43 events found for 1947
An explosion on board a freighter in port causes Texas City in the state of Texas, United States, to catch fire, killing
Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet U
The Operation Big Bang, the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion to that time, destroys bunkers and military installat
Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have set
Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Gi
New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect
Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece
United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport, killing 43
Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungaria
Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls f
Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near Mayadin, Syria, killing 15 and injuring 21
The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U
Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington
The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published
The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the…
Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.