Disapproved Independence
Time: Friday Aug 15, 1947
Place: India
Details: In August 1947 the British partitioned the land with India and Pakistan each achieving independence on terms that Gandhi disapproved.
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Second Sino-Japanese War-Japanese Emperor Hirohito capitulated to the Allies
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Hirohito-Broadcast the recording of the Emperor's Surrender Speech
Wednesday Aug 15, 1945 - Tokyo, Japan
Korean War-Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Sunday Aug 15, 1948 - South Korea
Neil Armstrong-His First Flight In a Rocket-Powered Aircraft
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Cypriot intercommunal violence-Republic of Cyprus was proclaimed
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August 1947
Louis Armstrong-Armstrong big band dissolved
Wednesday Aug 13, 1947 - New York, U.S.
1947
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1947 - Seoul, South Korea
Shimon Peres-Predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces
1947 - Israel
Margaret Thatcher-Graduation
1947 - Oxford, England
Neil Armstrong-Education
1947 - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Fidel Castro-The Party of the Cuban People
1947 - Havana, Cuba
Adidas-The Brothers Split up
1947 - Germany
Alan Turing-Turing Returned to Cambridge for a Sabbatical year
1947 - Cambridge, England
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1947 - Cambridgeshire, England
Incandescent light bulb-Coating the inside of lamps with silica
1947 - Florida, U.S.
Warren Buffett-Woodrow Wilson High
1947 - Chesapeake Street, Northwest Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-John J. McCloy served as the president
1947 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Tour of South Africa
Saturday Feb 1, 1947 - South Africa
Lucky Luciano-The US started putting pressure
Friday Feb 21, 1947 - Cuba
Chinese Civil War-Symbolic victory
Mar, 1947 - Yanan, China
International Monetary Fund-IMF began its financial operations
Saturday Mar 1, 1947 - Washington D.C., U.S.
NATO Establishment-The Treaty of Dunkirk
Tuesday Mar 4, 1947 - Dunkirk, France
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip had abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles
Mar, 1947 - United Kingdom
First Indochina War-The First occurrence was probably at The National Assembly
Friday Mar 21, 1947 - France
Flag of Bhutan-Mayeum Choying Wangmo
Mar, 1947 - Bhutan
Plague-French novelist Albert Camus publishes The Plague
1947 - France
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle made a renewed attempt to transform the politics in France
Wednesday Apr 9, 1947 - France
Lucky Luciano-To Genoa
Friday Apr 11, 1947 - Genoa, Italy
Chinese Civil War-Shanghai Massacre
Saturday Apr 12, 1947 - Shanghai, China
Johan Cruyff-Birth
Friday Apr 25, 1947 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
International Monetary Fund-The first borrower
Thursday May 8, 1947 - Washington D.C., U.S.
World Bank-First country to receive a World Bank loan
Friday May 9, 1947 - France
Lucky Luciano-Released him
Sunday May 11, 1947 - Palermo, Italy
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Edinburgh Castle
1947 - Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Chinese Civil War-The Communists counterattacked
Monday Jun 30, 1947 - China
Laser-Willis E. Lamb and R.C. Retherford found apparent stimulated emission in hydrogen spectra
1947 - California, U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth engagement to Prince Philip
Wednesday Jul 9, 1947 - London, United Kingdom
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-The Engagement
Thursday Jul 10, 1947 - Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom
Francisco Franco-Franco proclaimed Spain a monarchy
Saturday Jul 26, 1947 - Spain
Louis Armstrong-Armstrong big band dissolved
Wednesday Aug 13, 1947 - New York, U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret fell in love
1947 - South Africa
Algerian War-Granted French citizenship to all Algerian subjects
Saturday Sep 20, 1947 - Algeria
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Became Anglican
Oct, 1947 - United Kingdom
Max Planck-Death
Saturday Oct 4, 1947 - Göttingen, Germany
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Townsend requested the bedroom next to Margaret's
Oct, 1947 - Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
River Phoenix-Phoenix's father
1947 - United States
World Trade Organization-GATT was the only multilateral instrument governing international trade
Oct, 1947 - Geneva, Switzerland
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Titles
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - United Kingdom
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip and Elizabeth were married in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Elizabeth's wedding
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - London, England, United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth and Philip were married
Thursday Nov 20, 1947 - London, United Kingdom
United Nations-General Assembly approved a resolution to partition Palestine
Saturday Nov 29, 1947 - U.S.
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Dec, 1947 - Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
Warren Buffett-Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
1947 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Stan Lee-Getting married
Friday Dec 5, 1947 - New York, U.S,
Marilyn Monroe-First Appearance on Screen
Sunday Dec 7, 1947 - U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-President of the National Playing Fields Association
1947 - United Kingdom
Jimmy Hoffa-A Deferment from Military Service in World War Ii
1947 - U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip returned to the navy at first in a desk job at the Admiralty
1947 - Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II-Princess Elizabeth went to southern Africa with her parents
1947 - South Africa