What Happened In February 1947 In History

Historical Events for February, 1947

• 3rd » The lowest temperature in North America is recorded in Snag, Yukon.
• 10th » Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia e.g Yugoslavia.
• 12th » A Meteoroid Meteor e.g meteor creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• 12th » 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 » First Indochina War: The French Battle of Hanoi called gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
• 21st » 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 » The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded.
• 25th » The State of Prussia ceases to exist.
• 28th » 228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1947

• 1st » Mike Brant, Cypriot-Israeli singer (d. 1975)
• 1st » Ian Gibson (businessman) or Ian Gibson, English businessman
• 1st » Adam Ingram (Labour politician) e.g Adam Ingram, Scottish politician
• 1st » Normie Rowe, Australian singer
• 1st » Jessica Savitch, American journalist (d. 1983)
• 2nd » Greg Antonacci, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 2nd » Farrah Fawcett, American actress (d. 2009)
• 3rd » Paul Auster, American author
• 3rd » Dave Davies, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Kinks)
• 3rd » Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor
• 3rd » Melanie Safka, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 3rd » Maev Alexander, Scottish actress
• 4th » Dennis C. Blair, American admiral, 3rd Director of National Intelligence
• 4th » Dan Quayle, American politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
• 5th » William Strauss, American historian and author (d. 2007)
• 5th » Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver
• 5th » Regina Duarte, Brazilian actress
• 5th » Clemente Mastella, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Justice
• 6th » Richard Bowring, English orientalist and academic
• 6th » Bill Staines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 6th » Daniel Yergin, American author
• 7th » Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (d. 2009)
• 7th » Ross Lonsberry, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2014)
• 9th » Reinhard Adler, German footballer
• 9th » Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat
• 9th » Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Flatlanders and Los Super Seven)
• 9th » Major Harris (singer) or Major Harris, American singer (The Delfonics) (d. 2012)
• 9th » Michel Lamarche, Canadian-American wrestler
• 10th » Louise Arbour, Canadian jurist
• 10th » Butch Morris, American cornet player, composer, and conductor (d. 2013)
• 10th » Nicholas Owen (journalist) known as Nicholas Owen, English journalist
• 11th » Roy Carrier, American accordion player (d. 2010)
• 11th » Yukio Hatoyama, Japanese politician, 60th Prime Minister of Japan
• 11th » Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress
• 11th » Derek Shulman, Scottish singer-songwriter and producer (Gentle Giant and Simon Dupree and the Big Sound)
• 12th » Jim Durham, American sportscaster (d. 2012)
• 13th » Stephen Hadley, American diplomat, 21st United States National Security Advisor
• 13th » Dick Kaysø, Danish actor
• 13th » Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach
• 13th » Kevin Bloody Wilson, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 14th » Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1975)
• 14th » Judd Gregg, American politician, 76th Governor of New Hampshire
• 15th » John Adams (composer) called John Adams, American composer
• 15th » Marisa Berenson, American actress
• 15th » Rusty Hamer, American actor (d. 1990)
• 15th » Ádám Nádasdy, Hungarian linguist and poet
• 18th » José Maria Cañizares, Spanish golfer
• 18th » Dennis DeYoung, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Styx (band) or Styx)
• 18th » Eliot Engel, American educator and politician
• 18th » Princess Christina of the Netherlands
• 18th » Carlos Lopes, Portuguese runner
• 19th » Tim Shadbolt, New Zealand politician, 42nd Mayor of Invercargill
• 20th » Eggert Magnússon, Icelandic businessman
• 20th » Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
• 20th » Peter Strauss, American actor and producer
• 20th » André van Duin, Dutch actor and singer
• 21st » Johnny Echols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Love (band) named Love)
• 21st » Olympia Snowe, American politician
• 21st » Victor Sokolov, Russian journalist (d. 2006)
• 22nd » Carol Burns, Australian actress
• 22nd » Harvey Mason, American drummer (Fourplay and The Headhunters)
• 22nd » Richard North Patterson, American author
• 22nd » Hajime Sorayama, Japanese illustrator
• 23rd » Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician
• 23rd » John McWethy, American journalist (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Anton Mosimann, Swiss chef and author
• 24th » Mike Fratello, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 24th » Rupert Holmes, English singer-songwriter and playwright
• 24th » Edward James Olmos, American actor and director
• 25th » Giuseppe Betori, Italian cardinal
• 25th » Lee Evans (athlete) named Lee Evans, American runner
• 25th » Richard French (Canadian politician) known as Richard French, Canadian politician
• 25th » Marc Sautet, French philosopher (d. 1998)
• 25th » Doug Yule, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Velvet Underground and American Flyer (band) e.g American Flyer)
• 26th » Sandie Shaw, English singer
• 27th » Alan Guth, American physicist and cosmologist
• 27th » Gidon Kremer, Latvian violinist and conductor
• 28th » Stephanie Beacham, English actress

Famous Deaths for February 1947

• 11th » Martin Klein (wrestler) called Martin Klein, Estonian wrestler (b. 1884)
• 12th » Moses Gomberg, Russian-American chemist (b. 1866)
• 26th » Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician (b. 1868)

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