Editing 1947 (section)

=== 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]].