Editing 1947 (section)

==Events==

===January===
{{Main|January 1947}}
[[File:LocationNigeria.png|thumb|250px|right| [[January 1]]: [[Nigeria]] gains [[Autonomous entity|autonomy]].]]
* [[January]]–[[February]] – [[Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom]]: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winter1947.co.uk/ |title=Collection of weather statistics for the winter of 1947 |access-date=December 27, 2010}}</ref> Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/railways/background_conditions.shtml |title=Collection of film clips of UK rail disruption in winter 1947 |access-date=December 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125063222/http://www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/topics/railways/background_conditions.shtml |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 1]] – The ''[[Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946|Canadian Citizenship Act]]'' comes into effect, providing a Canadian citizenship separate from British law.
* [[January 4]] – First issue of weekly [[magazine]] ''[[Der Spiegel]]'' published in [[Hanover]], [[Germany]], edited by [[Rudolf Augstein]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Catherine C. |last1=Fraser |first2=Dierk O. |last2=Hoffmann |title=Pop Culture Germany!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YGgaLBLodH0C&pg=PA200 |access-date=November 11, 2014 |year=2006 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-733-3 |page=200}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – The [[United Nations]] adopts a resolution to take control of the free city of [[Trieste]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wellens |first=Karel |title=Resolutions and statements of the United Nations Security Council (1946-1989) : a thematic guide |publisher=M. Nijhoff |location=Dordrecht Boston |year=1990 |isbn=9780792307969 |page=19}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the "[[Black Dahlia]]", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles; the mysterious case is never solved.
* [[January 16]] – [[Vincent Auriol]] is inaugurated as president of France.
* [[January 19]] – Ferry {{SS|Heimara}} sinks in the [[South Euboean Gulf]] of Greece killing 392.
* [[January 24]] – In the third phase of the [[Greek Civil War]], [[Dimitrios Maximos]] forms a monarchist government in Athens and begins a brief term as prime minister.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sfikas |first=Thanasis |title=The British Labour government and the Greek Civil War 1945-1949 : the imperialism of "non-intervention |publisher=Ryburn Publishing Keele University Press |location=Keele, Staffordshire |year=1994 |isbn=9781853310485 |page=136}}</ref>
* [[January 26]] – A [[KLM]] [[1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen accident|Douglas DC-3 aircraft crashes]] soon after taking off from [[Copenhagen Airport|Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen]], killing all 22 people on board, including [[Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten|Prince Gustaf Adolf]], second in line to the Swedish throne, and American opera singer [[Grace Moore]].<ref name="Ottawa">{{Cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19470124&id=Ef8uAAAAIBAJ&pg=6112,5069912 |title=Prince and opera star killed in plane crash |work=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=24 Jan 1947 |accessdate=24 Nov 2014}}</ref>

===February===
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* [[February 3]]
** The lowest air temperature in North America (−63 degrees Celsius) is recorded in [[Snag, Yukon|Snag]], in the [[Yukon Territory]].
** [[P.L. Prattis]] becomes the first [[African American]] news correspondent allowed in the [[United States House of Representatives]] and [[United States Senate|Senate]] press galleries.
* [[February 5]]
** [[Bolesław Bierut]] becomes the [[President of Poland]].
** The Government of the United Kingdom announces the £25&nbsp;million [[Tanganyika groundnut scheme]], for cultivation of [[peanut]]s in the [[Tanganyika Territory]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Wood |first=Alan |title=The Groundnut Affair |publisher=Bodley Head |year=1950 |location=London |oclc=1841364}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – The [[South Pacific Commission]] (SPC) is founded.
* [[February 8]] – The [[Karlslust 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]] (later [[Croatia]]).
* [[February 12]]
** A [[Sikhote-Alin meteorite|meteorite]] creates an [[impact crater]] in [[Sikhote-Alin]], in the [[Soviet Union]].
** In [[Burma]], the [[Panglong Agreement]] is reached between the [[Politics of Burma|Burmese government]] under its leader, General [[Aung San]], and the [[Shan people|Shan]], [[Jingpo people|Kachin]], and [[Chin people|Chin]] ethnic peoples at the Panglong Conference. U Aung Zan Wai, [[Pe Khin]], Major Aung, Sir Maung Gyi, Sein Mya Maung and [[Myoma U Than Kywe]] are among the negotiators.
* [[February 17]] – [[Cold War]]: The [[Voice of America]] begins to transmit radio broadcasts into Eastern Europe and the [[Soviet Union]]
* [[February 20]]
** An [[O'Connor Plating Works disaster|explosion at the O'Connor Electro-Plating Company]] in [[Los Angeles]] leaves 17 dead, 100 buildings damaged, and a {{convert|22|ft|m|adj=mid|-deep}} crater in the ground.
** The [[United States Army Ordnance Corps|U.S. Army Ordnance Corps]] [[Hermes (missile program)|Hermes program]] [[V-2]] [[rocket]] ''Blossom I'' is launched into space, carrying plant material and [[Drosophila melanogaster|fruitflies]], the first living things to enter space.
* [[February 21]] – [[Edwin Land]] demonstrates the first "instant camera", his [[Polaroid Land Camera]], to a meeting of the [[Optical Society of America]] in [[New York City]].
* [[February 23]] – The [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO) is founded.
* [[February 25]]
** The German state of [[Prussia]] is officially abolished, by the [[Allied Control Council]].<ref>Law No. 46.</ref>
** [[Hachikō Line derailment]]: The worst-ever train accident in Japan kills 184 people.
** John C. Hennessy Jr. brings the first [[Volkswagen Beetle]] to the United States. He purchased the 1946 automobile from the U.S. Army Post Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, while serving in the U.S. Army. The Beetle is shipped from Bremerhaven, arriving in New York this day.<ref>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 Hennessy's book ''The Bride and the Beetle''.</ref>
* [[February 28]] &ndash; In [[Taiwan]], [[February 28 Incident|civil disorder is put down]], with large loss of civilian lives.

===March===
{{Main|March 1947}}
* [[March 1]]
** The [[International Monetary Fund]] begins to operate.
** German rocket scientist [[Wernher von Braun]] marries his first cousin, 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp.
* [[March 4]] – The [[Treaty of Dunkirk]] (effective September 8) is signed between the United Kingdom and France, providing for mutual assistance in the event of attack.
* [[March 12]] – The [[Cold War]] begins: The [[Truman Doctrine]] is proclaimed, to help stem the spread of [[Communism]].
* [[March 14]] – The [[1947 Thames flood|Thames flood]] and other widespread flooding occurs, as the exceptionally harsh [[British winter of 1946–1947]] ends in a thaw.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book |last1=Palmer |first1=Alan |last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica |year=1992 |title=The Chronology of British History |publisher=Century Ltd |location=London |pages=396–397 |isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=G. G. |last=Cullingham |title=The Floods of 1947 |work=Histories of Windsor |publisher=The Royal Windsor Web Site |url=http://www.thamesweb.co.uk/windsor/windsorhistory/floods47.html |access-date=2013-03-01 |date=November 2012}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] – Hindus and Muslims clash in [[Punjab region|Punjab]].
* [[March 19]] – The [[19th Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held. The movie ''[[The 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]], United States; 111 miners are killed.
* [[March 28]] – A World War II Japanese [[booby trap]] explodes on [[Corregidor]] Island, killing 28 people.
* [[March 29]] – A [[Malagasy Uprising|rebellion against French rule]] erupts in [[Madagascar]].
* [[March 31]] – The leaders of the Kurdish People's [[Republic of Mahabad]], the second [[Kurds|Kurdish]] state in the history of [[Iran]], are hanged at [[Chuwarchira Square]] in [[Mahabad]], after the state has been overrun by the Iranian army.

=== April ===
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* [[April]] – The previous discovery of the '[[Dead Sea Scrolls]]' in the [[Qumran Caves]] (above the northwest shore of the [[Dead Sea]]) by [[Bedouin]] shepherds, becomes known.<ref>"Year by Year 1947". [[History Channel International]].</ref>
* [[April 1]]
** [[Jackie Robinson]], the first [[African American]] in [[Major League Baseball]] since the 1880s,<!--recall Moses & Welday Walker in 1884--> signs a contract with the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]].
** [[Paul I of Greece|Paul I]] becomes King of Greece, aged 45, following the death of his brother, [[George II of Greece|King George II]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Clogg |first=Richard |title=Parties and elections in Greece : the search for stability |publisher=C. Hurst |location=London |year=1987 |isbn=9781850650409 |page=207}}</ref>
** The [[1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies]] begin.
* [[April 4]] – The [[International Civil Aviation Organization]] begins operations.
* [[April 7]]
** The Arab [[Ba'ath Party]] is established by merger in [[Damascus]].
**The largest recorded [[sunspot]] group appears on the solar surface.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Packer |first1=Michael |title=A Deeper Look at Sunspots, Part 2 |url=http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/1210/e.html}}</ref>
* [[April 9]] 
** Multiple tornadoes strike Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas, killing 184 and injuring 970.
** The [[Journey of Reconciliation]] in the [[Southern United States]] begins, organized by the [[Congress of Racial Equality]].
* [[April 15]] – Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to play Major League Baseball since the 1880s.<!--recall Moses & Welday Walker in 1884-->
* [[April 16]]
** [[Texas City disaster]]: The [[ammonium nitrate]] cargo of French-registered [[Liberty ship]] {{SS|Grandcamp}} explodes in [[Texas City, Texas]] in one of the [[Largest artificial non-nuclear explosions|largest man-made non-nuclear explosions]] in history, killing at least 581, including all but one member of the city fire department, injuring at least 5,000 and destroying 20 city blocks. Of the dead, remains of 113 are never found, and 62 are unidentifiable.
** American financier and presidential adviser [[Bernard Baruch]] describes the post–World War II tensions between the [[Soviet Union]] and the United States as a "[[Cold War]]".
** The first public demonstration of a [[professional video camera|TV camera]] [[zoom lens]], the ''[[Jerry Fairbanks]] Zoomar,'' is held at [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] studios in [[New York City|New York]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oldtvhistory.blogspot.com/2023/02/april-1947-part-2.html |title=Old TV History: April 1947 Part 2 |date=February 4, 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 18]]
** The British [[Royal Navy]] detonates 6,800 tons of explosives, in an attempt to demolish the fortified island of [[Heligoland]], Germany, in another of the largest man-made non-nuclear explosions in history.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ritsema |first=Alex |title=Heligoland, Past and Present |publisher=Gardners Books |location=City |year=2007 |isbn=9781847531902 |page=101}}</ref>
** '[[Mrs. Ples]]', an ''[[Australopithecus africanus]]'' skull, is discovered in the [[Sterkfontein]] area in [[Transvaal Province|Transvaal]], South Africa.
* [[April 20]] – King [[Frederik IX of Denmark|Frederik IX]] succeeds his father, [[Christian X]], on the throne of [[Kingdom of Denmark|Denmark]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Steinberg |first=S. H. |title=The statesman's year-book : statistical and historical annual of the states of the world for the year 1961 |publisher=Macmillan St. Martin's Press |location=London New York |year=1961 |isbn=9780230270909 |page=942}}</ref>

===May===
{{Main|May 1947}}
* [[May 1]] – [[Portella della Ginestra massacre]]: The [[Salvatore Giuliano]] gang of Sicilian separatists opens fire on a [[Labour Day]] parade at Portella della Ginestra, [[Sicily]], killing 11 people and wounding 27.
* [[May 2]] – The movie ''[[Miracle on 34th Street]]'', a Christmastime classic, is first shown in theaters.
* [[May 3]] – The new post-war [[Constitution of Japan]] goes into effect.
* [[May 11]] – The [[Ferrari 125 S]], the first car to bear the [[Ferrari]] name, debuts.
* [[May 22]] – The [[Cold War]] begins: To fight the spread of [[Communism]], President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs an Act of Congress that implements the [[Truman Doctrine]]. This Act grants $400&nbsp; million in military and economic aid to [[Turkey]] and Greece. The Cold War [[Cold War (1985–1991)|ends]] in [[1991]].
* [[May 25]] – Hyundai Togun, the initial name of the [[Hyundai Group]], is founded by [[Chung Ju-young]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/185337 |title=The last emperor |access-date=20 August 2019 |publisher=The Economist |date=4 February 1999}}</ref>
* [[May 29]]
** An [[Air Iceland]] [[Douglas C-47]] on a domestic flight in [[Iceland]] crashes into a mountainside killing all 25 people on board.
** A [[United States Army Air Forces]] [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]] crashes on approach to [[Naval Air Station Atsugi]], [[Japan]], killing all 41 on board in the worst aviation accident in Japanese history up to this time.
* [[May 30]] – [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 605]]: A [[Douglas C-54 Skymaster]] crashes near [[Port Deposit, Maryland|Bainbridge, Maryland]], killing all 53 aboard (49 passengers, 4 crew), in America's worst commercial aviation disaster to this date.
* [[May 31]] – [[Alcide de Gasperi]] forms a new government in Italy, the first postwar Italian government not to include members of the [[Italian Communist Party]].

=== June ===
{{Main|June 1947}}
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-20671-0014, Recklinghausen, Marshallplan im Ruhrgebiet.jpg|thumb|115px|[[Marshall Plan]].]]
* [[June]] – The [[Doomsday Clock]] of the [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] is introduced.
* [[June 5]] – U.S. Secretary of State [[George Marshall]] outlines the [[Marshall Plan]] for American reconstruction and relief aid to Europe, in a speech at [[Harvard University]].
* [[June 7]] – The Romanian Army founds the [[association football]] club CCA (Clubul Central al Armatei – The Army's Central Club), which will become [[List of football clubs in Romania by major honors won|the most successful Romanian football team]] during its time as ''[[CSA Steaua București]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fcsteaua.ro/index/section/articles/article/5826/ |title=Istorie Stelista (I) - FCSTEAUA.RO |website=www.fcsteaua.ro}}</ref>
* [[June 10]] – [[Saab Automobile|SAAB]] in Sweden produces its first automobile.
* [[June 11]]–[[June 15|15]] – The first [[Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod]] is held in Wales.<ref>{{cite web |title=Llangollen International Eisteddfod – How it Started |url=http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html |publisher=Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod |access-date=2012-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824054357/http://www.llangollen.com/eist3.html |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[June 15]] – The ''[[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]]'' in Portugal orders 11 military officers and 19 university professors, who are accused of revolutionary activity, to resign.
* [[June 21]] – The [[Parliament of Canada]] votes unanimously to pass several laws regarding displaced foreign refugees.
* [[June 23]] – The [[United States Senate]] follows the [[United States House of Representatives|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 [[Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting|UFO sighting]] near [[Mount Rainier]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].  Over [[1947 flying disc craze|800 copycat sightings]] are reported throughout the US in the coming following weeks.
* [[June 25]] – ''[[The Diary of a Young Girl]]'' by [[Anne Frank]] is published for the first time as ''Het Achterhuis: Dagboekbrieven 14 juni 1942 – 1 augustus 1944'' ("The Annex: Diary Notes from 14 June 1942 – 1 August 1944") in [[Amsterdam]], two years after the writer's death in [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]].

=== July ===
{{Main|July 1947}}
* [[July 1]] – The [[United States]] begins the [[National Malaria Eradication Program]], successfully eradicating malaria in [[1951]]. 
* [[July 6]]
** [[1947 Sylhet referendum]]: A referendum is held in [[Sylhet region|Sylhet]] to decide its fate in the [[Partition of India]].<ref name="qaty">{{cite web |last1=Chowdhury |first1=Dewan Nurul Anwar Husain |title=Sylhet Referendum, 1947 |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Sylhet_Referendum,_1947 |website=Banglapedia |access-date=November 20, 2016}}</ref>
** The first prototype [[AK-47]] assault rifles are built to the design of [[Mikhail Kalashnikov]].
* [[July 8]] – [[Roswell UFO incident]]: A supposedly downed [[Unidentified flying object|extraterrestrial spacecraft]] is reportedly found near [[Roswell, New Mexico]].
[[File:Rhodes UFO photos.png|thumb|350px|right|'Flying Disc' photos published in Phoenix press on July 9]]
* [[July 9]] 
** [[Rhodes UFO photographs|'Flying disc' photographs]] published in Phoenix
** King [[George VI]] of the United Kingdom announces the engagement of his daughter [[Elizabeth II|Princess Elizabeth]] to [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Lt. Philip Mountbatten]].
* [[July 11]] – The ship ''[[Exodus (ship)|Exodus]]'' leaves France for [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], with 4,500 Jewish [[Holocaust]] survivor refugees on board.
* [[July 17]] – Indian passenger ship {{SS|Ramdas}} is capsized by a cyclone at [[Mumbai]], India, with 625 people killed.
* [[July 18]]
** Following wide media and [[UNSCOP]] coverage, the ''[[Exodus (ship)|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 United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] and the [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President pro tempore of the Senate]] next in the line of succession, after the [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]].
* [[July 19]] – Burmese nationalist [[Aung San]], and six members of his newly formed cabinet, are assassinated during a cabinet meeting.
* [[July 26]] – [[Cold War]]: U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs the [[National Security Act of 1947]] into law to create the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], the [[U.S. Department of Defense|Department of Defense]], the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], and the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]].
* [[July 27]]–[[July 28|28]] – English endurance swimmer [[Tom Blower]] becomes the first person to swim the [[North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)|North Channel]], from [[Donaghadee]] in [[Northern Ireland]] to [[Portpatrick]] in Scotland.
* [[July 29]] – After being shut down on November 9, 1946, for a refurbishment, the [[ENIAC]] computer in the United States is turned back on again, and remains in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.

===August===
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[[File:Flag of Pakistan.svg|thumb|Flag of [[Pakistan]], the country that gained independence on August 14, 1947]]
[[File:Flag of India.svg|thumb|Flag of [[India]], the country that gained independence on August 15, 1947, and became the largest democracy in the world. ]]
* [[August 1]] – Indonesian airline [[Garuda Indonesia]] is established.
* [[August 2]] – [[1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident|1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian ''Star Dust'' accident]]: A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile (the wreckage will not be found until 1998).
* [[August 5]] – The Netherlands ends [[Operation Product]], the first of its major military '[[Police actions (Indonesia)|police 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, 4,300 mile, voyage across the Eastern Pacific Ocean, demonstrating that prehistoric peoples could 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 regions formed by the [[Partition of India]] gain independence from the [[British Empire]] as the [[Dominion of 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|governor-general of Pakistan]]. [[Liaquat Ali Khan]] takes office as the first [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|prime minister of Pakistan]].
* [[August 15]]
** The greater Indian subcontinent, with a mixed population of [[Hindus|Hindu]], [[Sikhs]], [[Buddhism in India|Buddhists]], [[Jainism in India|Jains]], [[Zoroastrianism in India|Zoroasters]], [[Judaism in India|Jews]], [[Christianity in India|Christians]], [[Islam in India|Muslims]] and others formed by the [[Partition of India]], gains independence from the British Empire, as the [[Dominion of India]].  755 years of foreign rule (565 years of Muslim rule (1192–1757) and 190 years British rule (1757–1947)) in India comes to an end.
** [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] takes office as the first [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]], taking his oath from [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma]], [[Governor-General of India]] (but no longer [[viceroy]]).
* [[August 16]] – In Greece, General [[Markos Vafiadis]] takes over the government until [[1949]].
* [[August 23]] – The [[Prime Minister of Greece|prime minister of Greece]], [[Dimitrios Maximos]], resigns.
* [[August 27]] – The French government lowers the daily bread [[Rationing|ration]] to 200&nbsp;grams, causing riots in [[Verdun]] and [[Le Mans]].
* [[August 30]] – A fire at a movie theater in [[Rueil-Malmaison|Rueil]], a suburb of Paris, France, kills 83 people.
* [[August 31]] – In [[Hungary]], [[communists]] fail to gain a majority in parliamentary elections (despite widespread fraud) and turn to direct action as part of the country's [[History of Hungary#Transition to communism (1944–1949)|transition to Communism (1944–1949)]].

===September===
{{Main|September 1947}}
[[File:Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency.svg|thumb|200px|The [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA), officially born September 18, 1947]]
* [[September 9]]
** [[Women's suffrage]] is agreed by [[Argentina]]'s Congress.
** A moth lodged in a [[relay]] is found to be the cause of a malfunction in the [[Harvard Mark II]] electromechanical computer, logged as the "First actual case of [[Software bug|bug]] being found."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catb.org/jargon/html/B/bug.html |title='''bug''':n. |work=The Jargon File |access-date=2012-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/main?edan_q=Log+book+with+computer+bug&op=Search |title=Log Book With Computer Bug |publisher=[[National Museum of American History]] |access-date=2013-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927135534/http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/main?edan_q=Log+book+with+computer+bug&op=Search |archive-date=September 27, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[September 13]] – Indian Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] suggests the exchange of four million Hindus and Muslims between India and [[Pakistan]].
* [[September 15]]–[[September 16|16]] – [[Typhoon Kathleen]] strikes the [[Bōsō Peninsula]] and the entire [[Kantō region]] in Japan. Heavy rains cause the [[Arakawa River (Kanto)|Arakawa]] and [[Tone River]]s to overflow and embankment collapse. The resulting floods and [[debris flow]] kill between 1,077 and 1,920 people, injuring 1,547<ref>Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official report. [[:ja:キャスリーン台風]] (Japanese language) Retrieved February 20, 2017.</ref> and leaving 853 missing.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.arajo.ktr.mlit.go.jp/english/eng-pamph/12-13.html |title=Arajo.ktr.mlit.go.jp}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[September 17]]–[[September 21|21]] – The [[1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane]] in southeastern [[Florida]], and also in [[Alabama]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Louisiana]] causes widespread damage, and kills 50 people.
* [[September 18]] – In the United States:
** The [[National Security Act of 1947]] becomes effective on this day, creating the [[United States Air Force]], [[National Security Council (United States)|National Security Council]] and the [[Central Intelligence Agency]].
** The [[United States Department of War|Department of War]] becomes the [[Department of the Army]], a branch of the new [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].
* [[September 22]] – The Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties ([[Cominform]]) is founded by the [[International Communist Movement]].
* [[September 30]] – [[Pakistan]] and [[Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen|Yemen]] join the [[United Nations]].

=== October ===
{{Main|October 1947}}
* [[October]] – First recorded use of the word ''[[computer]]'' in its modern sense, referring to an electronic digital machine.<ref>{{cite web |title=computer, ''n''. |work=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] online version |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/37975?redirectedFrom=computer#eid |access-date=2011-11-29 |date=September 2011}} {{OEDsub}}</ref>
* [[October 1]] – The [[North American F-86 Sabre]] jet fighter aircraft makes its first flight.
* [[October 5]] – President [[Harry S. Truman]] delivers the first televised White House address, speaking on the world food crises.
* [[October 14]] – [[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, initiating the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948]]. Also, Pakistan establishes diplomatic relations with the United States of America.
* [[October 24]] – The first [[Azad Kashmir]] Government is established 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 ===
{{Main|November 1947}}
* [[November 2]] – In [[Long Beach, California]], United States, designer and airplane pilot [[Howard Hughes]] carries out the one and only flight of the [[Hughes H-4 Hercules]] ("''Spruce Goose''"), the largest [[fixed-wing aircraft]] ever built and flown. This flight only lasts 8 minutes.
* [[November 6]] – The television program ''[[Meet the Press]]'' makes its 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 Party|French communist]] riot, that also spreads to Paris.
* [[November 13]]  – [[Wataru Misaka]] makes the roster of the [[1947–48 New York Knicks season|New York Knicks]] to become the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball, months after [[Jackie Robinson]] broke the color barrier in [[Major League Baseball]] for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]]. Misaka has led the [[Utah Utes men's basketball|Utah Utes]] to the [[1944 NCAA basketball tournament|1944 NCAA]] and [[1947 National Invitation Tournament|1947 NIT]] championships.<ref>{{cite news |title=New York Times |date=November 22, 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/sports/basketball/wat-misaka-dead.html |access-date=November 26, 2019 |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard}}</ref>
* [[November 15]]
** The [[International Telecommunication Union]] becomes a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]].
** The [[Universal Postal Union]] (UPU) becomes a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]] (effective [[July 1]] [[1948]]).
* [[November 16]]
** In [[Brussels]], 15,000 people demonstrate against the relatively short prison sentences of Belgian [[Nazi]] criminals.
** Great Britain begins withdrawing its troops from Palestine.
* [[November 17]]–[[December 23]] – [[John Bardeen]] and [[Walter Brattain]] working under [[William Shockley]] at [[AT&T Corporation|AT&T]]'s [[Bell Labs]] in the United States demonstrate the [[transistor]] effect, a key element for the [[electronics]] revolution of the 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=November 17 – December 23, 1947: Invention of the First Transistor |publisher=[[American Physical Society]] |url=http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200011/history.cfm |access-date=2013-01-16}}</ref>
* [[November 17]] – The [[Screen Actors Guild]] implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
* [[November 18]] – [[Ballantyne's fire]]: A fire in [[Ballantynes]] department store in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand, kills 41 people.
* [[November 20]]
** [[Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh]]: Princess Elizabeth (later [[Elizabeth II]]), the daughter of [[George VI]] of the United Kingdom, marries [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|The Duke of Edinburgh]] at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London.
** [[Paul Ramadier]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of France]]. He is succeeded by [[Robert Schuman]], who calls in 80,000 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 complete the [[Havana Charter]].
* [[November 24]] – [[McCarthyism]]: The [[United States House of Representatives]] votes 346–17 to approve citations of Contempt of Congress against the "[[Hollywood Ten]]", after the screenwriters and directors refuse to co-operate with the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] concerning allegations of [[Communism|communist]] influences in the movie business. The ten men are [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted]] by the [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] movie studios on the following day.<ref>[[Waldorf Statement]].</ref>
* [[November 25]]
** The [[New Zealand Parliament]] ratifies the [[Statute of Westminster 1931|Statute of Westminster]], and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]].
** The new [[Pakistan Army]] and [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] [[Mercenary|mercenaries]] overrun Mirpur in [[Kashmir]], resulting in the death of 20,000 Hindus and Sikhs.<ref>{{cite book |title=Forgotten Atrocities |first=Bal K. |last=Gupta}} Date requires confirmation.</ref>
* [[November 27]] – In Paris, France, police occupy the editorial offices of the communist newspapers.
* [[November 29]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] votes for the [[United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine]] which will partition [[Mandatory Palestine]] between Arab and Jewish regions, resulting in the creation of the [[State of Israel]].

=== December ===
{{Main|December 1947}}
* [[December 3]]
** [[French Communist Party|French communist]] [[Strike action|strikers]] derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumors that it is transporting soldiers; 21 people are killed.
** The [[Tennessee Williams]] play ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', starring [[Marlon Brando]] in his first great role, opens at the [[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]] on Broadway in New York City; [[Jessica Tandy]] also stars as Blanche Du Bois.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=1804 |title=A Streetcar Named Desire – Broadway Play – Original - IBDB |first=The Broadway |last=League |website=www.ibdb.com}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] – French [[Interior Minister]] [[Jules S. Moch]] takes [[state of emergency|emergency]] measures against his country's rioters, after six days of violent arguments in the [[National Assembly of France|National Assembly]].
* [[December 6]]
** [[Arturo Toscanini]] conducts a concert performance of the first half of [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera ''[[Otello]]'', for a broadcast on [[NBC]] Radio in the United States. The second half of the opera is broadcast a week later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Apr04/Verdi_otello_toscanini.htm |title=Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901) – ''Otello'' |work=MusicWeb International |access-date=2013-12-09}}</ref>
** Women are admitted to full membership of the [[University of Cambridge]] in England.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fact sheet: Women at Cambridge: A Chronology |url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/press/factsheets/women2.html |publisher=University of Cambridge |year=2010 |access-date=2010-09-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071107063131/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/press/factsheets/women2.html |archive-date=November 7, 2007}}</ref> following a vote in September.<ref name="Lost Decade Timeline">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml |title=The Lost Decade Timeline |publisher=BBC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821133044/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml |archive-date=August 21, 2006}}</ref>
* [[December 9]] – French [[labor union]]s call off the general strike, and re-commence negotiations with the French government.
* [[December 12]] – The [[Iran]]ian Royal Army takes back power in the [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|Azerbaijan]] province.
* [[December 14]] – [[Santiago Bernabeu Stadium]] is officially inaugurated in [[Madrid]], and hosts its first match.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Santiago Bernabéu was inaugurated 68 years ago {{!}} Real Madrid CF|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en/news/2015/12/the-santiago-bernabeu-was-inaugurated-68-years-ago|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial|language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 21]] – During the mass migration of Hindus and Muslims between the new states of India and Pakistan, 400,000 are slaughtered.
* [[December 22]] – The [[Italian Constituent Assembly]] votes to accept the new [[Constitution of Italy]].
* [[December 30]] 
** The [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15]] jet fighter aircraft ([[NATO reporting name]] [[Wikt:fagot|Fagot]]) makes its first flight in the Soviet Union.
** King [[Michael I of Romania]] is forced to abdicate and the Romanian monarchy is abolished.<ref>{{cite book |first=Karl-Heinz |last=Frieser |title=The Eastern Front, 1943-1944: The War in the East and on the Neighbouring Fronts |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2017 |isbn=978-0-19872-346-2 |page=791}}</ref>