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Events of 1947 -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April -  May . June . July  .  Aug. -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec. -  Undated . Ongoing Births Deaths Nobel prizes Ship events See also -  Notes -  External links

Events of 1947

January

• January 1
  • British mines are nationalized. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Nationalization, also spelled nationalisation, is the act of taking an industry or assets into the Public ownership of a national government
  • Nigeria gains limited autonomy. Nigeria, officially named the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal Constitutional republic comprising thirty-six states and one Federal An autonomous area is an area of a Country that has a degree of Autonomy, or freedom from an external authority
  • The Canadian Citizenship Act goes into effect. The Canadian Citizenship Act is an Act of the Parliament of Canada, which came into effect on January 1, 1947, recognizing the definition
• January 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time. Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses
• January 10 - The United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Trieste (Trieste Slovene and Croatian: Trst; German: Triest) is a city and port in northeastern Italy very near to
• January 15 - Elizabeth Short (the "Black Dahlia") is found murdered. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign This article focuses on the mystery of murder victim Elizabeth Short
• January 16 - Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. For other meanings see also the disambiguation page Auriol Jules-Vincent Auriol ( 27 August, 1884 1 January, 1966 was a This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• January 19 - 392 drown in a shipwreck near Athens, Greece. Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
• January 24 - Dimitrios Maximos founds monarchist government in Athens. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Dimitrios E Maximos (Δημήτριος Μάξιμος was a Greek banker and a politician
• January 25 - Philippine plane crashes in Hong Kong with $5 million worth of gold and money. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders
• January 30 - February 8 - A heavy blizzard in Canada buries towns from Winnipeg to Calgary. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. A blizzard is a severe Winter storm condition characterized by low Temperatures strong Winds and heavy blowing Snow Blizzards are formed when Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population Calgary (ˈkælgəriː is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada
• January 31 - Communists take power in Poland. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland

February

• February 3
  • In Snag, Yukon Territory, -63 degrees Celsius, lowest recorded temperature in North America. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Snag is a village located on a small dry-weather sideroad off the Alaska Highway a few kilometres south of Beaver Creek, Yukon, Canada
  • Percival Prattis becomes the first black news correspondent allowed in the United States House of Representatives and Senate press gallery. Black is the Color of objects that do not emit or Reflect Light in any part of the Visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives
• February 5 - Boleslaw Bierut becomes president of Poland. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Bolesław Bierut (real name Bolesław Biernacki, April 18, 1892 - March 12, 1956) was a Polish Communist Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
• February 8 - A dance hall fire in Berlin kills over 80. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.
• February 10 - Paris peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Finland: Italy cedes most of Istria to Yugoslavia. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. This article is about a geographical region bordering the Adriatic Sea The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ( Serbo-Croatian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian:
• February 12 - A meteor creates a crater in Sikhote-Alin, Soviet Union. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the In the broadest sense the term impact crater can be applied to any depression natural or manmade resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with larger body The Sikhote-Alin (Сихотэ-Алинь also spelled Sikhotae-Alin) is a Mountain range in Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krais Russia The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• February 17 - Cold War: The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into the Soviet Union. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Voice of America ( VOA) is the official external radio and Television broadcasting service of the United States federal government. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light.
• February 20 - An explosion at the O'Connor Electro-Plating Co in Los Angeles, California leaves 17 dead, 100 buildings damaged, and a 22-foot crater. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
• 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. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland The City of New York Edwin Herbert Land ( May 7 1909  &ndash March 1 1991) was an American Scientist and inventor. Land cameras are the polaroid cameras made between 1947 and 1983 The first model was invented by Edwin Land, founder of Polaroid. The Optical Society of America (OSA is a scientific society dedicated to advancing the study of Light — Optics and Photonics —in theory and application
• February 23 - International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded. Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable
• February 25
  • State of Prussia ceases to exist. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state
  • Worst-ever train crash in Japan kills 184. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• February 28
  • USA gives France a military base in Casablanca. Events 202 BC - coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty 's rule Casablanca (in Standard Arabic: الدار البيضاء ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ; Moroccan Arabic: dar beïda الدار البيضا
  • In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with large loss of civilian lives. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia. The 228 Incident ( Pe{{unicode|̍}}h-ōe-jī: Jī-jī-pat sū-kiāⁿ also known as the 228 Massacre ( was an anti-government Anti-Chinese uprising

March

• March 1
  • The International Monetary Fund begins to operate. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant The International Monetary Fund ( IMF) is an International organization that oversees the Global financial system by following the Macroeconomic
  • Wernher von Braun marries his first cousin, 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp. Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (March 23 1912 &ndash June 16 1977 a German rocket physicist and astronautics engineer became one of the leading figures in
• March 6 - USS Newport News, the first air-conditioned naval ship, is launched from Newport News, Virginia. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of 1950-1962 In addition to annual deployments to the Mediterranean from 1950 to 1961 for duty with the Sixth Fleet she participated in major fleet exercises and Newport News is an Independent city in Virginia. It is at the south-western end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River
• March 12 - The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving The Truman Doctrine was a proclamation by US President Harry S Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based
• March 14 - The River Thames bursts its banks. Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. The Thames ( is a major River flowing through southern England.
• March 15 - Hindus and Muslims clash in Punjab. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion Punjab ( ਪੰਜਾਬ پنجاب, पंजाब پنجاب also Panjab (پنجاب meaning "Land of the Five Rivers") (c
• March 19 - 19th Academy Awards ceremony
• March 21 - Homer Collyer of the Collyer brothers is found dead in their house in Harlem, New York City. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. The 19th Academy Awards continued a trend through the late-1940s of the Oscar voters honoring films about contemporary social issues Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Homer Lusk Collyer ( November 6, 1881 &ndash March 21, 1947) and Langley Collyer ( October 3, 1885 Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center The City of New York His brother is found April 8. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian
• March 25 - A coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois kills 111. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Centralia is a city located in Marion, Washington, Clinton, Jefferson Counties in the U
• March 28 - A WW2 Japanese booby trap explodes in Corregidor, killing 28. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. A booby trap is a device set up to be triggered by an unsuspecting victim For the Spanish historical administrative position see Corregidor (position Corregidor is an island in the entrance of the Philippines
• March 29 - Rebellion against French rule erupts in Madagascar. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Madagascar, or Republic of Madagascar (older name Malagasy Republic) is an Island nation in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern
• March 31 - The leaders of the People's Republic of Mahabad, the second Kurdish state in the history of Iran, are hanged at the Chuwarchira Square in Mahabad after the country is conquered by Iranian forces. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor The Republic of Mahabad ( Kurdish: Komarî Mehabad, Persian: جمهوری مهاباد) officially known as Republic of Kurdistan and established For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. Mahabad ( Persian: مهاباد Kurdish: مهاباد (Mahabad Mehabad or Mihabad also known by the alternative name سابلاخ Sablax) is a

April

• April 1
  • Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball professional, signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA
  • King George II of Greece is succeeded by his brother King Paul I. Early life first period of kingship and exile George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of Constantine I King of the Hellenes Reign Paul returned to Greece in 1946 He succeeded to the throne in 1947 on the death of his brother George II, during the Greek Civil War (between Greek
• April 9 - A multiple outbreak of tornadoes occur from Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas killing 181 and injuring 970. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Not known how many touched down.
• April 15 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play Major League Baseball. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa
• April 16 - The Texas City Disaster: An Ammonium nitrate cargo of SS Grandcamp explodes in Texas City, Texas - 552 dead, 3,000 injured, 200 lost, 20 city blocks destroyed. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom The Texas City Disaster of April 16, 1947, started with the mid-morning fire and detonation of approximately 2300 tons of Ammonium nitrate on board the The Chemical compound ammonium nitrate, the Nitrate of Ammonia with the chemical formula N[[Hydrogen H]]4 N[[Oxygen O]]3 Texas City is a city located in Galveston County Texas, a county in the U
• April 18 - The British Royal Navy detonates 6,800 tonnes of explosives in a concerted attempt to destroy the small island of Heligoland, Germany, creating the biggest non-nuclear explosion in history. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Heligoland (Helgoland Heligolandic: deät Lun) is a small German Archipelago in the North Sea. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.

May

• May 1 - The Salvatore Giuliano Gang opens fire on a labor parade near Portella Della Ginestra, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 30. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Salvatore Giuliano ( Montelepre, November 16, 1922 &ndash Castelvetrano, July 5, 1950) was a Sicilian Peasant Sicily ( Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia) is an autonomous region of Italy.
• May 3 - The new post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João The has been the founding legal document of Japan since 1947 The constitution provides for a Parliamentary system of government and guarantees certain fundamental rights
• May 12 - The Cartoon Rabbit Transit Directed by Friz Freleng where Bugs goes to jail is made. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Rabbit Transit is an 8-minute Looney Tunes Cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, released in 1947, and starring Bugs Isadore "Friz" Freleng ( August 21, 1906  &ndash May 26, 1995) was an Animator, Cartoonist, director
• May 22
  • Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, President Harry S. Truman signs an act implementing the Truman Doctrine. Events 334 BC - The Greek army of Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of the Granicus. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based The Truman Doctrine was a proclamation by US President Harry S The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
  • David Lean's film Great Expectations, based on the novel by Charles Dickens, opens in the United States. Sir David Lean KBE ( 25 March, 1908 &ndash 16 April, 1991) was an English Film director and producer Great Expectations is a 1946 British film directed by David Lean and based on the novel by Charles Dickens. Critics call it the finest film ever made from a Dickens novel.

June

• June 5 - Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan for U.S. aid to Europe. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem George Catlett Marshall Jr (December 31 1880 &ndash October 16 1959 was an American military leader Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of The Marshall Plan (from its enactment officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• June 7 - The ASA (currently Steaua) sport club is founded in Bucharest, Romania. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins FC Steaua Bucureşti is a Romanian professional football club from Ghenceasouth-west Bucharest.
• June 10 - Saab produces its first automobile. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Saab Automobile AB, better known as Saab, is a Swedish car manufacturer and currently a wholly-owned Subsidiary of General Motors.
• June 15 - Portuguese government orders 11 military officers and 19 university professors accused of revolutionary activity to resign. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
• June 18 - Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara hanged in Guam for war crimes related to the Battle of Wake Island on October 7, 1943. Events 618 - Coronation of the Chinese governor Li Yuan as Emperor Gaozu of Tang, the new Emperor of China, initiating three centuries was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II. Guam ( Chamorro: cha Guåhån) officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated The Battle of Wake Island began simultaneously with the Attack on Pearl Harbor and ended on December 23, 1941, with the surrender of the American Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• June 20 - Bugsy Siegel is found shot in the Beverly Hills mansion of Virginia Hill. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel Virginia Hill ( August 26, 1916 - March 24, 1966) was a Chicago Outfit Courier
• June 21
  • Seaman Harold Dahl claims to have seen six UFOs near Maury Island. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Maury Island is a small Island in Puget Sound in the US state of Washington. The next morning Dahl reports the first modern Men in Black encounter. The term Men in Black ( MIB) in Popular culture, is used in UFO conspiracy theories to describe men dressed in black suits claiming to be government
  • The Canadian Parliament votes unaminiously to pass several laws regarding displaced foreign refugees. The Parliament of Canada (Parlement du Canada is Canada 's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.
• June 23 - The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. A veto, Latin for "I forbid" is used to Denote that a certain party has the right to stop unilaterally a certain piece of Legislation.
• June 24 - Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Kenneth A Arnold (born March 29, 1915 in Sebeka, Minnesota; died January 16 1984 in Bellevue, Washington Mount Rainier is an active Stratovolcano (also known as a composite volcano in Pierce County Washington, located southeast of Seattle, Washington Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

July

• July 2 - A downed UFO is allegedly found in the Roswell UFO incident, written about by Stanton T. Friedman. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival The Roswell Incident involved the recovery of materials near Roswell New Mexico, USA, on July 7, 1947, which has become the subject of intense Stanton Terry Friedman ( July 29, 1934) is a professional ufologist, currently residing in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
• July 10 - Princess Elizabeth announces her engagement to Philip Mountbatten. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II
• July 11 - Exodus (ship) departs France to Palestine with 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Early history The ship was built in 1928 by Pusey and Jones Corp The Palestine Mandate, was a set of protocols or articles that formed a multilateral legal and administrative agreement The Holocaust (from the Greek el ''ὁλόκαυστον'' (el-Latn holókauston holos, "completely" and kaustos, "burnt" also known as
• July 17 - 625 killed, Indian passenger ship Ramdas capsized by cyclone at Mumbai, India. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country
• 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. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine (UNSCOP was formed in the May 1947 in response to the British Governments announcement to terminate Mandate of Palestine. Early history The ship was built in 1928 by Pusey and Jones Corp The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Haifa (חֵיפָה; حَيْفَا) is the largest City in Northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country with
• 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. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 ( establishes the line of succession to the office of President of the United States in the event that neither a President The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. The President pro tempore of the Senate is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate and the highest-ranking senator The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death
• July 19 - Burmese nationalist Aung San is murdered. Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia. General Aung San (Bogyoke Aung San ( bòʊdʒoʊʔ àʊn sʰán February 13 1915 – July 19 1947) was a Burmese revolutionary
• July 26 - Cold War: U. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act into law, creating the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all The United States Department of Defense ( DOD or DoD) is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government The Joint Chiefs of Staff ( JCS) is a group comprising the Chiefs of service of each major branch of the Armed services in the United States armed forces The White House National Security Council ( NSC) in the United States is the principal forum used by the President for considering National
• July 27 - Take It or Leave It airs its final episode on CBS Radio. Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. This article is about the radio group for the radio network see CBS Radio Network.
• July 29 - After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a refurbishment, ENIAC, one of the world's first digital computers, is turned on after a memory upgrade. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer, was the first general-purpose electronic Computer. A computer is a Machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)

August

• August 4 - UK Betty Moore from Horsham, Sussex, sails in her first Cowes Week. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 59 years later she is awarded the Skandia Cowes Week Ladies Day Trophy after campaigning her Solent Sunbeam, WHY, in all 60 consecutive regattas.
• August 5 - The Netherlands stops political actions in Indonesia. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Republic of Indonesia ( (Republik Indonesia is a Country in Southeast Asia.
• August 7
  • Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101 day, 4,300 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Thor Heyerdahl ( October 6, 1914 Larvik, Norway &ndash April 18, 2002 Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Kon-Tiki is the Raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean In nautical terminology a reef is a rock, sandbar, or other feature lying beneath the surface of the water (six fathoms or less at low water Raroia, or Raro-nuku, is an Atoll of the Tuamotus chain in French Polynesia, located 740 km northeast of Tahiti and 6 km The Tuamotus or the Tuamotu Archipelago ( French: Îles Tuamotu officially Archipel des Tuamotu) are a chain of atolls in French Polynesia The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a
  • The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). The Brihan Mumbai Mahanagarpalika ( Marathi: बृहन्मुंबई महानगर पालिका) (formerly the Bombay Municipal Corporation
• August 14 - After 90 years of British colonial rule, Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. While the transition is officially at midnight on this day, Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14 compared to India on the 15th. Muhammad Ali Jinnah became the first Governor General of Pakistan. Muhammad Ali Jinnah Urdu: (December 25 1876 – September 11 1948 was a Pakistani politician and leader of the All India Muslim League who founded Pakistan The term governor general or governor-general refers to a vice-regal representative of a Monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
• August 15
  • After a long struggle India gained independence from British rule. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Pakistan splits from India. Rajendra Prasad is the first President of India. Dr Rajendra Prasad (डा॰ राजेन्द्र प्रसाद ( December 3, 1884 &ndash February 28, 1963) was the The President of India or Rashtrapati ( Hindi: राष्ट्रपति a Sanskrit Neologism, lit Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first Prime Minister of India. Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू ʤəʋäɦəɾläl nɛɦɾu (14 November 1889 27 May 1964 was a major political leader of the Congress Party The Prime Minister of India is head of the Council of Ministers, appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive
  • The Khan of Kalat (princely state), Baluchistan joins Muslim Pakistan (accedes to Pakistan in 1948). Kalat or Qalat ( Urdu: قلات was a princely state located in the centre of the modern province of Balochistan, Pakistan. The Chief Commissioners Province of Baluchistan was a former province of British India located in the northern parts of modern Balochistan province Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• August 16 - In Greece, General Markos Vafiadis takes over. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Markos Vafiadis (Μάρκος Βαφειάδης Theodosiopolis (Erzurum, Ottoman Empire, 1906 – Athens, Greece, February 23,
• August 23 - Prime Minister of Greece Dimitrios Maximos resigns. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire The Prime Minister of Greece ( Πρωθυπουργός της Ελλάδος) is the Head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of Dimitrios E Maximos (Δημήτριος Μάξιμος was a Greek banker and a politician
• August 24 - The first Edinburgh International Festival begins, with a post-war mission to 'provide a platform for the flowering of the human spirit’. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of Performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around
• August 27 - When the French government lowers the bread ration to 200 grams, it causes riots in Verdun and Le Mans. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Bread is a Staple food prepared by Baking a Dough of Flour and Water. Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources and scarce goods or services Riots are a form of Civil disorders characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of Violence, Vandalism or other Verdun (medieval Wirten official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune Le Mans (ləmɑ̃ in French) is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River.
• August 30 - Fire at a movie theater in Rueil, a suburb of Paris, France kills 87. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Rueil-Malmaison (ʀɥœj malmɛzɔ̃ or malmɛzɔ̃ is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• August 31 - Communists take power in Hungary. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic

September

• September 4-September 21 - A hurricane in southeast Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama leaves 51 dead. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights.
• September 13 - Indian Prime Minister Nehru suggests the transfer of 4 million Hindus and Muslims between India and Pakistan. Events 509 BC - The Temple of Jupiter on Rome 's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September Jawaharlal Nehru (जवाहरलाल नेहरू ʤəʋäɦəɾläl nɛɦɾu (14 November 1889 27 May 1964 was a major political leader of the Congress Party India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and
• September 18
  • The United States Army Air Forces, along with some components of the United States Navy's air arm, becomes the United States Air Force. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated The United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF) was the military aviation arm of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II.
  • The National Security Act creates the Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all

October

• October 13 - American cyclist and St. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Ignatius High School gratuate, Edward Patrick Dignan, was born in Chicago, IL.
• October 14 - American test pilot Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager (born February 13 1923 is a retired Brigadier-General in the United States Air Force and a noted Test pilot. Sound is a vibration that travels through an elastic medium as a Wave.
• October 20 - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 begins. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony The Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, sometimes known as the First Kashmir War, was fought between India and Pakistan over the region of Kashmir from
• October 30 - The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is founded. Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. The 'General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade' (typically abbreviated 'GATT' was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization (ITO

November

• November 2
  • In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce Goose; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built (flight lasted only eight minutes). Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Howard Robard Hughes Jr (December 24 1905 – April 5 1976 was an American Aviator, Industrialist, Film producer / director, Philanthropist WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
  • Earthquake in Chilean Andes kills 233. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America.
• November 6 - Meet the Press makes its television debut on the NBC television network. Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's
• November 10 - The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a communist riot that spreads to Paris. Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ The French Communist Party ( French: Parti communiste français or PCF) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• November 16
  • In Brussels, 15,000 demonstrate against the relatively short sentences of Nazis. Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
  • The British begin to withdraw their troops from Palestine.

• November 18 - Ballantyne's Department Store fire, Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41 (New Zealand's worst ever fire)
• November 20
  • The Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI marries the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull The Ballantyne's Department Store Fire on November 18 1947, remains the worst fire disaster in New Zealand history Christchurch (Ōtautahi The largest City in the South Island, it is also the second largest city and third largest urban area of New Zealand New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
  • Paul Ramadier resigns as Prime Minister of France - he is succeeded by Robert Schuman. Paul Ramadier ( 17 March 1888, La Rochelle - 14 October 1961) was a prominent French Socialist politician of The Prime Minister of France ( Premier ministre français) in Fifth Republic is the functional Head of the government and Council of Ministers Robert Schuman (29 June 1886 4 September 1963 was a noted French Statesman Schuman calls 80,000 reservists to quell the rioting miners.
• November 21 - The United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment begins in Havana, Cuba. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. The conference ends in 1948, when members finish the Havana Charter.
• November 24 - Red Scare: The United States House of Representatives votes 346 to 17 to approve citations of contempt of U.S. Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10 after the 10 had refused to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of Communist influence in the movie industry, (the 10 were blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios the next day). Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal McCarthyism is a term describing the intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States in a period that lasted roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses "Hollywood Ten" redirects here For the 1950 short documentary film see The Hollywood Ten. The House Committee on Un-American Activities ( HUAC or HCUA 1938–1975 was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based A movie studio (aka film studio) is in the established sense of the term a company that distributes films.
• November 25 - New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (22 & 23 Geo The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• November 27 - In Paris, police occupy the editorial offices of communist newspapers. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• November 29 - The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arabs and Jews, resulting in the creation of the State of Israel. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics.

December

• December 3
  • French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing Express train because of false rumors that it was transporting soldiers - 21 dead. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French The French Communist Party ( French: Parti communiste français or PCF) is a political party in France which advocates the principles of Strike action, often simply called a strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal by Employees to perform work.
  • Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical A Streetcar Named Desire is a 1947 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located
• December 4 - French interior minister Jules Moch secures emergency measures against riots after six days of violent arguments in the national assembly. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Jules Salvador Moch (born in Paris on March 15, 1893 - died on August 1, 1985 in Cabris of Alpes-Maritimes A state of emergency is a governmental declaration that may suspend certain normal functions of government alert citizens to alter their normal behaviors or order government agencies Riots are a form of Civil disorders characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of Violence, Vandalism or other The National Assembly is either a Legislature, or the Lower house of a Bicameral legislature in some countries
• December 6 - The legendary Arturo Toscanini conducts a concert performance of the first half of Giuseppe Verdi's Otello, based on Shakespeare's Othello, on NBC radio. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January Otello is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare 's play William Shakespeare ( baptised The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The second half will be broadcast a week later. Starring are Ramon Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo, and Herva Nelli. Ramón Vinay ( August 31, 1911 &ndash January 4, 1996) was a famous Chilean Operatic Tenor. Giuseppe Valdengo ( May 24, 1914, Turin - October 3, 2007, Aosta) was an Italian operatic Baritone. Herva Nelli ( January 9, 1909 &ndash May 31, 1994) was an Italian -born Operatic Soprano. The complete performance (both parts) will eventually be released on LP and CD. Long play (LP record albums are 33⅓  Rpm vinyl Gramophone records (phonograph records generally either 10- or 12- Inches in diameter A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Many believe this is one of the very finest opera performances led by Toscanini. It is for some the definitive Otello.
• December 9 - French labour unions call off the general strike and begin negotiations with the French government. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming
• December 12 - The Iranian Royal Army takes back power in Azerbaijan province. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics. This article is about the region in Iran for other uses see Azerbaijan (disambiguation.
• December 22
  • The Italian Constituent Assembly votes to accept the new constitution. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A constituent assembly is a body elected with the purpose of drafting and in some cases adopting a Constitution. The Constitution of the Italian Republic (Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana was enacted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 December 1947 with 453 votes in favour and 62
  • The first practical transistor is demonstrated. In Electronics, a transistor is a Semiconductor device commonly used to amplify or switch electronic signals
• December 30 - King Michael of Romania abdicates. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Michael King of the Romanians, Prince of Hohenzollern (born October 25, 1921) reigned as King of the Romanians (Maiestatea

Undated

• The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigations into communism in Hollywood. The House Committee on Un-American Activities ( HUAC or HCUA 1938–1975 was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based
• Cambridge University begins to admit women as full students. The University of Cambridge (often Cambridge University) located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the
• Mikhail Kalashnikov designs the AK-47 assault rifle. Lieutenant General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников Mihail Timofeevič Kalašnikov) (born November The AK-47 (contraction of Russian Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года; Avtomat Kalashnikova obraztsa 1947 goda; "Kalashnikov's An assault rifle is a Selective fire Rifle or Carbine (not to be confused with a semi-automatic only replica firing Ammunition with muzzle
• Raytheon produces first commercial microwave oven. Raytheon Company ( is a major American Defense contractor and industrial corporation with core Manufacturing concentrations in Defense systems A microwave oven, or a microwave, is a Kitchen appliance that cooks or heats Food by Dielectric heating.
• Women's suffrage is granted in Argentina. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics.
• In a cave in and around the Wadi Qumran (near the ruins of the ancient settlement of Khirbet Qumran, on the northwest shore of the Dead Sea), several tall pottery jars containing leather scrolls are discovered, which later became known as the Dead Sea scrolls. A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter For the country that features in Yes Minister, see here. Qumran (خربة قمران חירבת קומראן Khirbet Qumran The Dead Sea (יָם הַ‏‏מֶ‏ּ‏לַ‏ח, "Sea of Salt"البَحْر المَيّت, "Dead Sea" is a salt lake between The Dead Sea Scrolls consist of roughly 1000 documents including texts from the Hebrew Bible, discovered between 1947 and 1979 in eleven Caves ^[1]
• By discovery of Promethium in products of nuclear fission, last gap of periodic table was closed. Promethium (prəˈmiːθiəm/ /proʊˈmiːθiəm is a Chemical element with the symbol Pm and Atomic number 61 The periodic table of the chemical elements is a tabular method of displaying the Chemical elements Although precursors to this table exist its invention is

Ongoing

• Marshall Plan

Births

1947 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1947 MCMXLVII
Ab urbe condita	2700
Armenian calendar	1396 ԹՎ ՌՅՂԶ
Bahá'í calendar	103 – 104
Berber calendar	2897
Buddhist calendar	2491
Burmese calendar	1309
Chinese calendar	4583/4643-12-10 (丙戌年十二月初十日) — to — 4584/4644-11-20 (丁亥年十一月二十日)
Coptic calendar	1663 – 1664
Ethiopian calendar	1939 – 1940
Hebrew calendar	5707 – 5708
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2002 – 2003
- Shaka Samvat	1869 – 1870
- Kali Yuga	5048 – 5049
Holocene calendar	11947
Iranian calendar	1325 – 1326
Islamic calendar	1366 – 1367
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 22 (昭和22年)
Korean calendar	4280
Thai solar calendar	2490
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• January 2
  • Ai, American poet
  • Jack Hanna, American zoologist
• January 3 - Patricia Anthony, American author
• January 6 - Sandy Denny, British singer (d. The Marshall Plan (from its enactment officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was the primary plan of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious Calendar Events Births Deaths Calendar Events Iyar 5 ( May 14, 1948) - Declaration of the State The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays The, or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa ( Hirohito) from December 25, 1926 to The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Florence Anthony (born January 2 1947 is an American Poet who legally changed her name to Ai. John Bushnell Hanna, known as Jack Hanna (born January 2, 1947 in Knoxville Tennessee) is an American zoo keeper who is the Events 1431 - Joan of Arc is handed over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Patricia Anthony (born 3 January 1947) is an American Science fiction and Slipstream author Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Sandy Denny, born Alexandra Elene Maclean Denny ( 6 January 1947 &ndash 21 April 1978) was an English Singer 1978)
• January 7 - Shobha De, Indian writer
• January 8
  • David Bowie, English musician
  • Jenny Boyd, British model
  • Samuel Schmid, Swiss Federal Councilor
• January 9 - Ronnie Landfield, American artist
• January 10 - Ronald Harris, American
• January 11
  • Tom Netherton, American singer
  • Mart Smeets, Dutch sports journalist
• January 14 - Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Shobhaa Dé (b 7 January, 1948) is a renowned Indian columnist and novelist Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Helen Mary Boyd (born 8 November 1947 in Guildford Surrey, England) was a 1960s London Fashion model; she is the younger sister of Samuel Schmid (born January 8, 1947) has been a member of the Swiss Federal Council since 2000. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Ronnie Landfield (born January 9, 1947 in The Bronx, New York) is an American Abstract painter. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Ronald Dale Harris is a Computer programmer who worked for the Nevada Gaming Control Board in the early 1990s and was responsible for finding flaws and Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. Tom Netherton (born January 11, 1947) is a singer best known from The Lawrence Welk Show. Martinus ("Mart" Jan Smeets (born January 11, 1947 in Arnhem) is a Dutch Radio and Television personality Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. William Alexander `Bill` Werbeniuk ( January 14, 1947 - January 20, 2003) was a Canadian professional Snooker player 2003)
• 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. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Laura Catherine Schlessinger (born January 16, 1947) is an American Radio host, Author and conservative Commentator Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor is a Japanese Filmmaker, Comedian, Actor, Film editor, Presenter, Screenwriter, Author, Poet Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Thomas Richard "Tom" Carper (born January 23 1947) is an American Economist and Politician from Wilmington, in S. Senator from Delaware
• January 24 - Warren Zevon, American musician (d. Events 41 - Gaius Caesar (Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel Despotism, is Assassinated by his disgruntled Warren William Zevon (January 24 1947 &ndash September 7 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American rock Singer-songwriter and Musician 2003)
  • Masashi Ozaki, Japanese golfer
• January 26 - Richard Portnow, American actor
• January 29 - Linda B. Buck, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• January 30
  • Les Barker, English poet
  • Steve Marriott, British musician (The Small Faces) and (Humble Pie) (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. is a Japanese Golfer Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki (ジャンボ尾崎 Janbo Ozaki) on account of his height and length off the tee Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Richard Portnow (born January 26, 1947) is an American Actor who has appeared on The Sopranos and many other films Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Linda B Buck, PhD, (born January 29, 1947) is an American Biologist best known for her work on the Olfactory system The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Les Barker (born January 30 1947) is an English Poet. He is most well known for his comedic poetry and parodies of popular Stephen Peter Marriott ( January 30 1947 - April 20 1991) popularly known as Steve Marriott, was a successful and versatile Small Faces were an English rock group from East London, heavily influenced by American Rhythm and blues. Humble Pie were a rock, Rhythm and blues band from England and were one of the first supergroups of the 1970s. 1991)
• January 31 - Nolan Ryan, baseball player
• February 1 - Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes Lynn Nolan Ryan Jr (born January 31, 1947 in Refugio, Texas) is a retired American Right-handed Pitcher in Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Jessica Beth Savitch ( February 1, 1947 &ndash October 23, 1983) was a well-known American Television broadcaster 1983)
• February 2 - Farrah Fawcett, American actress
• February 3
  • Melanie, American singer
  • Paul Auster, American novelist
• February 4 - Dan Quayle, Vice President of the United States
• February 5 - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver and broadcaster
• February 10
  • Louise Arbour, Canadian jurist
  • Nicholas Owen, English newsreader (ITN)
• February 12 - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Sikh leader (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Ferrah Leni Fawcett (born February 2 1947) is an American actress Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born 3 February 1947 in Astoria, New York City) is an American singer-songwriter Paul Benjamin Auster (born February 3, 1947, Newark New Jersey) is a Brooklyn -based author known for works blending Absurdism Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons James Danforth "Dan" Quayle (born February 4 1947 is an American politician and a former Senator from the state of Indiana. The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion the 1989 Daytona Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Louise Arbour, CC (born February 10, 1947) is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Nicholas Owen may refer to Nicholas Owen (martyr - One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Nicholas Owen (journalist Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale (ਜਰਨੈਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਭਿੰਡਰਾਂਵਾਲੇ ʤəɾnɛl sɪ́ŋg pɪ̀ɳɖɾɑnʋɑɺ̡e (February 12 1947 &ndash June 6 1984 was 1984)
• February 13 - Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball coach
• February 15 - John Coolidge Adams, American composer
• February 18
  • Princess Christina of the Netherlands
  • Dennis DeYoung, American musician (Styx)
• February 20
  • Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed Michael William Krzyzewski ( Polish: Krzyżewski /kʂɨˈʐɛ(fski/ in American English pronounced "Sha- chef -skee" born February Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor John Coolidge Adams (born February 15 1947 is an American Composer with strong roots in minimalism. Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Birth She was born Maria Christina (Marijke at Soestdijk Palace The Netherlands Dennis DeYoung (born February 18, 1947) is an American singer Songwriter, Musician and producer best known for being a founding Styx ( pronounced: /stɪks/ is an American Rock band. Their hit songs have included " Come Sail Away " " Babe " " Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Peter Leslie Osgood ( February 20, 1947 - March 1, 2006) was an English footballer who was active during the 1960s and 1970s 2006)
  • Peter Strauss, American actor
• February 21 - Victor Sokolov, Russian dissident journalist and priest (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Strauss (born February 20, 1947) is an American television and movie actor perhaps best known for his roles in several television Miniseries Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland The Very Reverend Archpriest Victor Sokolov ( Виктор Владимирович Соколов) ( February 21, 1947 – March 12, 2006 2006)
• February 24 - Edward James Olmos, American actor
• February 25 - Doug Yule, American singer and musician (The Velvet Underground)
• February 26 - Sandie Shaw, British singer
• February 27 - Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist

March-April

• March 4
  • David Franzoni, American screenwriter
  • Jan Garbarek, Norwegian musician
  • Gunnar Hansen, Icelandic actor
  • Gwen Welles, American actress (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Edward James Olmos (born 24 February 1947) is an Emmy -winning and Academy Award -nominated American actor and director Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Douglas Alan Yule (born February 25, 1947) is an American Musician and Singer, most notable for being a member of The Velvet This article is about the band For their self-titled album see The Velvet Underground (album; for the book see The Velvet Underground (book Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Sandie Shaw (born Sandra Ann Goodrich on 26 February 1947) was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Gidon Kremer (Gidons Krēmers (born February 27, 1947) is a Latvian Violinist and conductor. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth David Harold Franzoni (born March 4 1947) is an American screenwriter Jan Garbarek (born 4 March 1947 in Mysen, Norway) a Norwegian tenor and soprano saxophonist, active in the Jazz Gunnar Hansen (born March 4, 1947) is an Icelandic American Actor and Author, perhaps best known for playing Leatherface Gwen Welles ( March 4, 1947 - October 13, 1993) was an American actress of stage and screen 1993)
• March 6
  • Kiki Dee, English singer
  • Dick Fosbury, American athlete
  • Teru Miyamoto, Japanese author
• March 7
  • Matthew Fisher, British singer, songwriter, and producer
  • Walter Röhrl, German race car driver
  • Richard Lawson, American actor
• March 8 - Carole Bayer Sager, American composer
• March 10
  • Kim Campbell, Prime Minister of Canada
  • Tom Scholz, American musician, songwriter, and inventor
• March 11
  • David Ferguson (impresario), American music producer and activist
• March 12
  • Kalervo Palsa, Finnish artist
  • Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts
• March 13 - Beat Richner, Swiss pediatrician and cellist
• March 14 - Pam Ayres, British poet
• March 15 - Ry Cooder, American guitarist. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Kiki Dee (born Pauline Matthews, 6 March 1947, Little Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England In the Richard Douglas ("Dick" Fosbury (born March 6, 1947) is an American athlete who revolutionized the High jump using Teru Miyamoto (宮本 輝 born March 6, 1947) is a Japanese Author. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Matthew Fisher (born Matthew Charles Fisher 7 March 1946 in Addiscombe, Croydon, England) is the Walter Röhrl (born March 7 1947 in Regensburg) is a German rally and auto racing driver with victories for Fiat, Richard Lawson (born Rickey Lee Lawson on March 7, 1947 in Loma Linda California, U Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Carole Bayer Sager (born March 8 1947) is an American Lyricist, Songwriter and Singer. Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell, PC, CC, QC, (born March 10, 1947) was the nineteenth Prime Minister of Canada The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus Donald Thomas "Tom" Scholz (born March 10 1947) is an American rock Musician, Songwriter, Guitarist Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty David Ferguson (born March 11, 1947) is an international outsider-culture Impresario, Activist and Iconoclast. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Hugo Kalervo Palsa ( March 12, 1947 - October 4, 1987) or Kalle was a Finnish artist in a style that has been described Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Dr Beat Richner (born March 13, 1947) is a Swiss Pediatrician, Cellist ( Beatocello) and founder of children's hospitals Events 1489 - The Queen of Cyprus, Catherine Cornaro, sells her kingdom to Venice. Pam Ayres MBE (born 14 March 1947) is an English Poet, Songwriter and Presenter of Radio and Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and
• March 16 - Ramzan Paskayev, Chechen accordionist
• March 17 - Yury Chernavsky, Russian-born composer and producer
• March 19 - Glenn Close, American actress
• March 20 - John Boswell, American historian (d. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Ramzan Paskayev ( Chechen: Рамзан Паскаев) (born March 16, 1947 in Taraz, Kazakhstan) is a legendary Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Yury (George Chernavsky ( born March 17 1947 Tambov) is a Russian producer, Composer and songwriter Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American Singer and Actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. John Eastburn Boswell ( March 20, 1947 – December 24, 1994) was a prominent historian and a professor at Yale University. 1994)
• March 24 - Louise Lanctôt, Canadian terrorist and writer
• March 25 - Elton John, English singer, pianist, and songwriter
• March 27 - Walt Mossberg, American newspaper columnist
• April 1 - Alain Connes, French mathematician
• April 2
  • Emmylou Harris, American singer
  • Camille Paglia, American literary critic
• April 4 - Eliseo Soriano, Philippine preacher
• April 5 - Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, incumbent Philippine president and daughter of former president Diosdado Macapagal
• April 6 - John Ratzenberger, American actor
• April 8 - Tom DeLay, American politician
• April 11 - Deem Bristow, American video game actor (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Louise Lanctôt, born March 24, 1947 in Montreal Quebec, Canada, is a convicted terrorist and writer Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Walter S Mossberg (born March 27 1947) is an American Journalist who is the principal technology columnist for the Wall Street Journal Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Alain Connes (born 1 April 1947 is a French Mathematician, currently Professor at the College de France, IHÉS and Vanderbilt University Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Emmylou Harris (born April 2 1947) is an American country, folk, alternative rock, and Alternative country Camille Anna Paglia (born 2 April 1947 in Endicott New York) is an American Author, Teacher, Feminist and Social critic Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Eliseo Fernando Soriano (born April 4 1947 a controversial Filipino evangelist is presiding minister of the Philippines -based Members Church of God International Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Maria Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (born Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal on April 5 1947 is a Filipina Politician. For the airport see Diosdado Macapagal International Airport For the boulevard in Metro Manila, see Diosdado Macapagal Boulevard Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus John Deszo Ratzenberger (born April 6 1947) is an American Actor. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Thomas Dale DeLay (born April 8 1947 is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Sugar Land, Texas. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Deem Reginald Bristow ( April 11, 1947 – January 15, 2005) was an Actor and Voice actor. 2005)
• April 12
  • Tom Clancy, American author
  • David Letterman, American entertainer
• April 15
  • Lois Chiles, American actress
  • Mike Chapman, Australian-born record producer and songwriter
• April 16 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player
• April 16 - Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer
• April 18
  • Kathy Acker, American author (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Thomas Leo Clancy Jr (born April 12 1947) is an American author best known for his technically detailed espionage and Military science storylines David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late-night Talk show host and Comedian and the host since 1993 Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Lois Cleveland Chiles (born April 15, 1947) is an American actress and former Fashion model best known for her role as Dr Mike Chapman (born Michael Chapman 15 April 1947, Nambour, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian born Record producer Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr; April 16 1947 is an American athlete and retired professional Basketball player widely considered Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Gerry Rafferty (born Gerald Rafferty 16 April 1947 in Paisley) is a Scottish Singer and Songwriter. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Kathy Acker (née Karen Alexander) ( 18 April 1947 - 30 November 1997) was an American experimental Novelist, 1997)
  • James Woods, American actor
• April 19 - Murray Perahia, American pianist
• April 20 - Hector, Finnish rock musician
• April 21
  • Iggy Pop, American musician (The Stooges)
  • John Weider, British musician (Eric Burdon and the Animals and Family)
• April 25 - Johan Cruijff, Dutch footballer and coach
• April 29 - Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
• April 29 - Tommy James, American singer and producer
• April 30 - Leslie Grantham, British actor

May-June

• May 4 - Theda Skocpol, American sociologist
• May 6 - Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
• May 8 - H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• May 11- Walter Selke, a German physicist
• May 12 - Michael Ignatieff, a Canadian public intellectual with a background in philosophy and history. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar James Howard Woods (born April 18 1947) is a two-time Academy Award -nominated Emmy Award -winning and Golden Globe -winning American Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Murray Perahia KBE (b April 19 1947 is an American concert Pianist. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Heikki Veikko Harma (born April 20, 1947, Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish singer-songwriter who has also distinguished himself as a translator Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) James Newell Osterberg Jr (born April 21, 1947) better known by his Stage name Iggy Pop, is an American rock singer Songwriter The Stooges are an American rock band that was active from 1967 to 1974 then reformed in 2003 John Weider (born 21 April 1947, Shepherd's Bush, London, England) is a rock Musician who is equally proficient The Animals were an English music group of the 1960s known in the United States as part of the British Invasion. This article is about the British rock band For other uses see Family (disambiguation. Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. Olavo Luís Pimentel de Carvalho (born April 29, 1947, in the city of Campinas, in the state of São Paulo) is a Brazilian philosopher Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. For the football player of the same name see Tommy James (football player. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Leslie Michael Grantham (born 30 April 1947 in Camberwell, England is a British actor best known for playing "Dirty" Den Watts in the Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Theda Skocpol (born May 4 1947) is an American sociologist and Political scientist at Harvard University. Events 1527 - Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. Martha Nussbaum (born Martha Craven on May 6, 1947) is an American philosopher with a particular interest in ancient Greek and Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen H Robert Horvitz (born May 8, 1947) is an American Biologist best known for his research on the Nematode worm Caenorhabditis The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Walter Selke (born 1947) is a German professor for Theoretical Physics at the RWTH Aachen. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Michael Grant Ignatieff, MP (/ɪgˈnatʃəf/ (born May 12, 1947 in Toronto) is a Public intellectual, Historian, Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
• May 13 - Stephen R. Donaldson, American novelist
• May 19 - Paul Brady, Northern Ireland singer/songwriter
• May 23 - Bernard Comrie, English linguist
• May 24 - Maude Barlow, Canadian author, activist and National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians
• May 26 - Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricket captains
• May 27
  • Branko Oblak, Slovenian football player and coach
  • Peter DeFazio, American politician
• May 29 - Stan Zemanek, Australian radio broadcaster (d. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947 in Cleveland Ohio) is an American fantasy, Science fiction and mystery Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is an Irish Singer-songwriter Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Bernard Comrie (ˈbɝːnɚd ˈkɒmri born May 23, 1947 in Sunderland, UK) is a British-born linguist Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Maude Victoria Barlow (born May 24, 1947) is a Canadian Author and activist. Founded in 1985 to oppose the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, the Council of Canadians is a citizens' organization that advocates for progressive policies on behalf of its members across Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Glenn Maitland Turner (born May 26, 1947) played Cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific Batsmen New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Branko Oblak (born on May 27, 1947 in Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian football coach and Peter Anthony DeFazio (born May 27, 1947) is an American Politician. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Stan Zemanek ( 29 May, 1947 &ndash 12 July, 2007) was a right-wing Australian Radio broadcaster who presented a popular 2007)
• June 4 - Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria
• June 6
  • David Blunkett, British politician
  • Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
  • Robert Englund, American actor
• June 7 - Thurman Munson, Yankee catcher (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Viktor Klima (born 4 June 1947) a Social Democratic Austrian ex- Politician and manager was Federal Chancellor of Austria The Chancellor of Austria (in German: Bundeskanzler) is the Head of government in Austria. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year David Blunkett (born 6 June 1947 is a British Labour Party Politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside Aagje ("Ada" Kok (born 6 June 1947 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former swimmer who ranked among the world's best in the Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American Actor, best known for playing the fictional Serial killer Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Thurman Lee Munson ( June 7 1947 – August 2 1979) was an American Catcher in Major League Baseball who played 1979)
• 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. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Eric F Wieschaus (born June 8, 1947) is an American developmental biologist and The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Barry "The Fish" Melton (born June 14, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York City) was the co-founder (1965 and original lead guitarist Country Joe and the Fish was a rock band most widely known for musical protests against the Vietnam War, from 1966 to 1971. The Dinosaurs, formed in 1982 was a Bay Area supergroup to emerge from the Psychedelic music era of San Francisco. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history John Hoagland ( 15 June, 1947 &ndash 16 March, 1984) was a war Photographer and Photojournalist noted for his documentation 1984)
• June 16 - -minu, Swiss columnist and writer
• June 19 - Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
• June 19 - Salman Rushdie, Indian-born author
  • Candy Clark, American actress
• June 21
  • Shirin Ebadi, Iranian activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
  • Meredith Baxter, American Family Ties actress
  • Michael Gross, American Family Ties actor
• June 22
  • Octavia Butler, American author (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Paula Koivuniemi (born June 19, 1947, Seinäjoki) is a Finnish singer who started her singing career in 1960's Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie Kt (born 19 June 1947 is an Indian - British novelist and essayist Candace June Clark (born June 20, 1947) is an Oscar -nominated American film and television Actress. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Shirin Ebadi (شیرین عبادی - Širin Ebâdi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian Lawyer, Human rights activist The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Meredith Ann Baxter (born June 21, 1947) is an American actress. Family Ties is a Television Sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons from 1982 to 1989 Michael Gross (born June 21, 1947) is an American television movie and stage actor who plays both comedic and Dramatic roles Family Ties is a Television Sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons from 1982 to 1989 Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Octavia Estelle Butler ( June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American Science fiction Writer, one 2006)
  • David Lander, American actor and baseball scout
  • Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. David Lander (born June 22, 1947) is an American actor comedian composer musician and Baseball scout Peter Press Maravich (June 22 1947 &ndash January 5 1988 was an American Basketball player known for his dazzling ballhandling, incredible shooting 1988)
  • Mike Stone, American football player
• June 28 - Mark Helprin, American writer

July-August

• July 2 - Larry David, American actor, writer, producer, and director
• July 3 - Dave Barry, American writer
• July 7
  • Felix Standaert
  • Richard Beckinsale, British actor (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Mike Stone is the name of Mike Stone (musician, a guitarist for the progressive metal band Queensrÿche Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Mark Helprin (born on June 28, 1947) is an award-winning American Novelist Journalist, and Conservative Commentator Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Lawrence Eugene "Larry" David (born July 2 1947 is an American Emmy -winning Actor, Writer, Comedian, producer Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. David "Dave" Barry (born July 3, 1947) is a bestselling American author and Pulitzer Prize -winning columnist who wrote a nationally Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Felix Standaert (born July 7, 1947) is a Belgian diplomat and former Belgian ambassador to the Holy See and Ruanda. Richard Arthur Beckinsale ( 7 July 1947 &ndash 19 March 1979) was an English Actor best known for his role as Lennie 1979)
  • Rob Townsend, British drummer (Family)
• July 8 - Bobby Sowell, pianist and composer
• July 9
  • Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
  • Mitch Mitchell, American drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
  • O.J. Simpson, American football player and actor
• July 10 - Arlo Guthrie, American singer
• 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 physicis, Nobel Prize laureate
  • Carlos Santana, Mexican-born guitarist
• July 21 - Co Adriaanse, Dutch football manager
• July 24 - Peter Serkin, American pianist
• July 30 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-born American actor, bodybuilder, and 38th Governor of California
• July 31 - Richard Griffiths, English actor
• August 7 - Franciscus Henri, Dutch born Australian children's entertainer, composer and artist
• August 9 - John Varley, American science-fiction author
• August 10 - Ian Anderson, British musician (Jethro Tull)
• August 12 - William Hartston, British chess player
• August 14 - Maddy Prior, English folk singer
• August 15 - Raakhee Gulzar, Indian actress
• August 16 - Marc Messier, Canadian actor
• August 19 - Gerard Schwarz, American conductor
• August 19 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Rob Townsend (born July 7, 1947) is a British rock and Blues Drummer. This article is about the British rock band For other uses see Family (disambiguation. Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Bobby Sowell (born July 8 1947, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American Musician, Pianist and Composer Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. is a Japanese popular musician best known internationally as a member of Yellow Magic Orchestra. Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO is an influential Japanese Electropop band formed in 1978 John "Mitch" Mitchell (born 9 July, 1947 in Ealing, Middlesex) is an English Drummer, most famous for his involvement "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Orenthal James "O J" Simpson (born July 9 1947 who has also been called The Juice, is a retired American football player, Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10 1947 is an American folk singer Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Steven W Mahoney PC (born July 18, 1947 in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario) is a Canadian politician Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Brian Harold May, CBE Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Gerd Binnig (born July 20, 1947) is a German physicist and a Nobel laureate. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. For the Costa Rican football player see Carlos Santana (footballer; for the Mexican academic see Carlos Santana Morales. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Jacobson ("Co" Adriaanse (born on July 21, 1947 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a Dutch football manager and Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Peter Serkin (born July 24, 1947) is a distinguished American Pianist. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government whose responsibilities include making annual "State of the State" addresses Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Richard Griffiths OBE (born July 31, 1947) is an English Tony award -winning Actor who has appeared on stage, Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Franciscus Henricus Antheunis, professionally known as Franciscus Henri (born 7 August 1947) is an internationally known musician and children's Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus John Herbert Varley (born August 9, 1947 in Austin Texas) is an American Science fiction Author. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Ian Scott Anderson, MBE (born 10 August 1947 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland) is a Scottish Singer Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967-1968 Their music is marked by the distinctive vocal style and lead Flute work of front man Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid William Roland Hartston (born London 12 August 1947) is an English Chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 with a highest Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Maddy Prior (born 14 August 1947, Blackpool, England) is an English Folk singer. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Raakhee Gulzar ( Hindi:राखी गुलजार (born August 15, 1947 in India) also known as Raakhee or Rakhi Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Marc Messier (born on August 16, 1947 in Granby Quebec) is a Quebec Actor and Filmmaker. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Gerard Schwarz (born August 19, 1947) is an American Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Terry Hoeppner ( August 19 1947 &ndash June 19 2007) was an American College football coach who served as Head coach 2007)
• August 23 - Willy Russell, British playwright
• August 24 - Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist
• August 26 - Emiliano Díez, American Actor
• August 27 - Barbara Bach, American actress
• August 28 - Liza Wang, Hong Kong actress
• August 30 - Allan Rock, Canadian politician and diplomat
• August 31 - Ramon Castellano de Torres, Spanish painter

September-October

• September 1 - Al Green, American politician
• September 3 - Kjell Magne Bondevik, Prime Minister of Norway
• September 6 - Bruce Rioch, Scottish footballer and coach
• September 14 - Sam Neill, New Zealand actor
• September 17 - Tessa Jowell, British politician
• September 19 - Steve Bartlett, U. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire William Russell (born 23 August 1947 in Whiston Merseyside) is a British Playwright, Screenwriter, Author, Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Roger De Vlaeminck (born 24 August 1947) is a Belgian former professional Racing cyclist. Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Emiliano Díez (born August 26, 1947) is a Cuban Film and Television Actor. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Barbara Bach (born August 27, 1947) is an American Actress and model, best-known as the Bond girl from the James Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Dr Elizabeth Wang, formally known as Dr Wang Ming-chun Elizabeth S Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and This article is about the Canadian statesman For the similarly-named places in Massachusetts, see Allen Rock. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Ramón Castellano de Torres, was born in Ceuta ( Spain) on August 31 1947. Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Alexander N "Al" Green ( September 1, 1947) is the US Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius çɛl mɑŋnə bunəvik (born 3 September 1947 is a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. This is a list of viceroys ( visekonge) governors ( rigsstatholder) first ministers ( førstestatsråd) and Prime ministers ( statsminister) of Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Bruce David Rioch (born 6 September 1947, in Aldershot, England) is an English -born Scottish football manager Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Sam Neill, DCNZM, OBE (born 14 September 1947 is a New Zealand film and television actor Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Tessa Jowell (born 17 September 1947 in London) is a British Politician. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Harry Steven (Steve Bartlett (born September 19, 1947) is a former U S. Congressman and Mayor of Dallas, Texas
• September 21 - Stephen King, American author
• September 22 - Norma McCorvey, American abortion plaintiff
• September 25 - Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer and coach
• September 26 - Lynn Anderson, American country music singer
• September 27
  • Dick Advocaat, Dutch football manager
  • Meat Loaf (born Marvin Lee Aday), singer and actor
• September 30 - Marc Bolan, English musician (T. Rex) (d. Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Norma Leah McCorvey (née Nelson born September 22, 1947, in Simmesport Louisiana) is best known as the legal pseudonym " Jane Roe " Events 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Ali Parvin ( Nicknamed Soltan, born September 25, 1947 in Tehran) is an Iranian football coach and former player Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Dirk Nicolaas "Dick" Advocaat (born September 27, 1947 in The Hague) is the Dutch coach of the Russian football team FC Zenit Michael Lee Aday (born Marvin Lee Aday; September 27 1947 better known by his stage name Meat Loaf, is an American rock Musician Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English singer songwriter and Guitarist TRex (occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex) were an English rock band fronted by guitarist singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. 1977)
• October 1 - Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• October 2 - Ward Churchill, American author and activist
• October 5 - Brian Johnson, English singer (AC/DC)
• October 6 - Gail Farrell, American singer
• October 7
  • Pip Williams, British record producer
• October 9 - France Gall, French singer
• October 10 - Martin Ruane, British wrestler best known as Giant Haystacks and later, The Loch Ness Monster (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Aaron Ciechanover (אהרן צ'חנובר (born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2 1947 is an American writer and political activist. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Brian Johnson (born October 5 1947) is an English Singer and Songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the Australian AC/DC are an Australian Hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Gail Farrell (born October 6, 1947) American Singer and Songwriter who is famous as a member of the long running TV musical variety Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Philip (Pip Williams, (born October 7, 1947) is a Record producer, arranger and guitarist best known for producing albums for Status Quo and Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. France Gall (born Isabelle Genevieve Marie Anne Gall on 9 October 1947 in Paris) is a popular French Yé-yé singer Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Martin Ruane, better known as Giant Haystacks ( October 10 1946 - November 29 1998) was an English wrestler 1998)
• October 13 - Sammy Hagar, American singer
• October 14 - Lukas Resetarits, Austrian singer and actor
• October 16 - Bob Weir, American guitarist (Grateful Dead)
• October 17
  • Gene Green, American politician
  • Michael McKean, American actor and comedian
• October 18 - James H. Fallon, American neuroscientist
• October 19 - Giorgio Cavazzano, Italian comics artist and illustrator
• October 22 - Ed Welch, English television composer
• October 24 - Kevin Kline, American actor
• October 25 - Glenn Tipton, English guitarist (Judas Priest)
• October 26
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton, First Lady of the United States and Senator from New York
  • Trevor Joyce, Irish poet
• October 29 - Richard Dreyfuss, American actor

November-December

• November 6
  • Jim Rosenthal, ITV sport presenter
• November 7 - Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player
• November 10 - Glen Buxton, American guitarist (Alice Cooper) (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Samuel Roy "Sammy" Hagar (born October 13 1947) known as "The Red Rocker" is an American rock guitarist singer Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Lukas Resetarits (born October 14 1947 in Stinatz) is an Austrian Cabaret artist and Actor, best known for playing police Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Bob Weir (born Robert Hall Weir, October 16 1947 is an American singer songwriter and guitarist most recognized as a founding member of the Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Raymond Eugene "Gene" Green (born October 17, 1947) is a Democratic Politician and a U Michael John McKean (born October 17 1947) is an American actor comedian composer and musician perhaps best known for his portrayal of Squiggy's friend Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid James H Fallon (b 1947 Poughkeepsie, Loudonville New York) received his biology and chemistry undergraduate training at Saint Michael's College in Vermont and Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Giorgio Cavazzano (born October 19, 1947, Venice) is an Italian Comic strip artist Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Ed Welch (born October 22 1947) is an English television Composer. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24 1947 is an American Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and two time Tony Award -winning stage and film Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Glenn Raymond Tipton (born October 25, 1947 in Blackheath, England) is one of the Guitarists (and occasional keyboard Judas Priest are an English heavy metal band formed in 1970 in Birmingham. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26 1947 is the junior United States Senator from First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. Trevor Joyce (born 26 October 1947) is an Irish Poet, born in Dublin. Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29 1947 is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, known for a number of film television and theater roles such Events 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with Jim Rosenthal (born 6 November 1947) is a sports presenter on British television Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Yutaka Fukumoto (福本 豊 born November 7, 1947) is a retired professional baseball player in Nippon Professional Baseball born in Osaka Osaka Events 1444 - Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Vladislaus III of Varna (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Wladyslaw Glen Edward Buxton ( November 10, 1947 – October 19, 1997) was a U Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five 1997)
• November 14 - P. J. O'Rourke, American journalist and satirist
• November 17 - Inky Mark, Canadian politician
• November 19
  • Bob Boone, baseball player and manager
  • Anfinn Kallsberg, former Faroese Prime Minister
  • Lamar S. Smith, American politician
• November 20 - Joe Walsh, Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist
• November 22 - Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
• November 24
  • Dwight Schultz, American actor
  • Johnny Zell, American musician
• November 25 - John Larroquette, American actor
• November 30
  • Véronique Le Flaguais, Canadian actress
  • Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet
  • David Mamet, American playwright
• December 2 - Isaac Bitton, French rock band drummer (Les Variations)
• December 7 - Wendy Padbury, British actress
• December 8 - Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• December 9 - Tom Daschle, U. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947 in Toledo Ohio) is a conservative American political satirist, journalist Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Inky Mark (麥鼎鴻 Pinyin: Mài Dǐnghóng (born November 17 1947) is a Canadian politician and a current member of the Canadian Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Robert Raymond Boone (born November 19, 1947) is a former Catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who was a four-time All-Star Anfinn Kallsberg (born November 19, 1947 in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands) is a Faroese Politician - Prime Minister of Lamar Seeligson Smith (born November 19 1947) is a Politician from the state of Texas, currently representing the state's Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Joseph Fidler "Joe" Walsh (born November 20, 1947) is an American Guitarist, songwriter and Rock musician He has been a A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Events 498 - Kofi Aseidu- After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Valerie Wilson Wesley (b November 22, 1947) is an African-American Author of Mysteries, adult-theme Novels, and Children's Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947 in Baltimore Maryland) is an American stage television and film Actor. Johnny Zell (born November 24, 1947, in Fort Benning Georgia) is an American Musician best known from television's The Lawrence Welk Show Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the John Bernard Larroquette (born November 25, 1947) is an American film and television Actor. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Véronique Le Flaguais (born November 30, 1947 in Paris France) if a French Actress who has acted in many Canadian productions Sergio Badilla Castillo (born November 30 1947 in Valparaiso, Chile) is a Chilean Poet and the founder of Poetic transrealism David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Isaac “Jacky” Bitton (born December 2, 1947) was the drummer for Les Variations, a French rock band that rose to stardom between 1967 and 1975 after Les Variations was a French rock band from the 1960s and 1970s that sang in English and was known for its Rock guitar based music Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Wendy Padbury (born 7 December 1947 is a British actress from Warwickshire, England. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Thomas Robert Cech ( December 8, 1947 in Chicago) is a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Thomas Andrew Daschle (born December 9, 1947) is a former US Senator and Senate Majority Leader from South Dakota. S. Senator
• December 10 - Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player
• December 12 - Will Alsop, English architect
• December 14 - Christopher Parkening, American guitarist
• December 16 - Vincent Matthews, American athlete
• December 18 - Rod Piazza, American musician
• December 21
  • Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist
  • Bryan Hamilton, Irish footballer and football manager
• December 26 - Carlton Fisk, baseball player
• December 28 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (d. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Rainer Seifert (born on December 10, 1947 in Wiesbaden) is a former Field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Will (William Alsop (born 12 December 1947) is a British Architect based in London. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Christopher Parkening (born 14 December, 1947) is an American guitarist. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Vincent ("Vince" Edward Matthews (born December 16, 1947) is an African American former athlete, winner of two gold Events 218 BC - Second Punic War: Battle of the Trebia - Hannibal 's Carthaginian forces defeat those of the Rod Piazza (born December 18, 1947 in Riverside California) is a Blues Harmonica player Singer and band leader Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Paco de Lucía, born Francisco Sánchez Gómez (in Algeciras, Cádiz on December 21, 1947) is a Spanish composer and guitarist Bryan Hamilton (born 31 December 1946, Belfast) is a Northern Irish football player and manager Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Carlton Ernest Fisk (born December 26 1947 in) is a former Major League Baseball Catcher who played for 24 years with the Boston Red Sox Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Aurelio Rodríguez, born Aurelio Rodríguez Ituarte Jr ( December 28, 1947 &ndash September 23, 2000) was a Third baseman 2000)
• December 29 - Ted Danson, American actor
• December 30
  • Michael Burns, American actor
  • Jeff Lynne, British musician (Electric Light Orchestra)
• December 31
  • Burton Cummings, Canadian musician
  • Tim Matheson, American actor

Unknown date

• Chua Ek Kay, Singaporean painter (d. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Edward Bridge “Ted” Danson III (born December 29, 1947) is an American Actor best known for his role as central character " Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Michael Burns (born December 30, 1947) is an American professor emeritus of history at Mount Holyoke College. Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947 in Shard End, Birmingham) is a Grammy Award -winning English rock Songwriter Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Burton Cummings OM (born December 31, 1947) is a Canadian musician and songwriter Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson on December 31, 1947) is an American Actor. Chua Ek Kay ( ( 21 November 1947 – 8 February 2008) was a Singaporean Artist hailed as the "bridge between Asian 2008)
• Peter Irniq, Commissioner of Nunavut

Deaths

January - June

• January 15 - Elizabeth Short, "The Black Dahlia", famous murder victim (b. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Peter Taqtu Irniq (born 1947 in Lyon Inlet near Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories) is an Inuk politician in Canada, who served as Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign This article focuses on the mystery of murder victim Elizabeth Short 1924)
• January 20
  • Andrew Volstead, American politician (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Andrew John Volstead ( October 31 1860 &ndash January 20 1947) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1860)
  • Josh Gibson, baseball player (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Joshua Gibson ( December 21, 1911 - January 20, 1947) was an American Catcher in 1911)
• January 23 - Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Pierre Bonnard (3 October 1867 &ndash 23 January 1947 was a French painter and Printmaker, a founding member of Les Nabis. 1867)
• January 25 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone (January 17 1899 &ndash January 25 1947 commonly nicknamed Scarface, was an Italian American Gangster who 1899)
• January 27 - Vasily Balabanov, an administrator and Provincial Governor of Imperial Russia (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 98 - Trajan becomes Roman Emperor after the death of Nerva. Vasily Vasilievich Balabanov ( January 30, 1873, Bakhmut, Ukraine Balabanov &mdash January 27, 1947, A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya 1873)
• February 6 - O. Max Gardner, the governor of North Carolina
• February 12 - Sidney Toler, American actor, best known for playing Charlie Chan (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio Oliver Max Gardner ( 22 March 1882 6 February 1947) was the Democratic governor of the U Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the Sidney Toler ( April 28, 1874 - February 12, 1947) was an actor and writer 1874)
• February 27 - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Heinrich Häberlin ( September 6, 1868 - February 26, 1947) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council 1868)
• March 11 - Victor Lustig, Austrian-born con artist (b. Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Victor Lustig ( January 4, 1890 &ndash March 11, 1947) was a Con artist best known as 1890)
• March 12 - Walter Samuel Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving Walter Samuel Goodland ( December 22 1862, Sharon Wisconsin March 12 1947, Madison Wisconsin) was an American 1862)
• March 18 - William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor William Crapo "Billy" Durant ( December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States Automobile 1861)
• March 19 - Prudence Heward, Canadian painter (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Prudence Heward ( July 2, 1896 – March 19, 1947) was a Canadian painter 1896)
• March 20 - Victor Goldschmidt, Swiss geochemist (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Victor Moritz Goldschmidt ( Zürich, January 27, 1888 &ndash March 20, 1947 in Oslo) was a Mineralogist considered 1888)
• March 23 - Archduchess Luise of Austria, Princess of Tuscany (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Luise of Tuscany ( 2 December, 1870 in Salzburg &ndash 23 March, 1947 in Brussels) ( Luise Antoinette Maria Theresia 1870)
• March 25 - Chen Cheng-po, Taiwanese painter (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Chen Cheng-po ( Chinese: 陳澄波 February 2, 1895 &ndash March 25, 1947) was a well-known Taiwanese painter 1895)
• March 28 - Karol Świerczewski, Polish military leader (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Karol Świerczewski (callsign Walter) (born on 22 February 1897 in Warsaw, died on 28 March 1947 at Jabłonki 1897)
• March 30 - Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Arthur Machen (ˈmækən ( March 3, 1863 &ndash December 15, 1947) was a leading Welsh Author of the 1890s 1863)
• April 1 - King George II of Greece (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Early life first period of kingship and exile George was born at the royal villa at Tatoi, near Athens, the eldest son of Constantine I King of the Hellenes 1890)
• April 7 - Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 &ndash April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of 1863)
• April 20 - King Christian X of Denmark (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Christian X (Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm ( 26 September 1870 &ndash 20 April 1947) was King of Denmark 1870)
• April 24 - Willa Cather, American novelist (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1479 BC - Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to Willa Sibert Cather ( December 7, 1873 &ndash April 24, 1947) was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. 1873)
• May 8 - Harry Gordon Selfridge, American department store magnate (b. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Harry Gordon Selfridge Sr ( January 11, 1858 &ndash May 8, 1947) was an American-born retail magnate who founded the British 1858)
• May 13 - Sukanta Bhattacharya, Bengali poet (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Sukanta Bhattacharya (সুকান্ত ভট্টাচার্য ( August 15, 1926 - May 13, 1947) was one of the most honored poets 1926)
• May 16 - Frederick Hopkins, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM FRS ( June 20, 1861 Eastbourne, Sussex - May 16, 1947 Cambridge The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1861)
• May 17 - George William Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. George William Forbes (12 March 1869 - 17 May 1947 served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935 The Prime Minister of New Zealand is New Zealand's Head of government consequent on being the leader of the party or coalition with majority support in 1869)
• May 20 - Philipp Lenard, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Philipp Eduard Anton von Lénárd ( June 7, 1862 &ndash May 20, 1947) was a German physicist and the winner of the The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1862)
• May 24 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Charles Ferdinand Ramuz ( September 24, 1878 &ndash May 23, 1947) was a French -speaking Swiss writer 1878)
• May 30 - Georg Ritter von Trapp, sailor (b. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Korvettenkapitän Georg Ritter von Trapp (April 4 1880 – May 30 1947 headed the Austrian singing family portrayed in The Sound of Music 1880)
• May 31 - Adrienne Ames, American actress (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Adrienne Ames ( August 3, 1907 – May 31, 1947) was an American Film Actress. 1907)
• June 11 - Richard Hönigswald, philosopher (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Richard Hönigswald (b 18 July 1875 in Magyar-Óvár in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, also known as Ungarisch-Altenburg, the present 1875)
• June 19 - Kōsō Abe, Japanese admiral (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. 1892)
• June 26 - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Richard Bedford Bennett 1st Viscount Bennett PC KC ( July 3, 1870 &ndash June 26, 1947) was a Canadian The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1870)

July - December

• July 19 - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. General Aung San (Bogyoke Aung San ( bòʊdʒoʊʔ àʊn sʰán February 13 1915 – July 19 1947) was a Burmese revolutionary 1915)
• July 30 - Joseph Cook, sixth Prime Minister of Australia (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off For the actor Joe Cook see Joe Cook (actor. Sir Joseph Cook, GCMG (7 December 1860 &ndash 30 July 1947 was an Australian The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. 1860)
• August 8 - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian military leader (b. Year 1860 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин ( December 16, 1872 – August 8, 1947) was Lieutenant General 1872)
• September 1 - Frederick Russell Burnham, American Scout, father of the international Scouting movement (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 462 - Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle. Frederick Russell Burnham, DSO (May 11 1861 – September 1 1947 was an American scout and world traveling adventurer known for his service to the 1861)
• October 4 - Max Planck, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1858)
• October 6 - Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Leevi Antti Madetoja ( February 17, 1887 &ndash October 6, 1947) was a Finnish Composer. 1887)
• October 28 - Earl Snell, Governor of Oregon (plane crash. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Earl Willcox Snell ( July 11, 1895 - October 28, 1947) was an Oregon businessman American Republican Politician ) (b. 1895)
• October 29 - Frances Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland (b. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Frances Cornelia Cleveland (née Folsom later Preston (July 21 1864 &ndash October 29 1947 wife of the President of the United States, Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18 1837 June 24 1908 was both the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States. 1864)
• November 25 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French writer (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Léon-Paul Fargue ( March 4, 1876 - November 24, 1947) was a French Poet and essayist 1876)
• November 28 - W. E. Lawrence, (b. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year For the town in Argentina, see 28 de Noviembre. Events W E Lawrence ( 22 August, 1896 &ndash 28 November, 1947) was an American actor of the silent era. 1896)

• December 1 - Aleister Crowley, British occultist (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (ˈkroʊli (12 October 1875 – 1 December 1947 was a British Occultist Writer, mountaineer 1875)
• December 1 - G. H. Hardy, British mathematician (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Godfrey Harold Hardy FRS ( February 7, 1877 Cranleigh, Surrey, England &ndash December 1, 1947 1877)
• December 7 - Nicholas M. Butler, American president of Columbia University, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Nicholas Murray Butler ( April 2, 1862 &ndash December 7, 1947) was an American philosopher diplomat and educator The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1862)
• December 7 - Tristan Bernard, French writer and lawyer (b. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Tristan Bernard ( September 7, 1866 – December 7, 1947) was a French Playwright, Novelist, Journalist and 1866)
• December 14
  • Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (3 August 1867 &ndash 14 December 1947 was a British Conservative politician statesman and major The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1867)
  • Edward Higgins, General of The Salvation Army (b. Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Edward John Higgins ( 26 November 1864 &ndash 14 December 1947) was the third General of The Salvation Army (1929-1934 1864)
• December 17 - J. N. Brønsted, Danish chemist (b. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted born in Varde ( February 22, 1879 – December 17, 1947) was a Danish physical chemist 1879)
• December 25 - Gaspar G. Bacon, was Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Gaspar Griswold Bacon ( March 7, 1886 &ndash December 25, 1947)was on the board of Harvard University, President of the Massachusetts 1886)
• December 27 - Johannes Winkler, German rocket pioneer (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Johannes Winkler was a German Rocket pioneer who launched the first In 1915 during World War I, he joined the German army and was wounded 1897)
• December 28 - Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Victor Emmanuel III (Vittorio Emanuele III 11 November, 1869 – 28 December, 1947) was a member of the House of Savoy and 1869)
• Emil J. Brach, American candy manufacturer (b. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Emil J Brach (1859 – 1947 got his first major job in Chicago at a candy making company where he eventually became a very high-income salesman managing to save up 1859)

Nobel prizes

• Physics - Edward Victor Appleton
• Chemistry - Sir Robert Robinson
• Medicine - Carl Ferdinand Cori, Gerty Cori, Bernardo Houssay
• Literature - André Gide
• Peace - The Friends Service Council (UK) and The American Friends Service Committee (USA), on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends

Ship events

• List of ship commissionings in 1947
• List of ship decommissionings in 1947
• List of shipwrecks in 1947

Notes

1. ^ "Year by Year 1947" -- History Channel International

External links

Table of Contents

Contents 1 Events of 1947 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 1.13 Undated 1.14 Ongoing 2 Births 2.1 January-February 2.2 March-April 2.3 May-June 2.4 July-August 2.5 September-October 2.6 November-December 2.7 Unknown date 3 Deaths 3.1 January - June 3.2 July - December 4 Nobel prizes 5 Ship events 6 Notes 7 External links 8 Table of Contents

Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Sir Edward Victor Appleton, GBE ( September 6, 1892 – April 21, 1965) was an English Physicist. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Sir Robert Robinson OM, PRS ( 13 September 1886 – 8 February 1975) was an English chemist and Nobel laureate The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Carl Ferdinand Cori (December 5 1896 &ndash October 20 1984 was an Austrian-American biochemist and pharmacologist born in Prague (then in Dr Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz, ( August 15, 1896 &ndash October 26, 1957) was an American biochemist Bernardo Alberto Houssay ( April 10, 1887 &ndash September 21, 1971) was an Argentine Physiologist who in 1947 with The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC is a Religious Society of Friends ( Quaker) affiliated organization which provides Humanitarian relief The list of ship commissionings in 1947 includes a chronological list of all Ships commissioned in 1947. The list of ship decommissionings in 1947 includes a chronological list of all Ships decommissioned in 1947. The list of shipwrecks in 1947 includes all Ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during 1947. History International is a Digital cable, and Satellite television channel that features historical Documentaries with an international focus

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