Editing 1947 (section)

=== 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>