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July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
, 1947 (Tuesday)

*The
Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China The Summer Offensive of 1947 in Northeast China (东北1947年夏季攻势) is a series of battles initiated by the communists against the nationalists during the Chinese Civil War after World War II. Prelude In the spring of 1947, the nationali ...
ended in Communist victory. *
Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...
ordered the general mobilization of Nationalist troops against the Communists. *The United States launched the National Malaria Eradication Program. *The
Philippine Air Force The Philippine Air Force (PAF) ( tgl, Hukbong Himpapawid ng Pilipinas, , Army of the Air of the Philippines) ( es, Ejército Aérea del Filipinas, , Ejército de la Aérea de la Filipinas) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Armed Forc ...
was established. * The inaugural draft of the
Basketball Association of America The Basketball Association of America (BAA) was a professional basketball league in North America, founded in 1946. Following its third season, 1948–49, the BAA absorbed most of National Basketball League (NBL) and rebranded as the National Ba ...
(which later became the National Basketball Association) was held in Detroit. The
Pittsburgh Ironmen The Pittsburgh Ironmen were a charter member of the Basketball Association of America (a forerunner of the National Basketball Association). The team was based in Pittsburgh and played at Duquesne Gardens. They ended their only season in the BAA i ...
selected
Clifton McNeely Clifton McNeely (June 22, 1919 – December 26, 2003) was an American basketball player and coach.
of Texas Wesleyan University as the #1 overall pick, but McNeely would never play in the BAA, opting for a high school coaching career instead.


July 2, 1947 (Wednesday)

*A conference in Paris between France, the UK and the USSR broke up after the Soviets rejected the Marshall Plan, which Britain and France accepted. Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov warned that Europe would be split into eastern and western blocs if Britain and France acted alone; his UK counterpart Ernest Bevin declared that Britain had faced threats before and would not be deterred. *The Polish
Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites The Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites ( pl, Rada Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa) is a Polish government body charged with the preservation of historical sites of wartime persecution of the Polish nation. It was set ...
and
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum ( pl, Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau) is a museum on the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim (German: ''Auschwitz''), Poland. The site includes the main concentration camp at Auschwitz ...
were established by Acts of Parliament. *Born: Larry David, comedy writer, actor and television producer, in Brooklyn, New York *Died:
Richard R. Wright Richard Robert Wright Sr. (May 16, 1855 – July 2, 1947) was an American military officer, educator and college president, politician, civil rights advocate and banking entrepreneur. Among his many accomplishments, he founded a high school, a col ...
, 92, African-American military officer, educator, college president, civil rights advocate and banking entrepreneur


July 3, 1947 (Thursday)

*Following Molotov's departure, Britain and France invited 22 nations to Paris for a new conference on implementing the Marshall Plan. * Amir Sjarifuddin became 2nd Prime Minister of Indonesia. *Born:
Dave Barry David McAlister Barry (born July 3, 1947) is an American author and columnist who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for the ''Miami Herald'' from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comic ...
, author and humor columnist, in Armonk, New York;
Betty Buckley Betty Lynn Buckley (born July 3, 1947) is an American actress and singer. Buckley is the winner of a Tony Award, and was nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards, two Grammy Awards, and an Olivier Award. In 2012, she was inducted into the American T ...
, actress and singer, in
Big Spring, Texas Big Spring is a city in and the county seat of Howard County, Texas, United States, at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 87 and Interstate 20. With a population of 27,282 as of the 2010 census, it is the largest city between Midland to the west, A ...


July 4, 1947 (Friday)

* Albert Kesselring's death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. * Fred Daly won the Open Championship in Hoylake, England. *The Technicolor musical comedy film '' The Perils of Pauline'' starring Betty Hutton as the silent film star Pearl White was released. *Born:
Morganna Morganna Roberts (born July 4, 1947) is an entertainer who became known as Morganna or Morganna, the Kissing Bandit in baseball and other sports from 1969 through 1999. She was also billed as "Morganna the Wild One" when appearing as a dancer in ...
, entertainer known as the "Kissing Bandit", in Louisville, Kentucky


July 5, 1947 (Saturday)

* Larry Doby became the second baseball player to break the color line when he made his major league debut with the Cleveland Indians, striking out in a pinch-hit appearance against the Chicago White Sox. *Born: Joe Brown, lawyer, judge and arbiter of the television court show '' Judge Joe Brown'', in Washington, D.C.


July 6, 1947 (Sunday)

*The AK-47 assault rifle went into production in the Soviet Union. *Spanish voters approved Franco's law of succession in a referendum, the first time the Spanish people had been allowed a chance to vote in 11 years. The result was reported as 95.1 percent in favor. *''
Kingsblood Royal ''Kingsblood Royal'' is a 1947 novel by American writer Sinclair Lewis. Synopsis The protagonist, Neil Kingsblood, a white middle-class man, discovers while researching his family background that he is directly descended from an African adventure ...
'' by Sinclair Lewis topped ''The New York Times'' Fiction Best Sellers list. *Born: Richard Beckinsale, actor, in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1979); Larnelle Harris, gospel singer and songwriter, in
Danville, Kentucky Danville is a home rule-class city in Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 17,236 at the 2020 Census. Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes ...


July 7, 1947 (Monday)

* Austria applied for UN membership. *The Czechoslovak cabinet voted to accept Marshall Plan aid.


July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...
, 1947 (Tuesday)

*The
Hostages Trial The Hostages Trial (or, officially, ''The United States of America v. Wilhelm List, et al.'') was held from 8 July 1947 until 19 February 1948 and was the seventh of the twelve trials for war crimes that United States authorities held in their occ ...
began in Nuremberg. Twelve German generals of the Balkan Campaign were put on trial as those responsible for the hostage-taking of civilians and the wanton shooting of those hostages, as well as executions of arbitrarily designated "partisans". * Roswell UFO incident: an unidentified flying object crashed near
Roswell, New Mexico Roswell () is a city in, and the County seat, seat of, Chaves County, New Mexico, Chaves County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Chaves County forms the entirety of the List of micropolitan areas in New Mexico, Roswell micropolitan area. As of ...
. Although it was officially reported to be a conventional
weather balloon A weather balloon, also known as sounding balloon, is a balloon (specifically a type of high-altitude balloon) that carries instruments aloft to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed by means of a ...
, conspiracy theories persist that the downed object was an extraterrestrial spacecraft. *American Communist leader Eugene Dennis was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $1,000 for refusing to testify before Congress. *The American League defeated the National League 2–1 in the 14th Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The first episode of '' Major League Baseball on NBC'' was aired in conjunction. *Born:
Bobby Sowell Robert G. Lee Sowell (born July 8, 1947) is an American musician, pianist and composer. He spent much of his early years playing rockabilly piano in the late 1950s, playing organ in rock-and-roll bands in the 1960s and playing piano in numero ...
, rockabilly pianist and composer, in Memphis, Tennessee *Died:
William G. Bramham William Gibbons Bramham (July 13, 1874 – July 8, 1947) was an American baseball executive, lawyer and politician, whose most significant role was as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues from 1933 through 1946 ...
, 72, American baseball executive, lawyer and politician


July 9 Events Pre-1600 *118 – Hadrian, who became emperor a year previously on Trajan's death, makes his entry into Rome. * 381 – The end of the First Council of Christian bishops convened in Constantinople by the Roman Emperor Theodos ...
, 1947 (Wednesday)

*King George VI announced the engagement of his daughter Princess Elizabeth to Lt. Philip Mountbatten. *2,500 alleged communist plotters were arrested in Athens. *Born: Haruomi Hosono, electronic musician, in Minato, Tokyo, Japan;
O. J. Simpson Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947), nicknamed "Juice", is an American former football running back, actor, and broadcaster who played for the Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. Once a popular figure ...
, American football player, broadcaster and actor, in San Francisco, California (d. 2024)


July 10, 1947 (Thursday)

* Czechoslovakia withdrew from the Paris conference after initially agreeing to attend. * Don Black of the Cleveland Indians pitched a 3-0
no-hitter In baseball, a no-hitter is a game in which a team was not able to record a hit. Major League Baseball (MLB) officially defines a no-hitter as a completed game in which a team that batted in at least nine innings recorded no hits. A pitcher wh ...
against the
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. *Born: Arlo Guthrie, folk singer-songwriter, on
Coney Island Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Manhattan Beach to its east, L ...
, New York *Died: Yitzchak Isaac Langner, 72, Galician Rabbi of Stratyn and New York


July 11, 1947 (Friday)

*The SS ''Exodus'' departed
Sète Sète (; oc, Seta, ), also historically spelt ''Cette'' (official until 1928) and ''Sette'', is a commune in the Hérault department, in the region of Occitania, southern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sétois'' (male) and ''Sétoises' ...
, France, loaded with 4,515 Jewish refugees bound for Palestine. *The long poem '' The Age of Anxiety'' by W. H. Auden was published.


July 12 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – The armies of Titus attack the walls of Jerusalem after a six-month siege. Three days later they breach the walls, which enables the army to destroy the Second Temple. * 927 – King Constantine II of ...
, 1947 (Saturday)

*Representatives of 16 nations opened a conference in Paris to discuss implementation of the Marshall Plan. *Two British Army sergeants in Palestine were kidnapped in retaliation for death sentences imposed on three Irgun members convicted of leading the May 4 Acre Prison break. *His Majesty
King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ...
graciously approved the addition of the prefix "Royal" to the following Corps of the
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: ** The Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps. ** The Royal New Zealand Engineers. ** The Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals. ** The Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps. ** The Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps. ** The Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps. ** The Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps. ** The Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. ** The Royal New Zealand Army Dental Corps. **The Royal New Zealand Chaplains Department. *Born: **
Loren Coleman Loren Coleman (born July 12, 1947) is an American cryptozoologist who has written over 40 books on a number of topics, including the pseudoscience and subculture of cryptozoology. Early life Coleman was born in Norfolk, Virginia, and grew up in ...
, cryptozoologist, in
Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
**
Wilko Johnson John Andrew Wilkinson (12 July 1947 – 21 November 2022), better known by the stage name Wilko Johnson, was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter and occasional actor. He was a member of the pub rock/rhythm and blues band Dr. Feelgood in t ...
, English rock musician, as John Wilkinson in Canvey Island (d.
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) *Died: Jimmie Lunceford, 45, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader


July 13, 1947 (Sunday)

*A
Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...
on a charter flight from New York to San Juan, Puerto Rico made an emergency crash landing in a swamp in Melbourne, Florida following engine trouble. 14 of the 36 aboard were killed. *Cuban Labor Minister
Carlos Prío Socarrás Carlos Manuel Prío Socarrás (July 14, 1903 – April 5, 1977) was a Cuban politician. He served as the President of Cuba from 1948 until he was deposed by a military coup led by Fulgencio Batista on March 10, 1952, three months before new elec ...
and Senator
Eduardo Chibás Eduardo René Chibás Ribas (August 15, 1907 – August 16, 1951) was a Cuban politician who used radio to broadcast his political views to the public. He primarily denounced corruption and gangsterism rampant during the governments of Ramón Grau ...
fought a saber
duel A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon Code duello, rules. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the r ...
in the National Capitol in Havana. Chibás had been challenged to the duel by Socarrás after he harshly criticized the Labor Minister in a radio broadcast. Chibás sustained cuts to his face, left side and right arm while Socarrás was bruised in the right side.


July 14, 1947 (Monday)

*British authorities in Palestine imposed martial law on
Netanya Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...
, where the two British soldiers were kidnapped two days earlier.Leonard, p. 710. *
Tămădău Affair The Tămădău affair ( ro, Afacerea Tămădău, ''Înscenarea de la Tămădău'' – "the Tămădău frameup" – or ''Fuga de la Tămădău'' – "the Tămădău flight") was an incident that took place in Romania in the summer of 1947. It was t ...
: A number of deputies of the National Peasants' Party in Romania were arrested at the Tămădău airport near Bucharest as they were waiting for airplanes to transport them out of the country. They would be charged with trying to overthrow the government.


July 15, 1947 (Tuesday)

*A United Nations Security Council debate on a proposed international police force ended in a deadlock after the Americans and Soviets failed to agree on how much each of the participating states would be expected to contribute. *Issue #1 of the comic book '' Young Romance'' (
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Sept-Oct) was published. Created by
Joe Simon Joseph Henry Simon (October 11, 1913 – December 14, 2011) was an American comic book writer, artist, editor, and publisher. Simon created or co-created many important characters in the 1930s–1940s Golden Age of Comic Books and served as the ...
and Jack Kirby, it is generally considered the first romance comic, and would run through 1975. *India got its independence from british rule *Born: Peter Banks, guitarist (
Yes Yes or YES may refer to: * An affirmative particle in the English language; see yes and no Education * YES Prep Public Schools, Houston, Texas, US * YES (Your Extraordinary Saturday), a learning program from the Minnesota Institute for Talente ...
), in
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, London, England (d. 2013) *Died: Walter Donaldson, 54, American songwriter;
Brandon Hurst Brandon Hurst (30 November 1866 – 15 July 1947) was an English stage and film actor. Early life Born in London, England, Hurst studied philology in his youth and began performing in theater in the 1880s. Before he began acting professionall ...
, 80, English stage and film actor


July 16 Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece. * 105 ...
, 1947 (Wednesday)

*Hungarian Interior Minister László Rajk presented Parliament with a new electoral law containing several provisions beneficial to the Communists. Most significantly, the law extended the life of the Communist-dominated National Election Committee, which had the authority to decide which parties and candidates would be allowed to run. *The House of Lords passed a bill with unprecedented speed when the Indian independence bill was rushed through three readings and a report stage all in the same day. The bill now only required Royal Assent to become law.


July 17, 1947 (Thursday)

*
1947 Ramdas ship disaster The 1947 ''Ramdas'' ship disaster occurred near Bombay (now Mumbai) in India. The Indian passenger ship SS ''Ramdas'', while bound for Rewas in Maharashtra, capsized on 17 July 1947, near Gull Island (Kashyacha Khadak), ten miles from Colaba( ...
: The Indian passenger ship SS ''Ramdas'' capsized ten miles off
Colaba Colaba (; or ISO: Kolābā) is a part of the city of Mumbai, India. It is one of the four peninsulas of Mumbai while the other three are Worli, Bandra and Malabar Hill. During Portuguese rule in the 16th century, the island was known as Kolbhat ...
Point at Bombay, killing 625 people on board. *17-year-old Herbert E. Kolb, a
Fred Harvey Company The Fred Harvey Company was the owner of the Harvey House chain of restaurants, hotels and other hospitality industry businesses alongside railroads in the Western United States. It was founded in 1876 by Fred Harvey to cater to the growing n ...
employee, lost his balance and fell to his death from the edge of Hopi Point in
Grand Canyon National Park Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwestern Arizona, is the 15th site in the United States to have been named as a national park. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often consider ...
. The search for Kolb's body may have led to the discovery of uranium ore in the Grand Canyon. *Born: Camilla, Queen of the United Kingdom; née Camilla Shand in London, England *Died: Raoul Wallenberg, 34, Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat and politician (died under mysterious circumstances in Moscow prison)


July 18, 1947 (Friday)

*The SS ''Exodus'' reached Haifa and fought British naval authorities for an hour and a half in an effort to stop them from boarding. The 4,515 Jews aboard were transferred to three waiting ships to be sent to Cyprus. 3 Jews died in the hospital. *The Indian Independence Act 1947 received Royal Assent in the United Kingdom. *The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was created by the United Nations and entrusted to the United States. *President Truman signed a new
Presidential Succession Act The United States Presidential Succession Act is a federal statute establishing the presidential line of succession. Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the United States Constitution authorizes Congress to enact such a statute: Congress has e ...
, changing the law of succession to the presidency. The
Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ...
would succeed the president when there was no vice-president. *The
Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...
beat the visiting New York Yankees 8–0 to snap the Yankees' 19-game winning streak, which tied the American League record set by the Chicago White Sox in 1906. *Born: Steve Mahoney, politician, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada


July 19, 1947 (Saturday)

*Gunmen attacked a meeting of the Burmese Council in the Council Chamber in
Rangoon Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
. Among the ten killed was the premier, Aung San. *The University of Illinois announced plans to begin large-scale manufacture of a tuberculosis vaccine known as BCG. *Born: Bernie Leadon, country rock musician ( The Flying Burrito Brothers,
Eagles Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
), in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Brian May, rock musician and astrophysicist best known as the guitarist of Queen, in Hampton, London, England *Died: Aung San, 32, Premier of Burma (assassinated)


July 20, 1947 (Sunday)

*After a gun battle, Burmese police in Rangoon arrested 20 leaders of the Myochit Party, including former prime minister
U Saw U Saw, also known as Galon U Saw ( my-Mymr, ဦးစော or my-Mymr, ဂဠုန်ဦးစော, lit. Garuda U Saw, ; 16 March 1900 – 8 May 1948), was a leading Burmese politician who served as Prime Minister of British Burma dur ...
, on charges of planning the previous day's murders. *Born:
Gerd Binnig Gerd Binnig (; born 20 July 1947) is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope. Early life and education Binnig wa ...
, physicist and Nobel laureate, in Frankfurt, Germany;
Carlos Santana Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán (; born July 20, 1947) is an American guitarist who rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band Santana, which pioneered a fusion of Rock and roll and Latin American jazz. Its sound featured ...
, guitarist, in
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, Mexico


July 21, 1947 (Monday)

*The Dutch, claiming violations of the Linggadjati Agreement, began what was termed a "police action" and launched Operation Product against the Republic of Indonesia to occupy large parts of Java and
Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
. *At 6 p.m. Pacific Time, 3,500 engineers of the
Southern Pacific Railroad The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...
went on strike for higher pay and changes in working conditions. A compromise settlement was reached seven hours after the strike began. *Born: Co Adriaanse, footballer and manager, in Amsterdam, Netherlands


July 22, 1947 (Tuesday)

*The Hungarian Liberty Party dissolved in protest of the government restrictions on political activity and free speech.Leonard, p. 712. *Born:
Albert Brooks Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein ; July 22, 1947) is an American actor and filmmaker. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's '' Broadcast News'' and was widely praised for his performance as a ...
, actor, filmmaker and comedian, as Albert Lawrence Einstein in
Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located in Los Angeles County, California. A notable and historic suburb of Greater Los Angeles, it is in a wealthy area immediately southwest of the Hollywood Hills, approximately northwest of downtown Los Angeles. B ...
;
Don Henley Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947) is an American musician and a founding member of the rock band Eagles. He is the drummer and one of the lead singers for the Eagles. Henley sang the lead vocals on Eagles hits such as "Witchy Woman", "Despe ...
, singer, songwriter and drummer (
Eagles Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
), in Gilmer, Texas


July 23, 1947 (Wednesday)

*During Operation Product, Dutch forces captured the port city of Cirebon on Java. *It was announced that
American Federation of Musicians The American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (AFM/AFofM) is a 501(c)(5) labor union representing professional instrumental musicians in the United States and Canada. The AFM, which has its headquarters in New York City, ...
head
James C. Petrillo James Caesar Petrillo (March 16, 1892 – October 23, 1984) was the leader of the American Federation of Musicians, a trade union of professional musicians in the United States and Canada. Biography Petrillo was born in Chicago, Illinois, United S ...
had agreed to drop his ban on amateur radio broadcasting and record-making by high school and military bands, as long as the broadcasts and records were for the exclusive use of schools, colleges and universities. *Born:
Spencer Christian Spencer Christian (born July 23, 1947) is an American television broadcaster, best known as the former weather forecaster for ABC's '' Good Morning America'' from 1986 to 1998. He currently is the weather forecaster for ABC-owned KGO-TV in San F ...
, television broadcaster, in Charles City, Virginia


July 24, 1947 (Thursday)

*20,000 people marched in Amsterdam to protest the war in Indonesia. *A coal mine explosion in
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killed 27 men. *The comedy film '' The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and
Shirley Temple Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple;While Temple occasionally used "Jane" as a middle name, her birth certificate reads "Shirley Temple". Her birth certificate was altered to prolong her babyhood shortly after she signed with Fox in ...
premiered in New York City. *Born: Peter Serkin, pianist, in New York City (d. 2020)


July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
, 1947 (Friday)

*Hungarian President Zoltán Tildy dissolved the National Assembly and called new elections for August 31. *President Truman signed a joint resolution ending 60 wartime emergency laws and placing time limits on 124 others. *
Andrew J. May Andrew Jackson May (June 24, 1875 – September 6, 1959) was a Kentucky attorney, an influential New Deal-era politician, and chairman of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, infamous for his rash disclosure of classified nav ...
and
Murray Garsson Murray Wolfe Garsson (born May 14, 1890, London, England; died March 26, 1957, New York City, USA, age 66) was a munitions manufacturer, who with his brother, Henry Garsson, defrauded the US Government and was responsible for the downfall of Congr ...
were given sentences of eight months to two years in federal prison for war bribes. *Died: Kathleen Scott, 69, British sculptor


July 26, 1947 (Saturday)

*France's National Assembly approved French participation in the Marshall Plan. *The
National Security Act of 1947 The National Security Act of 1947 ( Pub.L.br>80-253 61 Stat.br>495 enacted July 26, 1947) was a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II. The majority of the pro ...
was enacted in the United States. *20-year-old student pilot Carl Lange, a United States Navy veteran of World War II, suffered a fatal skull fracture when he struck a power line while flying an Aeronca Champion aircraft and crashed in an Ohio hayfield. His instructor survived the crash. Stephen Koenig Armstrong and his sons, 16-year-old future
astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
Neil Armstrong Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor. ...
and his brother Dean, were driving nearby and attempted to render assistance. According to some accounts, Lange died in Neil Armstrong's arms. *Died:
Martha Ellen Young Truman Martha Ellen Young Truman (November 25, 1852 – July 26, 1947) was the mother of U.S. president Harry Truman, the paternal grandmother of Margaret Truman, and the mother-in-law of Bess Truman. Biography Martha Ellen Young was born in J ...
, 94, mother of US president
Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A leader of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 34th vice president from January to April 1945 under Franklin ...


July 27, 1947 (Sunday)

* Catherine Labouré and Louis de Montfort were canonized by
Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...
. *Born:
Bob Klein Robert Owen Klein is an American retired professional football player who was a tight end. for eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Los Angeles Rams and San Diego Chargers. Klein played college football for the USC Tro ...
, American football tight end, in South Gate, California;
Kazuyoshi Miura , often known simply as Kazu (nicknamed "King Kazu"), is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Japan Football League club Suzuka Point Getters on loan from Yokohama FC. He played for the Japan national team from 1990 t ...
, businessman, in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan (d. 2008) *Died: Ivan Regen, 78, Slovenian biologist


July 28, 1947 (Monday)

*The Norwegian cargo ship ''Ocean Liberty'' exploded near the French port of Brest when a fire on board set off the cargo of ammonium nitrate, killing at least 26 people and injuring hundreds more. *English swimmer
Tom Blower Tom Blower (1914–1955; nicknamed "Torpedo") was a British man who on 27–28 July 1947 became the first to successfully swim the North Channel between Ireland and Scotland, completing the feat in 15 hours and 26 minutes. In spite of multiple at ...
completed the first swimming of the
North Channel North Channel may refer to: *North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland) *North Channel (Ontario), body of water along the north shore of Lake Huron, Canada *North Channel, Hong Kong *Canal du Nord, France {{geodis ...
between Ireland and Scotland, achieving the feat in 15 hours and 26 minutes.


July 29, 1947 (Tuesday)

*
Dakota VT-CLA The 1947 Yogyakarta Dakota accident occurred when a Douglas C-47 Skytrain was carrying medical supplies to the de facto republican government of Indonesia at Yogyakarta which crashed on 29 July 1947. During the Indonesian National Revolution (1945 ...
, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain carrying medical supplies to the national government of Indonesia, was shot down over Ngoto, Bantul with only one survivor of the nine aboard. The Dutch initially denied complicity but would eventually pay restitution. *British authorities hanged three Irgunists for their part in the Acre Prison break. *A record crowd of 82,500 packed into West Ham Stadium, London, to witness a speedway test match between England and Australia. *Died:
George Bausewine George W. Bausewine (March 22, 1869 – July 29, 1947) was an American professional baseball pitcher and umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He umpired in the National League during the 1905 season. He had previously been a pitcher in prof ...
, 78, American baseball player and umpire; Leo Stein, 75, American art collector and critic


July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. *1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. *1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands ...
, 1947 (Wednesday)

*Dutch forces landed at
Lubuk Pakam Lubuk Pakam ( zh, t=巴幹, poj=pa kàn) is a town in North Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Deli Serdang Regency Deli Serdang ( id, Kabupaten Deli Serdang; Jawi: دلي سردڠ) is a regency in the Indonesian provi ...
and occupied it. *The British government suspended all military aid to the Netherlands. *Born: William Atherton, actor, in Orange, Connecticut;
Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, film producer, businessman, retired professional bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011. ''Time'' ...
, bodybuilder, actor and 38th Governor of California, in
Thal, Styria Thal () is a village in the Austrian state of Styria, about west from the edge of Graz, Austria's second largest city. Its population in the 2014 census was 2,240. Thal is the birthplace of bodybuilder, actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegge ...
, Austria *Died:
Joseph Cook Sir Joseph Cook, (7 December 1860 – 30 July 1947) was an Australian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1913 to 1914. He was the leader of the Liberal Party from 1913 to 1917, after earlier serving ...
, 86, Australian politician and 6th Prime Minister of Australia;
Anton Lembede Anton Muziwakhe Lembede (21 March 1914 – 30 July 1947) was a South African activist and founding president of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He has been described as "the principal architect of South Africa's first full-fle ...
, 33, South African activist and founding president of the African National Congress Youth League


July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Tr ...
, 1947 (Thursday)

*
The Sergeants affair The Sergeants affair ( he, פרשת הסרג'נטים) was an incident that took place in Mandate Palestine in July 1947 during Jewish insurgency in Palestine, in which the Jewish underground group Irgun kidnapped two British Army Intelligence C ...
: the bodies of the two British Army soldiers kidnapped on July 12 were found hanging from eucalyptus trees in
Bnei Zion Bnei Zion ( he, בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן, , Sons of Zion) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Sharon plain around four and a half kilometres north of Ra'anana, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof HaSharon Regional Council. In it ...
. Messages were pinned to their shirts saying they had been executed as spies. As one body was being taken down, a
booby trap A booby trap is a device or setup that is intended to kill, harm or surprise a human or another animal. It is triggered by the presence or actions of the victim and sometimes has some form of bait designed to lure the victim towards it. The trap m ...
went off. Enraged British soldiers began a rampage in Tel Aviv, attacking civilians, looting and damaging shops. Five Jews were killed when a bus was fired upon. *Born:
Richard Griffiths Richard Thomas Griffiths (31 July 1947 – 28 March 2013) was an English actor of film, television, and stage. For his performance in the stage play ''The History Boys'', Griffiths won a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award, the Drama Desk Aw ...
, actor, in
Thornaby-on-Tees Thornaby-on-Tees, commonly referred to as Thornaby, is a town and civil parish on the River Tees's southern bank. It is in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. The parish had a population of 24,741 at the 2011 census, in t ...
,
North Riding of Yorkshire The North Riding of Yorkshire is a subdivision of Yorkshire, England, alongside York, the East Riding and West Riding. The riding's highest point is at Mickle Fell with 2,585 ft (788 metres). From the Restoration it was used as ...
, England (d. 2013); Joe Wilson, politician, in
Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...


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1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
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