Editing 1947 (section)

=== April ===
{{Main|April 1947}}
* [[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>