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What Happened In December 1947 In History

Historical Events for December, 1947

  • 2nd » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
  • 6th » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.
  • 14th » Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid C.F., staged its first football match.
  • 17th » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
  • 22nd » The Constituent assembly called Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy.
  • 23rd » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Labs known as Bell Laboratories.
  • 25th » The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect.
  • 30th » King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1947

  • 1st » Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)
  • 1st » Elizabeth Baur, American actress
  • 1st » Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 2nd » Isaac Bitton, Moroccan-French drummer (Les Variations)
  • 2nd » Tommy Jenkins, English footballer and manager
  • 2nd » Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist and author
  • 2nd » Andy Rouse, English race car driver
  • 3rd » Patricia Krenwinkel, American murderer
  • 4th » Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
  • 5th » Bruce Golding, Jamaican politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
  • 5th » Tony Gregory, Irish educator and politician (d. 2009)
  • 5th » Jim Messina (musician) e.g Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Buffalo Springfield, Loggins and Messina, and Poco)
  • 5th » Jim Plunkett, American football player and radio host
  • 5th » Don Touhig, Welsh politician
  • 5th » Rick Wills, English bass player (Foreigner (band) or Foreigner, Small Faces, Bad Company, Jokers Wild (band) called Jokers Wild, and The Jones Gang)
  • 6th » Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada) e.g Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 6th » Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (d. 2005)
  • 6th » Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter (Weather Report)
  • 7th » Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 7th » Tony Thomas (producer) e.g Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer
  • 7th » Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 7th » Anne Fine, British children and adult author
  • 8th » Chava Alberstein, Polish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 8th » Gregg Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band and Hour Glass (band) called Hour Glass)
  • 8th » Gérard Blanc, French singer and guitarist (d. 2009)
  • 8th » Thomas Cech, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate
  • 8th » Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Finnish author and poet
  • 8th » Bruce Kimmel, American actor, director, writer and music producer
  • 9th » Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician
  • 9th » Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Minister of Defence (Estonia) known as Estonian Minister of Defense
  • 9th » Allan Jones (cricketer) or Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire
  • 10th » Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
  • 10th » Douglas Kenney, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980)
  • 10th » Howard Newby, English sociologist and academic
  • 10th » Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player
  • 11th » Teri Garr, American actress and dancer
  • 12th » Wings Hauser, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 12th » Chris Mullin (politician) e.g Chris Mullin, English journalist and politician
  • 13th » Darlene Cates, American actress
  • 13th » Rex Hagon, Canadian actor
  • 13th » Dave Hamilton (baseball) e.g Dave Hamilton, American baseball player and coach
  • 14th » Tom Mardirosian, American actor
  • 14th » Christopher Parkening, American guitarist
  • 14th » Dilma Rousseff, Brazilian economist and politician, 36th President of Brazil
  • 14th » Linda Sutton, English painter
  • 15th » Rodney Bingenheimer, American radio host
  • 16th » Ben Cross, English actor
  • 16th » Vincent Matthews (athlete) or Vincent Matthews, American sprinter
  • 16th » Martyn Poliakoff, English chemist and academic
  • 17th » Wes Studi, American actor
  • 18th » Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian author and screenwriter
  • 19th » Jimmy Bain, Scottish bass player and songwriter (Rainbow (rock band) named Rainbow and Wild Horses (British band) e.g Wild Horses)
  • 19th » Charlie Van Dyke, American actor and radio host
  • 20th » Roger Alton, English journalist
  • 20th » Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter
  • 20th » Bo Ryan, college basketball coach
  • 21st » Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2014)
  • 21st » Bryan Hamilton, Irish footballer and manager
  • 22nd » Brian Daley, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
  • 23rd » Graham Bonnet, English singer-songwriter (The Marbles (duo) The Marbles, Rainbow (rock band) Rainbow, Anthem (band) Anthem, and Michael Schenker Group)
  • 24th » Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer) known as Kevin Sheedy, Australian footballer and coach
  • 25th » Twink Caplan, American actress and producer
  • 26th » James T. Conway, American general
  • 26th » Jean Echenoz, French author
  • 26th » Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
  • 26th » Josef Janíček, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player (The Plastic People of the Universe)
  • 26th » Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic
  • 27th » Bill Eadie, American wrestler
  • 27th » Janet Perry, American soprano
  • 27th » Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner
  • 27th » Mickey Redmond, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 27th » Doug Livermore, English footballer and manager
  • 28th » Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2000)
  • 29th » Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (d. 2012)
  • 29th » Ted Danson, American actor and producer
  • 29th » Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet
  • 29th » Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (Emerson, Lake & Powell, The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow (rock band) e.g Rainbow, Whitesnake, and Black Sabbath) (d. 1998)
  • 29th » David Tanner (rowing) named David Tanner, English rower and coach
  • 29th » Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (d. 1998)
  • 30th » Michael Burns (actor and historian) e.g Michael Burns, American actor and historian
  • 30th » James Kahn, American author, screenwriter, and producer
  • 30th » Jeff Lynne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Electric Light Orchestra, Traveling Wilburys, The Move, and The Idle Race)
  • 30th » Steve Mix, American basketball player and coach
  • 31st » Burton Cummings, Canadian keyboard player and songwriter (The Guess Who)
  • 31st » Rita Lee, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (Os Mutantes)
  • 31st » Tim Matheson, American actor, director, and producer

Famous Deaths for December 1947

  • 1st » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
  • 1st » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
  • 7th » Tristan Bernard, French author and playwright (b. 1866)
  • 7th » Nicholas Murray Butler, American philosopher and academic, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
  • 13th » Henry James (biographer) named Henry James, American lawyer and author (b. 1879)
  • 13th » Nicholas Roerich, Russian archaeologist, painter, and philosopher (b. 1874)
  • 14th » Stanley Baldwin, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
  • 14th » Edward Higgins, English-American evangelist, 3rd General of the Salvation Army (b. 1864)
  • 15th » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
  • 17th » Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
  • 24th » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)
  • 25th » Gaspar G. Bacon, American politician, 51st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1886)
  • 28th » Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (b. 1869)
  • 30th » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
  • 30th » Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)

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