Editing 1947 (section)

=== 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.