What Happened In June 1947 In History

Historical Events for June, 1947

• 5th » 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 » Saab Automobile named Saab produces its first automobile.
• 24th » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported Kenneth Arnold Unidentified Flying Object Sighting named UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington (state) called Washington.
• 25th » 'The Diary of a Young Girl' (better known as 'The Diary of Anne Frank') is published.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1947

• 1st » Ron Dennis, English businessman, founded the McLaren Group
• 1st » Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor and singer
• 1st » Ronnie Wood, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones, Faces (band) Faces, The Birds (band) The Birds, and The New Barbarians (band) The New Barbarians)
• 2nd » Mark Elder, English conductor
• 3rd » Mike Burgmann, Australian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 3rd » John Dykstra, American special effects artist and producer
• 4th » Jack Baker (actor) named Jack Baker, American actor (d. 1994)
• 4th » Viktor Klima, Austrian businessman and politician, 25th Chancellor of Austria
• 4th » Ashok Saraf, Indian actor
• 5th » Laurie Anderson, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 5th » Tom Evans (musician) e.g Tom Evans, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger) (d. 1983)
• 5th » Jojon, Indonesian comedian and actor (d. 2014)
• 5th » David Hare (playwright) known as David Hare, English director, playwright, and screenwriter
• 6th » David Blunkett, English politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 6th » Robert Englund, American actor and director
• 6th » Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
• 7th » Annette Brooke, British politician
• 7th » Don Money, American baseball player and coach
• 7th » Thurman Munson, American baseball player (d. 1979)
• 8th » Julie Driscoll, English singer and actress
• 8th » Sara Paretsky, American author
• 8th » Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate
• 9th » Howie Chizek, American radio host (d. 2012)
• 9th » John Gurda, American historian and author
• 10th » Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist
• 10th » Ken Singleton, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 10th » Larry Townsend (politician) called Larry Townsend, American politician (d. 2013)
• 10th » Robert Wright (RAF officer) e.g Robert Wright, English air marshal
• 11th » Henry Cisneros, American politician, Mayor of San Antonio
• 11th » Bob Evans (racing driver) named Bob Evans, English race car driver
• 11th » Richard Palmer-James, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson and Supertramp)
• 11th » Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
• 12th » Ron Freeman, American sprinter
• 13th » A.G. Lafley, American businessman
• 14th » Roger Liddle, Baron Liddle, English politician
• 14th » Kat Martin, American author
• 14th » Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish and The Dinosaurs)
• 14th » Hiroshi Miyauchi, Japanese actor
• 14th » Paul Rudolph (musician) known as Paul Rudolph, Canadian singer, guitarist, and cyclist (Pink Fairies, The Deviants (band) or The Deviants, and Hawkwind)
• 15th » John Hoagland, American photographer
• 15th » Paul Patterson, English composer and educator
• 15th » Lee Purcell, American actress
• 16th » -minu, Swiss journalist
• 16th » Günther Kaufmann, German actor (d. 2012)
• 16th » Tom Malone (musician) called Tom Malone, American trombonist, composer, and producer (The Blues Brothers and CBS Orchestra)
• 16th » Tom Wyner, English-American voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 17th » Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
• 17th » Linda Chavez, American author
• 17th » George S. Clinton, American composer and songwriter
• 17th » Gregg Rolie, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Santana (band) Santana, Journey (band) Journey, and The Storm (band) The Storm)
• 17th » Paul Young (Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics singer) e.g Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (Sad Café (band) or Sad Café and Mike + The Mechanics) (d. 2000)
• 18th » Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico or Miss Puerto Rico 1967
• 18th » Bernard Giraudeau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 18th » Linda Thorson, Canadian actress
• 19th » Salman Rushdie, Indian author
• 19th » John Ralston Saul, Canadian author
• 20th » Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, American-English singer-songwriter (The Crystals)
• 20th » Candy Clark, American actress
• 20th » Josef Clemens, German bishop
• 20th » Ivo Milazzo, Italian illustrator
• 21st » Meredith Baxter, American actress and producer
• 21st » Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, judge, and activist, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate
• 21st » Michael Gross (actor) called Michael Gross, American actor
• 21st » Joey Molland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger and Natural Gas (band) named Natural Gas)
• 21st » Fernando Savater, Spanish philosopher and author
• 22nd » Octavia E. Butler, American author (d. 2006)
• 22nd » Howard Kaylan, American singer-songwriter (The Turtles, The Mothers of Invention, and Flo & Eddie)
• 22nd » David Lander, American actor
• 22nd » Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
• 22nd » Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian politician, President of Ghana
• 22nd » Leelo Tungal, Estonian poet and author
• 23rd » Bryan Brown, Australian actor and producer
• 24th » Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and academic (d. 2014)
• 24th » Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer and actor (Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
• 24th » Ian Ritchie (architect) called Ian Ritchie, English architect and academic
• 24th » Peter Weller, American actor and director
• 25th » John Hilton (table tennis) named John Hilton, English table tennis player
• 25th » John Powell (athlete) named John Powell, American discus thrower
• 25th » Jimmie Walker, American actor
• 28th » Robert Bondi, American politician
• 28th » Mark Clark (Black Panther) e.g Mark Clark, American activist (d. 1969)
• 28th » Anny Duperey, French actress and author
• 28th » Mark Helprin, American journalist and author
• 28th » Laura Tyson, American economist and academic
• 29th » Michael Carter (actor) or Michael Carter, Scottish actor
• 29th » Richard Lewis (comedian) called Richard Lewis, American comedian and actor
• 30th » Barry Bremen, American businessman (d. 2011)
• 30th » David Meara, English priest

Famous Deaths for June 1947

• 1st » Anna Hoffman-Uddgren, Swedish actress, singer, and director (b. 1868)
• 2nd » John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (b. 1867)
• 5th » Nils Olaf Chrisander, Swedish-American actor and director (b. 1884)
• 6th » James Agate, English author and critic (b. 1877)
• 10th » Alexander Bethune, Canadian politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1852)
• 18th » Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
• 20th » Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (b. 1906)
• 24th » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 26th » Richard Bedford Bennett, Canadian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)

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