What Happened In April 1947 In History

Historical Events for April, 1947

• 1st » 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 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
• 9th » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
• 16th » 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 » Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• 28th » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the 'Kon-Tiki' to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
• 30th » In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed the Hoover Dam a second time.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1947

• 1st » Alain Connes, French mathematician and educator
• 1st » Philippe Kirsch, Canadian lawyer and judge
• 1st » Francine Prose, American author
• 1st » Robin Scott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (M (band) called M)
• 1st » Norm Van Lier, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2009)
• 2nd » Paquita la del Barrio, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 2nd » Emmylou Harris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 2nd » Camille Paglia, American author and critic
• 3rd » Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Pat Proft, American actor and screenwriter
• 4th » Wiranto, Indonesian general
• 4th » Ray Fosse, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 4th » Luke Halpin, American actor
• 5th » Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Filipino politician, 14th President of the Philippines
• 5th » Virendra Sharma, Indian-English politician
• 6th » John Ratzenberger, American actor
• 6th » André Weinfeld, French-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 6th » Mike Worboys, English mathematician and computer scientist
• 7th » Patricia Bennett, American singer (The Chiffons)
• 7th » Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer (Kraftwerk and Organisation (band) e.g Organisation)
• 7th » Eliseo Soriano, Filipino minister
• 7th » Michèle Torr, French singer and author
• 8th » Tom DeLay, American politician
• 8th » Steve Howe (guitarist) Steve Howe, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Yes (band) Yes, Asia, Tomorrow (band) Tomorrow, GTR (band) GTR, and Bodast)
• 8th » Robert Kiyosaki, American businessman, co-founded Cashflow Technologies
• 8th » Pascal Lamy, French businessman and politician
• 8th » Larry Norman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (People!) (d. 2008)
• 9th » Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Italian development economist
• 10th » David A. Adler. American author
• 10th » William Castell, English businessman
• 10th » Bunny Wailer, Jamaican singer-songwriter and drummer (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
• 11th » Lev Bulat, Russian physicist
• 11th » Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter
• 11th » Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer (d. 2004)
• 11th » Peter Riegert, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 11th » Meshach Taylor, American actor (d. 2014)
• 11th » Michael T Wright (Engineer) known as Michael T Wright, English engineer and academic
• 12th » Roy M. Anderson, English epidemiologist, zoologist, and academic
• 12th » Alex Briley, American singer (Village People)
• 12th » Tom Clancy, American author (d. 2013)
• 12th » Woody Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist
• 12th » Dan Lauria, American actor
• 12th » David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host
• 12th » Wayne Northrop, American actor
• 13th » Rae Armantrout, American poet
• 13th » Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer
• 13th » Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist
• 14th » Dominique Baudis, French journalist and politician (d. 2014)
• 15th » Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer
• 15th » Martin Broughton, English businessman
• 15th » Lois Chiles, American model and actress
• 15th » David Omand, English civil servant and academic
• 15th » Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician
• 15th » Woolly Wolstenholme, English singer and keyboard player (Barclay James Harvest) (d. 2010)
• 16th » Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach
• 16th » Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel) (d. 2011)
• 17th » George Emslie, Lord Emslie, Scottish judge
• 17th » Richard Field (judge) known as Richard Field, English judge
• 17th » Linda Martin, Irish singer-songwriter
• 17th » Paul Thomas (pornographic actor) called Paul Thomas, American porn actor and director
• 17th » Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager
• 18th » Kathy Acker, American author and poet (d. 1997)
• 18th » Moses Blah, Liberian politician, 23rd President of Liberia (d. 2013)
• 18th » Dorothy Lyman, American actress, director, and producer
• 18th » Herbert Mullin, American serial killer
• 18th » Cindy Pickett, American actress
• 18th » Greg Quill, Australian-Canadian singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 2013)
• 18th » Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 18th » James Woods, American actor and producer
• 19th » Murray Perahia, American pianist and conductor
• 19th » Wilfrid Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara, English civil servant
• 19th » Yan Pascal Tortelier, French violinist and conductor
• 19th » Mark Volman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and The Mothers of Invention)
• 20th » Rita Dionne-Marsolais, Canadian economist and politician
• 20th » David Leland, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 20th » Ken Scott, English record producer
• 20th » Björn Skifs, Swedish singer, songwriter, actor, and screenwriter (Blue Swede and Slam Creepers)
• 20th » Viktor Suvorov, Soviet-born writer and historian, former Soviet military intelligence officer
• 20th » Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author
• 21st » Barbara Park, American author
• 21st » Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Stooges and The Trolls)
• 21st » John Weider, English bass player (Family (band) known as Family, The Animals, Johnny Kidd & the Pirates, and Stud (band) named Stud)
• 23rd » Robert Burgess (sociologist) known as Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic
• 23rd » Glenn Cornick, English bass player (Jethro Tull (band) called Jethro Tull and Paris (band) called Paris) (d. 2014)
• 23rd » Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish politician
• 23rd » Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (d. 2014)
• 24th » Josep Borrell, Spanish politician, 22nd President of the European Parliament
• 24th » João Braz de Aviz, Brazilian cardinal
• 24th » Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 24th » Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
• 24th » Roger D. Kornberg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate
• 25th » Johan Cruyff, Dutch footballer and manager
• 25th » Jeffrey DeMunn, American actor
• 26th » Warren Clarke, English actor, director, and producer
• 27th » G. K. Butterfield, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 27th » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger) (d. 1975)
• 27th » Keith Magnuson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
• 27th » Ann Peebles, American singer-songwriter
• 28th » Christian Jacq, French historian and author
• 28th » Nicola LeFanu, English composer and academic
• 29th » Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 29th » Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Tommy James and the Shondells)
• 29th » Joey Levine, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Third Rail (band) known as The Third Rail and Ohio Express)
• 29th » Johnny Miller, American golfer
• 29th » Jim Ryun, American runner and politician
• 30th » Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic
• 30th » Leslie Grantham, English actor
• 30th » Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 30th » Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager
• 30th » Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician

Famous Deaths for April 1947

• 1st » George II of Greece (b. 1890)
• 6th » Herbert Backe, German politician (b. 1896)
• 7th » Henry Ford, American businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 8th » Olaf Frydenlund, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1862)
• 10th » Charles Nordhoff, English-American author(b. 1887)
• 11th » Louise Peete, American murderer (b. 1880)
• 16th » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 18th » Jozef Tiso, Slovak priest and politician, President of Slovakia (b. 1887)
• 20th » Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
• 24th » Hans Biebow, German SS officer (b. 1902)
• 24th » Willa Cather, American author (b. 1873)
• 29th » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)

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