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  • Seoul, South Korea
    1947
    Samsung

    Moving To Seoul

    Seoul, South Korea
    1947

    The company prospered and Lee moved its head office to Seoul in 1947. When the Korean War broke out, he was forced to leave Seoul.




  • Israel
    1947
    Shimon Peres

    Predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces

    Israel
    1947

    In 1947, Peres joined the Haganah, the predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces.




  • Oxford, England
    1947
    Margaret Thatcher

    Graduation

    Oxford, England
    1947

    Roberts graduated From Oxford in 1947 with Second-Class Honours, in the four-year Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree, specialising in X-ray crystallography under the supervision of Dorothy Hodgkin. Her dissertation was on the structure of the antibiotic gramicidin.




  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
    1947
    Neil Armstrong

    Education

    Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
    1947

    In 1947, at age 17, Armstrong began studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue University.




  • Havana, Cuba
    1947
    Fidel Castro

    The Party of the Cuban People

    Havana, Cuba
    1947

    In 1947, Castro joined the Party of the Cuban People (Partido Ortodoxo).




  • Germany
    1947
    Adidas

    The Brothers Split up

    Germany
    1947

    The brothers split up in 1947 after relations between them had broken down.




  • Cambridge, England
    1947
    Alan Turing

    Turing Returned to Cambridge for a Sabbatical year

    Cambridge, England
    1947

    In late 1947 he returned to Cambridge for a sabbatical year during which he produced a seminal work on Intelligent Machinery that was not published in his lifetime.


  • Florida, U.S.
    1947
    Incandescent light bulb

    Coating the inside of lamps with silica

    Florida, U.S.
    1947

    In 1947, Marvin Pipkin patented a process for coating the inside of lamps with silica.


  • Chesapeake Street, Northwest Washington D.C., U.S.
    1947
    Warren Buffett

    Woodrow Wilson High

    Chesapeake Street, Northwest Washington D.C., U.S.
    1947

    Buffett graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1947.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1947
    World Bank

    John J. McCloy served as the president

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1947

    After WWII, John J. McCloy served as the president of the World Bank.


  • South Africa
    Saturday Feb 1, 1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Tour of South Africa

    South Africa
    Saturday Feb 1, 1947

    On 1 February 1947, Margaret, Elizabeth, and their parents embarked on a state tour of Southern Africa. The three-month-long visit was Margaret's first visit abroad, and she later claimed that she remembered "every minute of it". Margaret's chaperone was Peter Townsend, the King's equerry and very firm toward Margaret, who he apparently considered an indulged child.


  • Cuba
    Friday Feb 21, 1947
    Lucky Luciano

    The US started putting pressure

    Cuba
    Friday Feb 21, 1947

    Soon after the Conference began, the US government learned that Luciano was in Cuba. Luciano had been publicly fraternizing with Sinatra as well as visiting numerous nightclubs, so his presence was no secret in Havana. The US started putting pressure on the Cuban government to expel him. On February 21, 1947, U.S. Narcotics Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger notified the Cubans that the US would block all shipment of narcotic prescription drugs while Luciano was there.


  • Yanan, China
    Mar, 1947
    Chinese Civil War

    Symbolic victory

    Yanan, China
    Mar, 1947

    In March 1947 the KMT achieved a symbolic victory by seizing the CPC capital of Yan'an.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Saturday Mar 1, 1947
    International Monetary Fund

    IMF began its financial operations

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Saturday Mar 1, 1947

    On 1 March 1947, the IMF began its financial operations.


  • Dunkirk, France
    Tuesday Mar 4, 1947
    NATO Establishment

    The Treaty of Dunkirk

    Dunkirk, France
    Tuesday Mar 4, 1947

    On 4 March 1947 the Treaty of Dunkirk was signed by France and the United Kingdom as a Treaty of Alliance and Mutual Assistance in the event of a possible attack by Germany or the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II.


  • United Kingdom
    Mar, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip had abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles

    United Kingdom
    Mar, 1947

    By March 1947, Philip had abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles had adopted the surname Mountbatten from his mother's family, and had become a naturalized British subject.


  • France
    Friday Mar 21, 1947
    First Indochina War

    The First occurrence was probably at The National Assembly

    France
    Friday Mar 21, 1947

    The first occurrence was probably at the National Assembly on March 21, 1947, when the communist deputes refused to back the military credits for Indochina.


  • Bhutan
    Mar, 1947
    Flag of Bhutan

    Mayeum Choying Wangmo

    Bhutan
    Mar, 1947

    Ashi Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji was the mother of Queen Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choden of Bhutan, she Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji designed the flag at her daughter's request.


  • France
    1947
    Plague

    French novelist Albert Camus publishes The Plague

    France
    1947

    French novelist Albert Camus publishes The Plague, a novel about a fictional outbreak of plague in Oran, Algeria. The book helps to show the effects the plague has on a populace.


  • France
    Wednesday Apr 9, 1947
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle made a renewed attempt to transform the politics in France

    France
    Wednesday Apr 9, 1947

    In April 1947, de Gaulle made a renewed attempt to transform the political scene by creating a Rassemblement du Peuple Français (Rally of the French People, or RPF), which he hoped would be able to move above the familiar party squabbles of the parliamentary system.


  • Genoa, Italy
    Friday Apr 11, 1947
    Lucky Luciano

    To Genoa

    Genoa, Italy
    Friday Apr 11, 1947

    After Luciano's secret trip to Cuba, he spent the rest of his life in Italy under tight police surveillance. When he arrived in Genoa on April 11, 1947, Italian police arrested him and sent him to a jail in Palermo.


  • Shanghai, China
    Saturday Apr 12, 1947
    Chinese Civil War

    Shanghai Massacre

    Shanghai, China
    Saturday Apr 12, 1947

    On April 12, in Shanghai, many Communist members in the KMT were purged through hundreds of arrests and executions on the orders of General Bai Chongxi. The CPC referred to this as the April 12 Incident or Shanghai Massacre. This incident widened the rift between Chiang and Wang Jingwei, another warlord who controlled the city of Wuhan.


  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Friday Apr 25, 1947
    Johan Cruyff

    Birth

    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Friday Apr 25, 1947

    Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruijff was born on 25 April 1947 in Amsterdam, on a street five minutes away from Ajax's stadium, his first football club.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday May 8, 1947
    International Monetary Fund

    The first borrower

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday May 8, 1947

    On 8 May, France became the first country to borrow from it.


  • France
    Friday May 9, 1947
    World Bank

    First country to receive a World Bank loan

    France
    Friday May 9, 1947

    The first country to receive a World Bank loan was France. The Bank's president at the time, John McCloy, chose France over two other applicants, Poland and Chile. The loan was for US$250 million, half the amount requested, and it came with strict conditions. France had to agree to produce a balanced budget and give priority of debt repayment to the World Bank over other governments.


  • Palermo, Italy
    Sunday May 11, 1947
    Lucky Luciano

    Released him

    Palermo, Italy
    Sunday May 11, 1947

    On May 11, a regional commission in Palermo warned Luciano to stay out of trouble and released him.


  • Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Edinburgh Castle

    Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    1947

    Among Margaret's first official engagements was launching the ocean liner, Edinburgh Castle, in Belfast in 1947.


  • China
    Monday Jun 30, 1947
    Chinese Civil War

    The Communists counterattacked

    China
    Monday Jun 30, 1947

    The Communists counterattacked soon afterwards; on 30 June 1947 CPC troops crossed the Yellow River and moved to the Dabie Mountains area, restored and developed the Central Plain. At the same time, Communist forces also began to counterattack in Northeastern China, North China and East China.


  • California, U.S.
    1947
    Laser

    Willis E. Lamb and R.C. Retherford found apparent stimulated emission in hydrogen spectra

    California, U.S.
    1947

    In 1947, Willis E. Lamb and R.C. Retherford found apparent stimulated emission in hydrogen spectra and effected the first demonstration of stimulated emission.


  • London, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Jul 9, 1947
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth engagement to Prince Philip

    London, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Jul 9, 1947

    The royal couple went on to officially confirm their engagement on July 9th, 1947, and hosted a photocall at Buckingham Palace, which allowed the future monarch to show off her new diamond ring.


  • Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Jul 10, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    The Engagement

    Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Jul 10, 1947

    The engagement was announced to the public on 10 July 1947.


  • Spain
    Saturday Jul 26, 1947
    Francisco Franco

    Franco proclaimed Spain a monarchy

    Spain
    Saturday Jul 26, 1947

    On 26 July 1947 Franco proclaimed Spain a monarchy, but did not designate a monarch.


  • New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 13, 1947
    Louis Armstrong

    Armstrong big band dissolved

    New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 13, 1947

    Following a highly successful small-group jazz concert at New York Town Hall on May 17, 1947, featuring Armstrong with trombonist/singer Jack Teagarden, Armstrong's manager, Joe Glaser dissolved the Armstrong big band on August 13, 1947, and established a six-piece traditional jazz group featuring Armstrong with (initially) Teagarden, Earl Hines and other top swing and Dixieland musicians, most of whom were previously leaders of big bands. The new group was announced at the opening of Billy Berg's Supper Club.


  • India
    Friday Aug 15, 1947
    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    Disapproved Independence

    India
    Friday Aug 15, 1947

    In August 1947 the British partitioned the land with India and Pakistan each achieving independence on terms that Gandhi disapproved.


  • South Africa
    1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Margaret fell in love

    South Africa
    1947

    When Townsend and Margaret's relationship began is unclear. The princess said that she fell in love with the equerry during the 1947 South Africa tour, where they often went riding together.


  • Algeria
    Saturday Sep 20, 1947
    Algerian War

    Granted French citizenship to all Algerian subjects

    Algeria
    Saturday Sep 20, 1947

    The Law of September 20, 1947, granted French citizenship to all Algerian subjects, who were not required to renounce their personal status.


  • United Kingdom
    Oct, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Became Anglican

    United Kingdom
    Oct, 1947

    Though Philip appeared "always to have regarded himself as an Anglican", and he had attended Anglican services with his classmates and relations in England and throughout his Royal Navy days, he had been baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, wanted to "regularise" Philip's position by officially receiving him into the Church of England, which he did in October 1947.


  • Göttingen, Germany
    Saturday Oct 4, 1947
    Max Planck

    Death

    Göttingen, Germany
    Saturday Oct 4, 1947

    After the end of the war Planck, his second wife, and his son by her were brought to a relative in Göttingen, where Planck died on October 4, 1947.


  • Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Oct, 1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Townsend requested the bedroom next to Margaret's

    Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Oct, 1947

    Margaret biographer Craig Brown stated that, according to a National Trust curator, Townsend requested the bedroom next to hers during a trip to Belfast in October 1947.


  • United States
    1947
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix's father

    United States
    1947

    John Lee Bottom, also known as John Phoenix, was recognized as being the father of popular Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix and late actor and singer River Phoenix.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Oct, 1947
    World Trade Organization

    GATT was the only multilateral instrument governing international trade

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Oct, 1947

    The GATT was the only multilateral instrument governing international trade from 1946 until the WTO was established on 1 January 1995.


  • United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Titles

    United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947

    The day before the wedding, King George VI bestowed the style of Royal Highness on Philip and, on the morning of the wedding, 20 November 1947, he was made the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London. Consequently, being already a Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947 he bore the unusual style His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten and is so described in the Letters Patent of 20 November 1947.


  • Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip and Elizabeth were married in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey

    Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947

    Philip and Elizabeth were married in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, recorded and broadcast by BBC radio to 200 million people around the world. In post-war Britain, it was not acceptable for any of the Duke of Edinburgh's German relations to be invited to the wedding, including Philip's three surviving sisters, all of whom had married German princes.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Elizabeth's wedding

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947

    Later that year, Margaret was a bridesmaid at Elizabeth's wedding.


  • London, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth and Philip were married

    London, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947

    Elizabeth and Philip were married on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Nov 29, 1947
    United Nations

    General Assembly approved a resolution to partition Palestine

    U.S.
    Saturday Nov 29, 1947

    On 29 November 1947, the General Assembly approved a resolution to partition Palestine, approving the creation of the state of Israel. Two years later, Ralph Bunche, a UN official, negotiated an armistice to the resulting conflict.


  • Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
    Dec, 1947
    Computer

    The Invention of The Bipolar Transistor

    Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
    Dec, 1947

    William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain at Bell Labs invented the first practical transistor, the point-contact transistor, in 1947.


  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1947
    Warren Buffett

    Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1947

    Buffett entered the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1947.


  • New York, U.S,
    Friday Dec 5, 1947
    Stan Lee

    Getting married

    New York, U.S,
    Friday Dec 5, 1947

    Stan married Joan Clayton Boocock, originally from Newcastle, England, on December 5, 1947.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Dec 7, 1947
    Marilyn Monroe

    First Appearance on Screen

    U.S.
    Sunday Dec 7, 1947

    She was given her first film role, bit parts in Dangerous Years (1947).


  • United Kingdom
    1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    President of the National Playing Fields Association

    United Kingdom
    1947

    Philip was President of the National Playing Fields Association (now known as Fields in Trust) for 64 years, from 1947 until his grandson Prince William took over the role in 2013.


  • U.S.
    1947
    Jimmy Hoffa

    A Deferment from Military Service in World War Ii

    U.S.
    1947

    He then rose to lead the combined group of Detroit-area locals shortly afterwards, and advanced to become head of the Michigan Teamsters groups sometime later. During this time, Hoffa obtained a deferment from military service in World War II by successfully making a case for his union leadership skills being of more value to the nation, by keeping freight running smoothly to assist the war effort.


  • Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom
    1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip returned to the navy at first in a desk job at the Admiralty

    Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom
    1947

    After his honeymoon at the Mountbatten family home, Broadlands, Philip returned to the navy at first in a desk job at the Admiralty, and later on a staff course at the Naval Staff College, Greenwich.


  • South Africa
    1947
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Princess Elizabeth went to southern Africa with her parents

    South Africa
    1947

    Princess Elizabeth went in 1947 on her first overseas tour, accompanying her parents through southern Africa.


  • Seoul, South Korea
    1947
    Samsung

    Moving To Seoul

    Seoul, South Korea
    1947

    The company prospered and Lee moved its head office to Seoul in 1947. When the Korean War broke out, he was forced to leave Seoul.


  • Israel
    1947
    Shimon Peres

    Predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces

    Israel
    1947

    In 1947, Peres joined the Haganah, the predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces.


  • Oxford, England
    1947
    Margaret Thatcher

    Graduation

    Oxford, England
    1947

    Roberts graduated From Oxford in 1947 with Second-Class Honours, in the four-year Chemistry Bachelor of Science degree, specialising in X-ray crystallography under the supervision of Dorothy Hodgkin. Her dissertation was on the structure of the antibiotic gramicidin.


  • Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
    1947
    Neil Armstrong

    Education

    Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
    1947

    In 1947, at age 17, Armstrong began studying aeronautical engineering at Purdue University.


  • Havana, Cuba
    1947
    Fidel Castro

    The Party of the Cuban People

    Havana, Cuba
    1947

    In 1947, Castro joined the Party of the Cuban People (Partido Ortodoxo).


  • Germany
    1947
    Adidas

    The Brothers Split up

    Germany
    1947

    The brothers split up in 1947 after relations between them had broken down.


  • Cambridge, England
    1947
    Alan Turing

    Turing Returned to Cambridge for a Sabbatical year

    Cambridge, England
    1947

    In late 1947 he returned to Cambridge for a sabbatical year during which he produced a seminal work on Intelligent Machinery that was not published in his lifetime.


  • Florida, U.S.
    1947
    Incandescent light bulb

    Coating the inside of lamps with silica

    Florida, U.S.
    1947

    In 1947, Marvin Pipkin patented a process for coating the inside of lamps with silica.


  • Chesapeake Street, Northwest Washington D.C., U.S.
    1947
    Warren Buffett

    Woodrow Wilson High

    Chesapeake Street, Northwest Washington D.C., U.S.
    1947

    Buffett graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1947.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1947
    World Bank

    John J. McCloy served as the president

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1947

    After WWII, John J. McCloy served as the president of the World Bank.


  • South Africa
    Saturday Feb 1, 1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Tour of South Africa

    South Africa
    Saturday Feb 1, 1947

    On 1 February 1947, Margaret, Elizabeth, and their parents embarked on a state tour of Southern Africa. The three-month-long visit was Margaret's first visit abroad, and she later claimed that she remembered "every minute of it". Margaret's chaperone was Peter Townsend, the King's equerry and very firm toward Margaret, who he apparently considered an indulged child.


  • Cuba
    Friday Feb 21, 1947
    Lucky Luciano

    The US started putting pressure

    Cuba
    Friday Feb 21, 1947

    Soon after the Conference began, the US government learned that Luciano was in Cuba. Luciano had been publicly fraternizing with Sinatra as well as visiting numerous nightclubs, so his presence was no secret in Havana. The US started putting pressure on the Cuban government to expel him. On February 21, 1947, U.S. Narcotics Commissioner Harry J. Anslinger notified the Cubans that the US would block all shipment of narcotic prescription drugs while Luciano was there.


  • Yanan, China
    Mar, 1947
    Chinese Civil War

    Symbolic victory

    Yanan, China
    Mar, 1947

    In March 1947 the KMT achieved a symbolic victory by seizing the CPC capital of Yan'an.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Saturday Mar 1, 1947
    International Monetary Fund

    IMF began its financial operations

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Saturday Mar 1, 1947

    On 1 March 1947, the IMF began its financial operations.


  • Dunkirk, France
    Tuesday Mar 4, 1947
    NATO Establishment

    The Treaty of Dunkirk

    Dunkirk, France
    Tuesday Mar 4, 1947

    On 4 March 1947 the Treaty of Dunkirk was signed by France and the United Kingdom as a Treaty of Alliance and Mutual Assistance in the event of a possible attack by Germany or the Soviet Union in the aftermath of World War II.


  • United Kingdom
    Mar, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip had abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles

    United Kingdom
    Mar, 1947

    By March 1947, Philip had abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles had adopted the surname Mountbatten from his mother's family, and had become a naturalized British subject.


  • France
    Friday Mar 21, 1947
    First Indochina War

    The First occurrence was probably at The National Assembly

    France
    Friday Mar 21, 1947

    The first occurrence was probably at the National Assembly on March 21, 1947, when the communist deputes refused to back the military credits for Indochina.


  • Bhutan
    Mar, 1947
    Flag of Bhutan

    Mayeum Choying Wangmo

    Bhutan
    Mar, 1947

    Ashi Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji was the mother of Queen Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choden of Bhutan, she Mayeum Choying Wangmo Dorji designed the flag at her daughter's request.


  • France
    1947
    Plague

    French novelist Albert Camus publishes The Plague

    France
    1947

    French novelist Albert Camus publishes The Plague, a novel about a fictional outbreak of plague in Oran, Algeria. The book helps to show the effects the plague has on a populace.


  • France
    Wednesday Apr 9, 1947
    Charles de Gaulle

    De Gaulle made a renewed attempt to transform the politics in France

    France
    Wednesday Apr 9, 1947

    In April 1947, de Gaulle made a renewed attempt to transform the political scene by creating a Rassemblement du Peuple Français (Rally of the French People, or RPF), which he hoped would be able to move above the familiar party squabbles of the parliamentary system.


  • Genoa, Italy
    Friday Apr 11, 1947
    Lucky Luciano

    To Genoa

    Genoa, Italy
    Friday Apr 11, 1947

    After Luciano's secret trip to Cuba, he spent the rest of his life in Italy under tight police surveillance. When he arrived in Genoa on April 11, 1947, Italian police arrested him and sent him to a jail in Palermo.


  • Shanghai, China
    Saturday Apr 12, 1947
    Chinese Civil War

    Shanghai Massacre

    Shanghai, China
    Saturday Apr 12, 1947

    On April 12, in Shanghai, many Communist members in the KMT were purged through hundreds of arrests and executions on the orders of General Bai Chongxi. The CPC referred to this as the April 12 Incident or Shanghai Massacre. This incident widened the rift between Chiang and Wang Jingwei, another warlord who controlled the city of Wuhan.


  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Friday Apr 25, 1947
    Johan Cruyff

    Birth

    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Friday Apr 25, 1947

    Hendrik Johannes "Johan" Cruijff was born on 25 April 1947 in Amsterdam, on a street five minutes away from Ajax's stadium, his first football club.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday May 8, 1947
    International Monetary Fund

    The first borrower

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday May 8, 1947

    On 8 May, France became the first country to borrow from it.


  • France
    Friday May 9, 1947
    World Bank

    First country to receive a World Bank loan

    France
    Friday May 9, 1947

    The first country to receive a World Bank loan was France. The Bank's president at the time, John McCloy, chose France over two other applicants, Poland and Chile. The loan was for US$250 million, half the amount requested, and it came with strict conditions. France had to agree to produce a balanced budget and give priority of debt repayment to the World Bank over other governments.


  • Palermo, Italy
    Sunday May 11, 1947
    Lucky Luciano

    Released him

    Palermo, Italy
    Sunday May 11, 1947

    On May 11, a regional commission in Palermo warned Luciano to stay out of trouble and released him.


  • Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Edinburgh Castle

    Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    1947

    Among Margaret's first official engagements was launching the ocean liner, Edinburgh Castle, in Belfast in 1947.


  • China
    Monday Jun 30, 1947
    Chinese Civil War

    The Communists counterattacked

    China
    Monday Jun 30, 1947

    The Communists counterattacked soon afterwards; on 30 June 1947 CPC troops crossed the Yellow River and moved to the Dabie Mountains area, restored and developed the Central Plain. At the same time, Communist forces also began to counterattack in Northeastern China, North China and East China.


  • California, U.S.
    1947
    Laser

    Willis E. Lamb and R.C. Retherford found apparent stimulated emission in hydrogen spectra

    California, U.S.
    1947

    In 1947, Willis E. Lamb and R.C. Retherford found apparent stimulated emission in hydrogen spectra and effected the first demonstration of stimulated emission.


  • London, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Jul 9, 1947
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth engagement to Prince Philip

    London, United Kingdom
    Wednesday Jul 9, 1947

    The royal couple went on to officially confirm their engagement on July 9th, 1947, and hosted a photocall at Buckingham Palace, which allowed the future monarch to show off her new diamond ring.


  • Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Jul 10, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    The Engagement

    Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Jul 10, 1947

    The engagement was announced to the public on 10 July 1947.


  • Spain
    Saturday Jul 26, 1947
    Francisco Franco

    Franco proclaimed Spain a monarchy

    Spain
    Saturday Jul 26, 1947

    On 26 July 1947 Franco proclaimed Spain a monarchy, but did not designate a monarch.


  • New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 13, 1947
    Louis Armstrong

    Armstrong big band dissolved

    New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 13, 1947

    Following a highly successful small-group jazz concert at New York Town Hall on May 17, 1947, featuring Armstrong with trombonist/singer Jack Teagarden, Armstrong's manager, Joe Glaser dissolved the Armstrong big band on August 13, 1947, and established a six-piece traditional jazz group featuring Armstrong with (initially) Teagarden, Earl Hines and other top swing and Dixieland musicians, most of whom were previously leaders of big bands. The new group was announced at the opening of Billy Berg's Supper Club.


  • India
    Friday Aug 15, 1947
    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    Disapproved Independence

    India
    Friday Aug 15, 1947

    In August 1947 the British partitioned the land with India and Pakistan each achieving independence on terms that Gandhi disapproved.


  • South Africa
    1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Margaret fell in love

    South Africa
    1947

    When Townsend and Margaret's relationship began is unclear. The princess said that she fell in love with the equerry during the 1947 South Africa tour, where they often went riding together.


  • Algeria
    Saturday Sep 20, 1947
    Algerian War

    Granted French citizenship to all Algerian subjects

    Algeria
    Saturday Sep 20, 1947

    The Law of September 20, 1947, granted French citizenship to all Algerian subjects, who were not required to renounce their personal status.


  • United Kingdom
    Oct, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Became Anglican

    United Kingdom
    Oct, 1947

    Though Philip appeared "always to have regarded himself as an Anglican", and he had attended Anglican services with his classmates and relations in England and throughout his Royal Navy days, he had been baptized in the Greek Orthodox Church. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, wanted to "regularise" Philip's position by officially receiving him into the Church of England, which he did in October 1947.


  • Göttingen, Germany
    Saturday Oct 4, 1947
    Max Planck

    Death

    Göttingen, Germany
    Saturday Oct 4, 1947

    After the end of the war Planck, his second wife, and his son by her were brought to a relative in Göttingen, where Planck died on October 4, 1947.


  • Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Oct, 1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Townsend requested the bedroom next to Margaret's

    Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
    Oct, 1947

    Margaret biographer Craig Brown stated that, according to a National Trust curator, Townsend requested the bedroom next to hers during a trip to Belfast in October 1947.


  • United States
    1947
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix's father

    United States
    1947

    John Lee Bottom, also known as John Phoenix, was recognized as being the father of popular Oscar-winning actor Joaquin Phoenix and late actor and singer River Phoenix.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Oct, 1947
    World Trade Organization

    GATT was the only multilateral instrument governing international trade

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Oct, 1947

    The GATT was the only multilateral instrument governing international trade from 1946 until the WTO was established on 1 January 1995.


  • United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Titles

    United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947

    The day before the wedding, King George VI bestowed the style of Royal Highness on Philip and, on the morning of the wedding, 20 November 1947, he was made the Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich of Greenwich in the County of London. Consequently, being already a Knight of the Garter, between 19 and 20 November 1947 he bore the unusual style His Royal Highness Sir Philip Mountbatten and is so described in the Letters Patent of 20 November 1947.


  • Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip and Elizabeth were married in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey

    Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947

    Philip and Elizabeth were married in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, recorded and broadcast by BBC radio to 200 million people around the world. In post-war Britain, it was not acceptable for any of the Duke of Edinburgh's German relations to be invited to the wedding, including Philip's three surviving sisters, all of whom had married German princes.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Elizabeth's wedding

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947

    Later that year, Margaret was a bridesmaid at Elizabeth's wedding.


  • London, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Elizabeth and Philip were married

    London, United Kingdom
    Thursday Nov 20, 1947

    Elizabeth and Philip were married on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey.


  • U.S.
    Saturday Nov 29, 1947
    United Nations

    General Assembly approved a resolution to partition Palestine

    U.S.
    Saturday Nov 29, 1947

    On 29 November 1947, the General Assembly approved a resolution to partition Palestine, approving the creation of the state of Israel. Two years later, Ralph Bunche, a UN official, negotiated an armistice to the resulting conflict.


  • Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
    Dec, 1947
    Computer

    The Invention of The Bipolar Transistor

    Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
    Dec, 1947

    William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain at Bell Labs invented the first practical transistor, the point-contact transistor, in 1947.


  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1947
    Warren Buffett

    Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1947

    Buffett entered the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1947.


  • New York, U.S,
    Friday Dec 5, 1947
    Stan Lee

    Getting married

    New York, U.S,
    Friday Dec 5, 1947

    Stan married Joan Clayton Boocock, originally from Newcastle, England, on December 5, 1947.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Dec 7, 1947
    Marilyn Monroe

    First Appearance on Screen

    U.S.
    Sunday Dec 7, 1947

    She was given her first film role, bit parts in Dangerous Years (1947).


  • United Kingdom
    1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    President of the National Playing Fields Association

    United Kingdom
    1947

    Philip was President of the National Playing Fields Association (now known as Fields in Trust) for 64 years, from 1947 until his grandson Prince William took over the role in 2013.


  • U.S.
    1947
    Jimmy Hoffa

    A Deferment from Military Service in World War Ii

    U.S.
    1947

    He then rose to lead the combined group of Detroit-area locals shortly afterwards, and advanced to become head of the Michigan Teamsters groups sometime later. During this time, Hoffa obtained a deferment from military service in World War II by successfully making a case for his union leadership skills being of more value to the nation, by keeping freight running smoothly to assist the war effort.


  • Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom
    1947
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip returned to the navy at first in a desk job at the Admiralty

    Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom
    1947

    After his honeymoon at the Mountbatten family home, Broadlands, Philip returned to the navy at first in a desk job at the Admiralty, and later on a staff course at the Naval Staff College, Greenwich.


  • South Africa
    1947
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Princess Elizabeth went to southern Africa with her parents

    South Africa
    1947

    Princess Elizabeth went in 1947 on her first overseas tour, accompanying her parents through southern Africa.


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