Being born under the Chinese Zodiac Sign Pig tend to be chivalrous and gallant. Whenever they do things you can be sure they will put their all in it. Pig people have a go forward mentality. They have amazing fortitude and strong honesty. Always very loyal towards their friends. Usually Pigs will make few friends but then again those are all for life. With introverted tendencies they talk little, but have strong thirst for knowledge! Studying is of importance for them and they are generally well informed. Boars have fast tempers, but they are not ones for arguments and quarreling. They are kind to their loved ones. No matter how bad problems are, Boars try to work them out with honesty and sometimes impulsively.
Astrology character and traits of Pig sign: Loyal, chivalrous, gallant, reliable, intellectual, sincere, tolerant, honest, generous, indulgent, lucky, light-hearted, naive and easily provoked.
1947 Zodiac Sign Pig Compatibility
Chinese Zodiac Signs are based upon a twelve year lunar cycle. Your zodiac animal sign is determined by your birthday year. If you were born in 1947 then your astrological sign is Pig. There are twelve animal signs. Each animal has it's own attributes and personality traits the Chinese believe comprise the nature of each particular animal.
Best matches for Zodiac Sign Pig are: Tiger, Rabbit, Rooster, Goat, Ox, Dog
Bad matches for Zodiac Sign Pig are: Snake
Historical Events for the Year 1947
1st January Star Sign » The American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, that later became West Germany.
1st January » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
3rd January Star Sign » Proceedings of the United States Congress called U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
6th January Star Sign » Pan American World Airways or Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to schedule a flight around the world.
9th January Star Sign » Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, is last seen alive.
22nd January Star Sign » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California.
24th January Star Sign » Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
25th January Star Sign » Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. or Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
3rd February Star Sign » The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon.
10th February Star Sign » Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia e.g Yugoslavia.
12th February Star Sign » A Meteoroid Meteor e.g meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
12th February » Christian Dior unveils a "Christian Dior S.A. The "New Look" named New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
18th February Star Sign » First Indochina War: The French Battle of Hanoi called gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
21st February Star Sign » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
23rd February Star Sign » The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
28th February Star Sign » 228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
1st March Star Sign » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
8th March Star Sign » Thirteen thousand troops sent by the Kuomintang government of Republic of China or China arrive in Taiwan after the 228 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan indepe
12th March Star Sign » The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
25th March Star Sign » An 1947 Centralia mine disaster known as explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
29th March Star Sign » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
1st April Star Sign » Paul of Greece named Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II of Greece or George II.
6th April Star Sign » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
9th April Star Sign » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
16th April Star Sign » Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
16th April » Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
28th April Star Sign » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the 'Kon-Tiki' to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
30th April Star Sign » In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed the Hoover Dam a second time.
1st May Star Sign » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
3rd May Star Sign » New post-war Constitution of Japan e.g Japanese constitution goes into effect.
22nd May Star Sign » Cold War: in an effort to fight the spread of Communism, the U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants United States dollar known as $400 million in military and economic aid to
5th June Star Sign » Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
10th June Star Sign » Saab Automobile named Saab produces its first automobile.
24th June Star Sign » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported Kenneth Arnold Unidentified Flying Object Sighting named UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington (state) called Washington.
25th June Star Sign » 'The Diary of a Young Girl' (better known as 'The Diary of Anne Frank') is published.
4th July Star Sign » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the House of Commons of the United Kingdom e.g British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Presidencies and provinces of British India or Provinces of British India into two sovereign coun
6th July Star Sign » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
7th July Star Sign » The Roswell incident, the (supposed) crash of an Extraterrestrial life called alien spaceship near Roswell, New Mexico known as Roswell in New Mexico.
8th July Star Sign » Reports are broadcast that a Unidentified flying object or UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
10th July Star Sign » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
11th July Star Sign » The 'SS Exodus or Exodus 1947' heads to Palestine from France.
19th July Star Sign » The Prime Minister of the shadow Burma Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his Cabinet (government) cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassination assassinated by Galon U Saw.
19th July » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
26th July Star Sign » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into Law of the United States e.g United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of St
2nd August Star Sign » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner BSAA Star Dust accident known as crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found for over 50 years.
7th August Star Sign » The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai e.g Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport named Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
14th August Star Sign » Pakistan gains Pakistan Movement known as Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
15th August Star Sign » India gains Indian independence movement Independence from the British Empire British British Raj Indian Empire after near 190 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
15th August » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
17th August Star Sign » The Radcliffe Line, the border between Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.
9th September Star Sign » First case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
15th September » 1940–49 Pacific typhoon seasons called Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077.
16th September Star Sign » 1940–49 Pacific typhoon seasons Typhoon Kathleen or Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.
18th September Star Sign » The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces.
18th September » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States under the National Security Act of 1947 e.g National Security Act.
5th October Star Sign » The first televised White House address is given by President of the United States or U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
14th October Star Sign » Captain Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, the 'Glamorous Glennis', faster than the speed of sound - over the high desert of Southern California - and becomes the first aviator known as pilot and the
20th October Star Sign » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communism called Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in Hollywood blacklist e.g a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
20th October » United States–Pakistan relations or United States of America and Islamic Republic of Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time.
24th October Star Sign » Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
26th October Star Sign » The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu (princely state) known as Kashmir and Jammu agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
30th October Star Sign » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded.
2nd November Star Sign » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
6th November Star Sign » 'Meet the Press' makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
13th November Star Sign » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
17th November Star Sign » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communism called Communist loyalty oath.
17th November » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
20th November Star Sign » Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom known as The Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh known as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
25th November Star Sign » Second Red Scare known as Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
25th November » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster 1931 e.g Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
29th November Star Sign » United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine called Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Mandatory Palestine called Palestine.
29th November » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch massacre e.g Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
30th November Star Sign » 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
2nd December Star Sign » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.