Editing 1947 (section)

===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>