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What Happened In July 1947 In History

Historical Events for July, 1947

  • 1st » The Philippine Air Force is established.
  • 4th » 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 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
  • 7th » The Roswell incident, the (supposed) crash of an Extraterrestrial life called alien spaceship near Roswell, New Mexico known as Roswell in New Mexico.
  • 8th » 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 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
  • 11th » The 'SS Exodus or Exodus 1947' heads to Palestine from France.
  • 19th » 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 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
  • 26th » 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

Famous Birthdays on July in 1947

  • 1st » Vernon Ellis, English businessman
  • 1st » Shirley Hemphill, American actress (d. 1999)
  • 1st » Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese race car driver
  • 1st » Malcolm Wicks, English academic and politician (d. 2012)
  • 2nd » Larry David, American actor, screenwriter, and producer
  • 2nd » Luci Baines Johnson, American daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson
  • 2nd » Stephen Stucker, American actor (d. 1986)
  • 2nd » Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, English politician, Minister for International Security Strategy
  • 3rd » Dave Barry, American journalist and author
  • 3rd » Adrian Bird, English geneticist and academic
  • 3rd » Betty Buckley, American actress and singer
  • 3rd » Top Topham, English guitarist (The Yardbirds)
  • 5th » Todd Akin, American soldier, engineer, and politician
  • 5th » George Kunz, American football player
  • 6th » Richard Beckinsale, English actor (d. 1979)
  • 6th » Lance Clemons, American baseball player (d. 2008)
  • 6th » Shelley Hack, American actress
  • 7th » David Hodo, American singer and actor (Village People)
  • 7th » Víctor Manuel, Spanish singer-songwriter
  • 7th » Gyanendra of Nepal
  • 7th » Howard Rheingold, American author and critic
  • 7th » Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
  • 7th » Rob Townsend, English drummer (Family (band) called Family, The Blues Band, The Manfreds, and Axis Point (band) named Axis Point)
  • 8th » Kim Darby, American actress
  • 8th » Jenny Diski, English author and screenwriter
  • 8th » Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian religious leader, founded the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
  • 8th » Janice Kent, American actress and director
  • 9th » Haruomi Hosono, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Yellow Magic Orchestra and Happy End (band) called Happy End)
  • 9th » Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Dirty Mac, and The Riot Squad) (d. 2008)
  • 9th » O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor
  • 10th » Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
  • 11th » Richard Chartres, English bishop
  • 11th » Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic
  • 11th » Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
  • 12th » Robert Fisk, English journalist and historian
  • 12th » Wilko Johnson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Dr Feelgood and The Blockheads)
  • 12th » Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic
  • 14th » Claudia Kennedy, American general
  • 14th » Navin Ramgoolam, Mauritius politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Mauritius
  • 15th » Peter Banks, English guitarist and songwriter (Yes (band) called Yes, The Syn, and Flash (band) named Flash) (d. 2013)
  • 15th » Lydia Davis, American author
  • 15th » Pridiyathorn Devakula, Thai economist and politician
  • 16th » Alexis Herman, American politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor
  • 16th » Assata Shakur, American criminal and activist
  • 17th » Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns, English politician
  • 17th » Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager
  • 17th » Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
  • 17th » Wolfgang Flür, German drummer (Kraftwerk and Dyko)
  • 18th » Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician
  • 18th » Steve Mahoney, Canadian politician
  • 19th » André Forcier, Canadian director and screenwriter
  • 19th » Hans-Jürgen Kreische, German footballer and manager
  • 19th » Bernie Leadon, American guitarist and songwriter (Eagles (band) known as The Eagles, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Run C&W, and Hearts & Flowers)
  • 19th » Brian May, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Queen (band) named Queen and Smile (band) known as Smile)
  • 20th » Gerd Binnig, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate
  • 20th » Carlos Santana, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Santana (band) called Santana)
  • 21st » Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricketer and politician
  • 21st » Toomas Raudam, Estonian author and playwright
  • 22nd » Albert Brooks, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 22nd » Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
  • 22nd » Don Henley, American singer-songwriter and drummer (Eagles (band) or The Eagles)
  • 23rd » Gardner Dozois, American author
  • 23rd » David Essex, English singer-songwriter, and actor
  • 23rd » Torsten Palm, Swedish race car driver
  • 23rd » Robin Simon (critic) named Robin Simon, English historian, critic, and academic
  • 24th » Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer and manager
  • 24th » Robert Hays, American actor and producer
  • 24th » Geoff McQueen, English screenwriter (d. 1994)
  • 24th » Peter Serkin, American pianist and educator
  • 27th » Kazuyoshi Miura (businessman) e.g Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (d. 2008)
  • 28th » Sally Struthers, American actress and singer
  • 29th » Dick Harmon, American golfer and instructor (d. 2006)
  • 30th » William Atherton, American actor
  • 30th » Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, French virologist and biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate
  • 30th » Jonathan Mann (WHO official) e.g Jonathan Mann, American physician (d. 1998)
  • 30th » Philip Mawer, English civil servant
  • 30th » Anna Panayiotopoulou, Greek actress
  • 30th » Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, 38th Governor of California
  • 31st » Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)
  • 31st » Hubert Védrine, French politician, List of Foreign Ministers of France named Minister of Foreign Affairs for France

Famous Deaths for July 1947

  • 9th » Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
  • 12th » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
  • 15th » Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
  • 18th » Heiti Talvik, Estonian poet (b. 1904)
  • 18th » Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (b. 1906)
  • 19th » U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898)
  • 19th » Aung San, Burmese general and politician (b. 1915)
  • 19th » Lyuh Woon-hyung, South Korean politician (b. 1886)
  • 30th » Joseph Cook, English-Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)

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