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Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. January 1: Nigeria gains autonomy. Events

January and February 1947 are remembered for the worst snowfalls in the UK in the 20th century with extensive disruption of travel.1 Given the low car ownership this is mainly remembered in terms of the effects on the railway networks.23 January January 1 British coal mines are nationalized. Nigeria gains limited autonomy. The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect. January 3 Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 The United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste. January 15 Elizabeth Short an aspiring actress nicknamed the "Black Dahlia" is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles. The case remains unsolved to this day. January 16 Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France. January 19 A shipwreck near Athens Greece kills 392. January 24 Dimitrios Maximos founds a monarchist government in Athens. January 25 A Philippine plane crashes in Hong Kong with $5 million worth of gold and money. January 30February 8 A heavy blizzard in Canada buries towns from Winnipeg Manitoba to Calgary Alberta. January 31 The Communists take power in Poland. February February 3 The lowest air temperature in North America (-63 degrees Celsius) is recorded in Snag Yukon Territory. Percival Prattis becomes the first African-American news correspondent allowed in the United States House of Representatives and Senate press galleries. February 5 Bolesaw Bierut becomes the President of Poland. February 6 South Pacific Commission (SPC) founded. February 8 A dance hall fire in Berlin Germany kills over 80 people. February 10 In Paris France peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland. Italy cedes most of Istria to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. February 12 A meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin in the Soviet Union. Christian Dior introduces The "New Look" in women's fashion in Paris. February 17 Cold War: The Voice of America begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. February 20 An explosion at the O'Connor Electro-Plating Company in Los Angeles California leaves 17 dead 100 buildings damaged and a 22-foot-deep (6.7 m) crater in the ground. U.S. Army Ordnance Corps Hermes project V-2 rocket Blossom I launched into space carrying plant material and fruitflies the first animals to enter space. February 21 In New York City Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera" his Polaroid Land Camera to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. February 22 Tom and Jerry cartoon Cat Fishin' is released. February 23 The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded. February 25 John C. Hennessy Jr. brings the first VW Beetle to the United States. He purchased the 1946 VW from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt Germany while serving in the U.S. Army. The VW Beetle was shipped from Bremerhaven Germany arriving in New York U.S. on February 25 1947. Copies of the bill of sale as well as the shipping documents and a letter from the Port of New York confirming the arrival of the VW can be found in John C. Hennessys book The Bride and the Beetle. February 25 The state of Prussia officially ceases to exist. The worst-ever train crash in Japan kills 184 people. February 28 The United States grants France a military base in Casablanca. In Taiwan civil disorder is put down with large loss of civilian lives. March March 1 The International Monetary Fund begins to operate. Wernher von Braun marries his first cousin the 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp. March 4 Treaty of Dunkirk (coming into effect 8 September) signed between the United Kingdom and France providing for mutual assistance in the event of attack. March 6 USS Newport News the first completely air-conditioned warshipcitation needed is launched in Newport News Virginia. March 12 The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism. March 14 The River Thames overruns its banks. March 15 Hindus and Muslims clash in Punjab. March 19 The 19th Academy Awards ceremony is held. The movie Best Years of Our Lives wins the Academy Award for Best Picture along with several other Academy Awards. March 25 A coal mine explosion in Centralia Illinois kills 111 miners. March 28 A World War II Japanese booby trap explodes on Corregidor island killing 28 people. March 29 A rebellion against French rule erupts in Madagascar. March 31 The leaders of the Kurdish People's Republic of Mahabad the second Kurdish state in the history of Iran are hanged at the Chuwarchira Square in Mahabad after that country had been overrun by the Iranian army. April April 1 Jackie Robinson the first African American in modern Major League Baseball signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers. King George II of Greece is succeeded by his brother King Paul I. April 4 International Civil Aviation Organization April 9 Multiple tornadoes strike Texas Oklahoma and Kansas killing 181 people and injuring 970. April 15 Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play modern Major League Baseball. April 16 Texas City Disaster: the ammonium nitrate cargo of former Liberty ship SS Grandcamp explodes in Texas City Texas killing 552 injuring 3000 causing 200 lostclarification needed and destroying 20 city blocks. April 18 Royal Navy detonates 6800 tons of explosives in an attempt to demolish the fortified island of Heligoland Germany thus creating one of the largest man-made non-nuclear explosions in history. April 26 Academy-Award winning Tom and Jerry cartoon The Cat Concerto is released to theatres. May May 1 The Salvatore Giuliano Gang opens fire on a labor parade near Portella Della Ginestra Sicily killing 11 people and wounding 30. May 2 The movie Miracle on 34th Street a Christmastime classic is first shown in theaters. May 3 The new post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect. May 12 The animated cartoon film Rabbit Transit directed by Friz Freleng is released. May 22 The Cold War begins: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism President Harry S. Truman signs an Act of Congress that implements the Truman Doctrine. This Act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece. May 22 David Lean's film Great Expectations based on the novel by Charles Dickens opens in the United States. Critics call it the finest film ever made from a Charles Dickens novel. May 25 An airliner of the Flugfelag slands crashes into a mountainside killing 25 people. June June 5 U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan for American reconstruction and relief aid to Europe. June 10 SAAB produces its first automobile. June 15 The Portuguese government orders 11 military officers and 19 university professors who were accused of revolutionary activity to resign. June 21 Seaman Harold Dahl claims to have seen six UFOs near Maury Island in Puget Sound Washington. On the next morning Dahl reports the first modern so-called "Men in Black" encounter. The Canadian Parliament votes unanimously to pass several laws regarding displaced foreign refugees. June 23 The United States Senate follows the House of Representatives in overriding President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. June 24 Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely-reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier Washington. July July 7 A supposedly downed extraterrestrial spacecraft is reportedly found in the Roswell UFO incident near Roswell New Mexico which was written about by Stanton T. Friedman. July 10 Princess Elizabeth announces her engagement to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. July 11 The Exodus leaves France for Palestine with 4500 Jewish Holocaust survivor refugees on board. July 17 The Indian passenger ship Ramdas is capsized by a cyclone at Mumbai India with 625 people killed. July 18 Following wide media and UNSCOP coverage The Exodus is captured by British troops and refused entry into Palestine at the port of Haifa. President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act into law which places the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate next in the line of succession after the United States Vice President. July 26 Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into law creating the Central Intelligence Agency the Department of Defense the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Security Council. July 29 After being shut down on November 9 1946 for a refurbishment the ENIAC computer the world's first electronic digital computer is turned back on again. It then remains in continuous operation until October 2 1955. August Flag of the newly independent Pakistan Flag of the newly independent India August 5 The Netherlands stops all political actions in Indonesia. 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 4300 mile voyage across the Eastern Pacific Ocean proving that pre-historic peoples could hypothetically have traveled to the Central Pacific islands from South America. The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). August 14 The Muslim majority region formed by the Partition of India gain independence from the British Empire and adopts the name Pakistan. While the transition is officially at midnight on this day Pakistan celebrates its independence on August 14 compared with India on the 15th because the Pakistan Standard Time is 30 minutes behind the standard time of India. Muhammad Ali Jinnah becomes the first Governor General of Pakistan. Liaqat Ali Khan takes office as the first Prime Minister of Pakistan August 15 The greater Indian subcontinent with a mixed population of Hindus Muslims Sikhs Buddhists Jains etc. formed by the Partition of India gain independence from the British Empire and retains the name India. Louis Mountbatten becomes the first Governor General of India. Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first Prime Minister of India. August 16 In Greece General Markos Vafiadis takes over the government. August 23 The Prime Minister of Greece Dimitrios Maximos resigns. August 27 When the French government lowers the daily bread ration to 200 grams that causes riots in Verdun and in Le Mans. August 30 A fire at a movie theater in Rueil a suburb of Paris France kills 87 people. August 31 The communists seize power in Hungary. September The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officially born September 18 1947 September 10 Hasan Saka forms the new government of Turkey. (16 th government) September 13 Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru suggests the exchange of four million Hindus and Muslims between India and Pakistan. September 17September 21 The 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane in southeastern Florida and also in Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana causes widespread damage and kills 51 people. September 18 National Security Act of 1947 becomes effective on this day creating the United States Air Force National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency. September 18 War Department becomes the Department of the Army a branch of the new Department of Defense. September 22 Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties (Communist Information Bureau) ("Cominform") is founded. September 30 Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations. October October 14 The United States Air Force test pilot Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 rocket plane faster than the speed of sound the first time it has been accomplished October 20 A war begins in Kashmir along the border between India and Pakistan leading to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 in the following year. Also Pakistan established diplomatic relations with the United States of America. October 24 The first Azad Kashmir Government is established by the rebels within Pakistan headed by Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan as its first President supported by the government of Pakistan. October 30 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is established. November November 2 In California the designer and airplane pilot Howard Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce Goose the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built. (The flight lasts only eight minutes and the "Spruce Goose" is never flown again.) An earthquake in the Chilean Andes kills 233 people. November 6 The program Meet the Press makes its television debut on the NBC-TV network in the United States. November 9 Junagadh is invaded by the Indian army. November 10 The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a French communist riot that also spreads to Paris. November 15 International Telecommunication Union becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations. Universal Postal Union (UPU) becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations (effective 1 July 1948). November 16 In Brussels 15000 people demonstrate against the relatively short sentences of Belgian Nazi criminals. Great Britain begin withdrawing its army troops from Palestine. November 18 The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch New Zealand kills 41 people. November 20 The Princess Elizabeth the daughter of King George VI marries The Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey in London United Kingdom. Paul Ramadier resigns as the Prime Minister of France. He is succeeded by Robert Schuman who calls 80000 army reservists to quell rioting miners in France. November 21 The United Nations Conference on Trade and Employment begins in Havana Cuba. This conference ends in 1948 when its members finish the Havana Charter. November 24 Red Scare: The U.S. House of Representatives votes 34617 to approve citations of Contempt of Congress against the so-called Hollywood 10 after the ten men refuse to co-operate with the House Un-American Activities Committee concerning allegations of communist influences in the movie business. (The ten men are blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios on the following day.) November 25 New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and that country thus becomes independent of legislative control by the Parliament of the United Kingdom. November 27 In Paris France police occupy the editorial offices of the communist newspapers. November 29 The United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Palestine between Arab and Jewish regions which results in the creation of the State of Israel. December December 3 French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumors that it was transporting soldiers. 21 people are killed. The Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire starring Marlon Brando in his first great role opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway. Jessica Tandy also stars as Blanche Du Bois.1 December 4 The French Interior Minister Jules S. Moch takes emergency measures against his country's rioters after six days of violent arguments in the National Assembly. December 6 Arturo Toscanini conducts a concert performance of the first half of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Otello which was based on William Shakespeare's play Othello for a broadcast on NBC Radio. The second half of the opera is broadcast a week later.2 December 9 French labor unions call off the general strike and re-commence negotiations with the French government. December 12 The Iranian Royal Army takes back power in the Azerbaijan province. December 22 The Italian Constituent Assembly votes to accept the new Constitution of Italy. The first practical electronic transistor is demonstrated by Bardeen Brattain and Shockley of the United States. December 30 King Michael of Romania abdicates. Date unknown The Doomsday Clock is set. The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigations into communism in Hollywood. Cambridge University begins to admit women as full students. Mikhail Kalashnikov's AK-47 assault rifle is accepted as the standard small arm of the Soviet military. Raytheon produces the first commercial microwave oven. Women's suffrage is granted in Argentina. 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 become known as the Dead Sea scrolls.4 By discovery of Promethium in products of nuclear fission the last gap of the periodic table is closed. Births JanuaryFebruary January 1 Frances Yip Hong Kong singer Vladimir Titov Russian cosmonaut Leon Patillo American Christian musician January 2 Jack Hanna American zoologist January 4 Chris Cutler English percussionist January 5 Mercury Morris American football player January 6 Sandy Denny British singer (d. 1978) January 7 Shobha De Indian writer January 8 David Bowie English rock musician Samuel Schmid Swiss Federal Councilor Terry Sylvester English singer and musician Laurie Walters American actress (Eight Is Enough) January 9 Ronnie Landfield American artist January 11 Mart Smeets Dutch sports journalist January 14 Bill Werbeniuk Canadian snooker player (d. 2003) January 16 Laura Schlessinger American psychologist and radio talk show host Apasra Hongsakula Miss Universe 1965 January 18 Takeshi Kitano Japanese film director and actor January 19 Paula Dean Food Channel star January 21 Jill Eikenberry American actress January 23 Thomas R. Carper U.S. Senator from Delaware Megawati Sukarnoputri former President of Indonesia January 24 Michio Kaku American theoretical physicist Warren Zevon American rock musician (Werewolves of London) (d. 2003) Masashi Ozaki Japanese golfer January 25 Eduardo Goncalves de Andrade Brazilian football player January 29 Linda B. Buck American biologist recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine January 30 Steve Marriott British rock musician (Small Faces Humble Pie) (d. 1991) January 31 Nolan Ryan American baseball player February 1 Jessica Savitch American journalist (d. 1983) February 2 Farrah Fawcett American actress (Charlie's Angels) (d. 2009) February 3 Melanie Safka American rock singer Paul Auster American novelist February 4 Dan Quayle Vice President of the United States 19891993 Dennis C. Blair American admiral and Director of National Intelligence February 5 Darrell Waltrip American race car driver and broadcaster February 7 Wayne Allwine American voice actor (Mickey Mouse) (d. 2009) February 10 Louise Arbour Canadian jurist Nicholas Owen English newsreader (ITN) February 11 Yukio Hatoyama Prime Minister of Japan February 12 Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Punjabi saint Sikh theologian military leader (d. 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 rock musician (Styx) February 20 Peter Osgood English footballer (d. 2006) Peter Strauss American actor February 21 Victor Sokolov Russian dissident journalist and priest (d. 2006) February 24 Edward James Olmos American actor (Stand and Deliver) February 25 Doug Yule American rock singer and musician (The Velvet Underground) February 26 Sandie Shaw British singer February 27 Gidon Kremer Latvian violinist February 28 Stephanie Beacham English actress MarchApril March 2 Harry Redknapp Tottenham Hotspur manager March 4 David Franzoni American screenwriter Jan Garbarek Norwegian musician Gunnar Hansen Icelandic actor (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) Gwen Welles American actress (d. 1993) March 6 Kiki Dee English singer Dick Fosbury American athlete Teru Miyamoto Japanese author Rob Reiner American actor comedian producer and director (All in the Family) March 7 Walter Rhrl German race car driver March 8 Carole Bayer Sager American singer-songwriter March 10 Kim Campbell Prime Minister of Canada Tom Scholz American musician songwriter and inventor March 11 David Ferguson 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 March 16 Baek Yoon-sik South Korean actor 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. 1994) March 22 James Patterson American author March 24 Louise Lanctt Canadian terrorist and writer Alan Sugar English entrepreneur March 25 Elton John English rock singer pianist and songwriter March 27 Walt Mossberg American newspaper columnist April 1 Alain Connes French mathematician April 2 Emmylou Harris American singer-songwriter 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 (Cheers) April 8 Tom DeLay American politician April 12 Tom Clancy American author David Letterman American talk show host April 15 Lois Chiles American actress (Moonraker) Mike Chapman Australian-born record producer and songwriter April 16 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar African-American basketball player Gerry Rafferty Scottish singer-songwriter (d. 2011) April 17 Jerzy Stuhr Polish actor and director April 18 Kathy Acker American author (d. 1997) James Woods American actor April 19 Murray Perahia American pianist April 20 Hector Finnish rock musician April 21 Iggy Pop American rock musician April 25 Johan Cruijff Dutch footballer and coach April 28 Ken St. Andre American game designer and author April 29 Tommy James American rock singer and producer (Mony Mony) April 30 Leslie Grantham English actor MayJune 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 German physicist May 12 Michael Ignatieff Canadian politician philosopher and historian May 13 Stephen R. Donaldson American novelist May 19 Paul Brady Northern Irish singer/songwriter May 24 Maude Barlow Canadian author activist and National Chairperson of The Council of Canadians May 26 Glenn Turner New Zealand cricket captain May 27 Branko Oblak Slovenian football player and coach Peter DeFazio American politician May 29 Stan Zemanek Australian radio broadcaster (d. 2007) June 1 Ronnie Wood English rock musician (The Faces The Rolling Stones) Jonathan Pryce Welsh actor June 4 Viktor Klima Chancellor of Austria June 6 David Blunkett British politician Ada Kok Dutch swimmer Robert Englund American actor (A Nightmare on Elm Street) June 7 Thurman Munson American baseball catcher (d. 1979) June 8 Eric F. Wieschaus American biologist recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine June 14 Barry Melton American rock musician (Country Joe and the Fish) June 15 John Hoagland American war photographer (d. 1984) June 16 -minu Swiss columnist and writer June 19 Paula Koivuniemi Finnish singer Salman Rushdie Indian-born British author (The Satanic Verses) June 20 Candy Clark American actress June 21 Shirin Ebadi Iranian activist recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Meredith Baxter American actress (Family Ties) Michael Gross American actor (Family Ties) June 22 Octavia E. Butler American author (d. 2006) David Lander American actor and baseball scout (Laverne and Shirley) Pete Maravich American basketball player (d. 1988) Jerry John Rawlings former President of Ghana June 25 Jimmie Walker American actor (Good Times) June 28 Mark Helprin American writer June 29 David Chiang Hong Kong actor JulyAugust July 2 Larry David American actor writer producer and director July 3 Dave Barry American writer Betty Buckley American actress and singer July 6 Larnelle Harris American Christian musician July 7 Felix Standaert Belgian diplomat Richard Beckinsale English actor (d. 1979) July 8 Bobby Sowell American pianist and composer July 9 Haruomi Hosono Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) Mitch Mitchell English rock drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (d. 2008) O. J. Simpson American football player and actor (The Naked Gun) July 10 Arlo Guthrie American folk singer (The City of New Orleans) July 17 Camilla Duchess of Cornwall July 18 Steven W. Mahoney Canadian politician July 19 Bernie Leadon American musician and songwriter (Eagles) Brian May English rock guitarist (Queen) July 20 Gerd Binnig German physicist Nobel Prize laureate Carlos Santana Mexican-born rock guitarist July 21 Co Adriaanse Dutch football manager July 22 Albert Brooks American actor comedian and director Don Henley American singer-songwriter and musician (Eagles) July 23 Larry Manetti American actor (Magnum P.I.) Spencer Christian American television weather reporter July 24 Peter Serkin American pianist July 27 Kazuyoshi Miura Japanese businessman (d. 2008) July 30 William Atherton American actor Al Dubois Canadian television personality and game show host (Bumper Stumpers) Arnold Schwarzenegger Austrian-born American actor bodybuilder and 38th Governor of California July 31 Richard Griffiths English actor Joe Wilson American Republican U.S. House of Representative for South Carolina's 2nd congressional district August 3 Colleen Corby American fashion model August 6 Mohammad Najibullah former President of Afghanistan (d. 1996) August 7 Franciscus Henri Dutch-born Australian children's entertainer composer and artist August 8 Terangi Adam Nauruan politician August 9 John Varley American science-fiction author August 10 Ian Anderson British rock musician (Jethro Tull) Anwar Ibrahim Malaysian politician 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 Terry Hoeppner American football coach (d. 2007) August 23 Willy Russell British playwright August 24 Roger De Vlaeminck Belgian cyclist August 26 Emiliano Dez Cuban actor August 27 Barbara Bach American actress (The Spy Who Loved Me) August 28 Liza Wang Hong Kong actress August 29 Temple Grandin American animal welfare and autism expert August 30 Allan Rock Canadian politician and diplomat August 31 Ramon Castellano de Torres Spanish painter Somchai Wongsawat Thai 26th Prime Minister SeptemberOctober September 1 Al Green American politician September 3 Kjell Magne Bondevik Prime Minister of Norway September 6 Bruce Rioch Scottish footballer and coach Jane Curtin American actress and comedienne September 14 Sam Neill New Zealand actor (A Cry in the Dark) September 16 Russ Abbot British comedian and actor September 17 Tessa Jowell British politician September 19 Steve Bartlett U.S. Congressman and Mayor of Dallas Texas September 21 Don Felder American musician and songwriter (Eagles) Stephen King American horror author September 22 Norma McCorvey American abortion plaintiff (Roe v. Wade) September 25 Ali Parvin Iranian footballer and coach September 26 Lynn Anderson American country singer September 27 Dick Advocaat Dutch football manager Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) American rock singer and actor September 30 Marc Bolan English rock musician (T. Rex) (d. 1977) Rula Lenska English actress October 1 Aaron Ciechanover Israeli biologist recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Stephen Collins American actor (7th Heaven) October 2 Ward Churchill American author and activist October 4 Ann Widdecombe British politician October 5 Brian Johnson English rock singer (AC/DC) October 6 Gail Farrell American singer October 7 Pip Williams British record producer October 9 France Gall French singer October 10 Larry Lamb British Actor October 13 Sammy Hagar American rock singer October 14 Lukas Resetarits Austrian singer and actor October 16 Bob Weir American rock guitarist (Grateful Dead) October 17 Gene Green American politician Michael McKean American actor and comedian (Laverne and Shirley) 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 rock guitarist (Judas Priest) October 26 Hillary Rodham Clinton First Lady of the United States Former Senator from New York and current U.S. Secretary of State Trevor Joyce Irish poet Jaclyn Smith American actress (Charlie's Angels) October 29 Richard Dreyfuss American actor (Mr. Holland's Opus) October 30 Timothy B. Schmit American musician (Eagles) October 31 Herman Van Rompuy Belgian politician NovemberDecember November 6 E. Lee Spence pioneer underwater archaeologist and treasure hunter Jim Rosenthal ITV sport presenter November 7 Yutaka Fukumoto Japanese professional baseball player Sondhi Limthongkul Thai journalist writer and founder of Manager Daily also leader of PAD November 8 Minnie Riperton American R&B singer (Lovin' You) (d. 1979) Cassandra B. Whyte American educator and higher education administrator November 9 Phil Driscoll American Christian musician and trumpet player November 10 Glen Buxton American rock guitarist (Alice Cooper) (d. 1997) November 13 Joe Mantegna American actor November 14 P. J. O'Rourke American journalist and satirist November 15 Steven G. Kellman American author and critic November 17 Inky Mark Canadian politician November 19 Bob Boone American baseball player and manager Anfinn Kallsberg former Faroese Prime Minister Lamar S. Smith American politician November 20 Joe Walsh American rock singer songwriter and guitarist (Eagles) November 21 Chua Ek Kay Singaporean painter (d. 2008) November 24 Mike Gorman American sports announcer (Boston Celtics) Dwight Schultz American actor (The A-Team) November 25 John Larroquette American actor (Night Court) November 27 Ismail Omar Guelleh President of Djibouti November 29 Mirza Khazar an eminent Azerbaijani author political analyst legendary anchorman translator of the Bible into Azerbaijani language. November 30 Vronique Le Flaguais Canadian actress Sergio Badilla Castillo Chilean poet David Mamet American playwright Stuart Baird English film editor producer and director Jude Ciccolella American actor December 1 Bob Fulton English-born Australian rugby league player 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 Grard Blanc French singer December 9 Tom Daschle U.S. Senator December 10 Rainer Seifert German field hockey player December 12 Will Alsop English architect December 14 Christopher Parkening American guitarist Dilma Rousseff 36th President of Brazil December 16 Ben Cross English actor Vincent Matthews American athlete December 18 Leonid Yuzefovich Russian crime fiction writer December 21 Paco de Luca Spanish guitarist Bryan Hamilton Irish footballer and football manager December 22 Mitsuo Tsukahara Japanese gymnast December 26 Carlton Fisk American baseball player December 28 Aurelio Rodrguez Mexican Major League Baseball player (d. 2000) December 29 Ted Danson American actor (Cheers) December 30 Jeff Lynne British musician (Electric Light Orchestra) December 31 Burton Cummings Canadian rock musician (The Guess Who) Tim Matheson American actor film director and producer (Animal House) Date unknown Peter Irniq Commissioner of Nunavut Stephen LaBerge Lucid dream researcher Jamie Donnelly an American film and stage actress Deaths JanuaryJune Al Capone George II of Greece Henry Ford Christian X of Denmark January 3 Al Herpin (The Man Who Never Slept) notable insomniac (b. 1853) January 9 Herman Bing German actor (b. 1889) January 15 Elizabeth Short (The Black Dahlia) famous murder victim (b. 1924) January 20 Andrew Volstead American politician (b. 1860) Josh Gibson African-American baseball player (b. 1911) January 23 Pierre Bonnard French painter (b. 1867) January 25 Al Capone American gangster (b. 1899) January 26 Grace Moore American opera singer (b. 1898) Prince Gustaf Adolf Duke of Vsterbotten Swedish prince (b. 1906) January 27 Vasily Balabanov administrator and Provincial Governor of Imperial Russia (b.1873) February 6 O. Max Gardner Governor of North Carolina February 11 Martin Klein Estonian wrestler (b.1884) February 12 Kurt Lewin German-American psychologist (b. 1890) Sidney Toler American actor (Charlie Chan) (b. 1874) February 27 Heinrich Hberlin Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1868) March 5 Alfredo Casella Italian composer (b. 1883) March 11 Victor Lustig Austrian-born con artist (b. 1890) March 12 Walter Samuel Goodland Governor of Wisconsin (b. 1862) March 18 William C. Durant American automobile pioneer (b. 1861) March 19 Prudence Heward Canadian painter (b. 1896) March 20 Victor Goldschmidt Swiss geochemist (b. 1888) March 21 Homer Lusk Collyer American hermit brother (Collyer brothers) (b. 1881) March 23 Archduchess Luise of Austria Princess of Tuscany (b. 1870) March 25 Chen Cheng-po Taiwanese painter (b. 1895) March 28 Karol wierczewski Polish military leader (b. 1897) March 30 Arthur Machen Welsh-born author (b. 1863) April 1 King George II of Greece (b. 1890) April 7 Henry Ford American automobile manufacturer (b. 1863) April 8 Langley Collyer American hermit brother (Collyer brothers) (b. 1885) April 10 John Ince American actor (b. 1878) April 16 Rudolf Hss German commandant of Auschwitz (b. 1900) April 20 King Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870) April 24 Willa Siebert Cather American novelist (b. 1873) May 8 Harry Gordon Selfridge American department store magnate (b. 1858) May 13 Sukanta Bhattacharya Bengali poet (b. 1926) May 16 Frederick Hopkins English biochemist recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b. 1861) May 17 George William Forbes Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869) May 18 Lucile Gleason American actress (b. 1888) May 20 Philipp Lenard Austrian physicist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862) May 24 C. F. Ramuz Swiss writer (b. 1878) May 28 August Eigruber Nazi war criminal (executed) (b. 1907) May 29 Martin Gottfried Weiss Nazi war criminal (executed) (b. 1905) May 30 Georg Ludwig von Trapp Austrian sailor patriarch of the Von Trapp Family of The Sound of Music fame (b. 1880) May 31 Adrienne Ames American actress (b. 1907) June 6 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz former President of Poland (b. 1885) June 9 J. Warren Kerrigan American actor (b. 1879) June 11 Richard Hnigswald Hungarian-born American philosopher (b. 1875) June 17 Maxwell Perkins American literary editor (b. 1884) June 18 Shigematsu Sakaibara Japanese rear admiral and convicted war criminal (executed) (b. 1898) June 19 Ks Abe Japanese admiral (b. 1892) June 20 Bugsy Siegel American gangster (b. 1906) June 22 Jim Tully vagabond pugilist noted American writer (b. 1891) June 26 Richard Bedford Bennett 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870) JulyDecember Joseph Cook Stanley Baldwin Victor Emmanuel III of Italy July 12 Jimmie Lunceford American jazz musician (b. 1902) July 15 Brandon Hurst Anglo American stage and screen veteran (b. 1866) July 15 Walter Donaldson American songwriter (b. 1893) July 17 Raoul Wallenberg Swedish diplomat and humanitarian (presumed dead on this date) (b. 1912) July 19 Aung San Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915) July 27 Ivan Regen Slovenian biologist (b. 1868) July 30 Joseph Cook 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860) August 8 Anton Ivanovich Denikin Russian military leader (b. 1872) September 1 Frederick Russell Burnham American Scout father of the international Scouting movement (b. 1861) September 9 Ananda Coomaraswamy philosopher (b. 1877) September 20 Fiorello H. La Guardia Mayor of New York (b. 1882) September 21 Harry Carey American actor (b. 1878) September 26 Hugh Lofting British writer (b. 1886) October 1 Olive Borden American actress (b. 1906) October 4 Max Planck German physicist Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858) October 6 Leevi Madetoja Finnish composer (b. 1887) October 17 John Halliday American actor (b. 1880) October 24 Dudley Digges Irish actor (b. 1879) October 28 Earl Snell Governor of Oregon (plane crash) (b. 1895) October 29 Frances Cleveland wife of President Grover Cleveland (b. 1864) November 25 Lon-Paul Fargue French writer (b. 1876) November 28 W. E. Lawrence American silent film actor (b. 1896) Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque French general (b. 1902) November 30 Ernst Lubitsch German film director (b. 1892) December 1 Aleister Crowley British occultist (b. 1875) G. H. Hardy British mathematician (b. 1877) December 7 Nicholas M. Butler American president of Columbia University recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1862) Tristan Bernard French writer and lawyer (b. 1866) December 14 Stanley Baldwin Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867) Edward Higgins General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864) December 17 J. N. Brnsted Danish chemist (b. 1879) December 25 Gaspar G. Bacon Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886) December 27 Johannes Winkler German rocket pioneer (b. 1897) December 28 Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869) Nobel Prizes Physics Edward Victor Appleton Chemistry Sir Robert Robinson Medicine Carl Ferdinand Cori Gerty Cori Bernardo Houssay Literature Andr Gide Peace The Friends Service Council (UK) and The American Friends Service Committee (USA) on behalf of the Religious Society of Friends References "Collection of weather statistics for the winter of 1947". http://www.winter1947.co.uk/.  "collection of film clips of UK rail disruption in winter 1947". http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/railways/backgroundconditions.shtml.  "BBC newsreel snow affecting railways 1947". http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/nationonfilm/00338size4x3&bgcC0C0C0&nbram1&bbram1.  "Year by Year 1947" History Channel International Pathe newsreel 1947. Experimental snowplough. 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