10 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