)
- January 25–Al Capone,American gangster (b.1899)
- March 11–Victor Lustig,Austrian-born con artist (b.1890)
- March 18–William C. Durant,Americanautomobilepioneer (b.1861)
- March 19–Prudence Heward,Canadian painter (b.1896)
- March 20–Victor Goldschmidt,Swiss geochemist (b.1888)
- March 30–Arthur Machen,Welsh-born writer (b.1863)
- April 1– KingGeorge II of Greece(b.1890)
- April 7–Henry Ford,American automobile manufacturer (b.1863)
- April 20– KingChristian X of Denmark(b.1870)
- April 24–Willa Cather,American novelist (b.1873)
- May 8–Harry Gordon Selfridge,Americandepartment storemagnate (b.1858)
- May 16–Frederick Hopkins,Englishbiochemist,recipient of theNobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine(b.1861)
- May 17–George William Forbes,Prime Minister of New Zealand
- May 20–Philipp Lenard,Austrian physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1862)
- May 24–C. F. Ramuz,Swiss writer (b.1878)
- July 19–Aung San,Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b.1915)
- July 30–Joseph Cook,sixthPrime Minister of Australia(b.1860)
- October 4–Max Planck,German physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (b.1858)
- 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–Tristan Bernard,French writer and lawyer (b.1866)
- December 7 –Nicholas M. Butler,American president ofColumbia University,recipient of theNobel Peace Prize(b.1862)
- December 17–J. N. Brønsted,Danishchemist(b.1879)
Movies released
[change|change source]- Hue and Cry
New books
[change|change source]- The Loved OnebyEvelyn Waugh
- Bright November–Kingsley Amis' first collection of poems
- Country Place–Ann Lane Petty
- Creatures of Circumstance–W. Somerset Maugham
- The Cold War–Walter Lippmann
- Dark Carnival–Ray Bradbury's first book
- Dialectic of Enlightenment–Theodor AdornoandMax Horkheimer
- Doctor Faustus–Thomas Mann
- Eyes of a Blue Dog–Gabriel García Márquez
- Froth on the Daydream–Boris Vian
- God Is For White Folks–Thomas Will
- Goodnight Moon–Margaret Wise Brown
- Great Northern?–Arthur Ransome
- A High Wind Rising–Elsie Singmaster
- I, the Jury–Mickey Spillane
- Les Jeux Inconnus–François Boyer
- Knock On Any Door–Willard Motley
- Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool–George Orwell
- Masquerade, a Historical Novel–Oscar Micheaux
- Miss Hickory–Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
- The Moneyman–Thomas B. Costain
- Paris Was Our Mistress: Memoirs of a Lost & Found Generation–Samuel Putnam
- The Path to the Nest of Spiders–Italo Calvino
- The Pearl–John Steinbeck
- The Adventures of Tintin
- The Plague(La Peste) –Albert Camus
- Prince of Foxes–Samuel Shellabarger
- Rocket Ship Galileo–Robert A. Heinlein
- Saggy Baggy Elephant–Kathryn JacksonandByron Jackson
- Snow Country–Yasunari Kawabata
- Tales of the South Pacific–James A. Michener
- Tarzan and the Foreign Legion–Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Tea with Mrs Goodman–Philip Toynbee
- Theatre–W. Somerset Maugham
- Under the Volcano–Malcolm Lowry
- Who Has Seen the Wind?–W.O. Mitchell
Nobel prizes
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