What Happened In May 1947 In History

Historical Events for May, 1947

• 1st » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
• 3rd » New post-war Constitution of Japan e.g Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• 22nd » Cold War: in an effort to fight the spread of Communism, the U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants United States dollar known as $400 million in military and economic aid to

Famous Birthdays on May in 1947

• 1st » Sergio Infante, Chilean-Swedish poet and author
• 2nd » James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson (company) e.g Dyson Company
• 2nd » Lynda Myles, English screenwriter and producer
• 3rd » Doug Henning, Canadian magician (d. 2000)
• 3rd » Mavis Jukes, American author
• 4th » John Bosley (politician) or John Bosley, Canadian politician
• 4th » Richard Jenkins, American actor
• 4th » Ronald Sørensen, Dutch politician
• 4th » Willem van Beusekom, Dutch radio and television host (d. 2006)
• 4th » Trivimi Velliste, Estonian politician, 17th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 5th » Robin McNamara, American singer-songwriter
• 6th » Alan Dale, New Zealand actor
• 6th » Kit Martin, English architect
• 6th » Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher and author
• 6th » Ljubomir Vračarević, Serbian martial artist, founded Real Aikido (d. 2013)
• 8th » H. Robert Horvitz, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate
• 8th » Felicity Lott, English soprano
• 8th » David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland, English politician
• 8th » John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, Scottish historian and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 9th » Yukiya Amano, Japanese diplomat
• 10th » Caroline B. Cooney, American author
• 10th » Jay Ferguson (American musician) e.g Jay Ferguson, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Spirit (band) or Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne)
• 10th » Thomas Tessier, American author
• 11th » Butch Trucks, American drummer (The Allman Brothers Band, The 31st of February, and The Vikings (band) or The Vikings)
• 12th » Michael Ignatieff, Canadian journalist and politician
• 12th » Micheline Lanctôt, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
• 12th » Catherine Yronwode, American author and illustrator
• 13th » Edgar Burcksen, Dutch-American film editor
• 14th » Tamara Dobson, American actress (d. 2006)
• 15th » Graeham Goble, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Little River Band, Mississippi (band) named Mississippi, Travis Wellington Hedge, and Birtles & Goble)
• 16th » Barbara Lee (singer) e.g Barbara Lee, American singer (The Chiffons) (d. 1992)
• 16th » Bill Smitrovich, American actor
• 16th » Darrell Sweet (musician) known as Darrell Sweet, English-Scottish drummer (Nazareth) (d. 1999)
• 16th » Roch Thériault, Canadian religious leader (d. 2011)
• 17th » Andrew Latimer, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Camel (band) named Camel)
• 17th » Stephen Platten, English bishop
• 17th » Ronald Poppo, American cannibal victim
• 18th » John Bruton, Irish politician, 10th Taoiseach or Taoiseach of Ireland
• 18th » Brian Fletcher, English jockey
• 18th » Gail Strickland, American actress
• 18th » Hugh Keays-Byrne, Indian-Australian actor
• 19th » Paul Brady, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Planxty and The Johnstons)
• 19th » Christopher Chope, English lawyer and politician
• 19th » Steve Currie, English bass player (T. Rex (band) known as T. Rex) (d. 1981)
• 19th » David Helfgott, Australian pianist
• 19th » Gijs IJlander, Dutch author
• 20th » John Corapi, American priest
• 20th » Greg Dyke, English journalist
• 21st » Bill Champlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Chicago (band) named Chicago and Sons of Champlin)
• 21st » Jonathan Hyde, Australian-English actor
• 22nd » Joseph P. McFadden, American bishop (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Egyptian-American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1997)
• 23rd » Bernard Comrie, English-American linguist and academic
• 23rd » Ann Hui, Hong Kong actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 23rd » Jane Kenyon, American poet (d. 1995)
• 24th » Albert Bouchard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer (Blue Öyster Cult)
• 24th » Mike De Leon, Filipino director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer
• 24th » Waddy Wachtel, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 24th » Martin Winterkorn, German businessman
• 25th » Mitch Margo, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Tokens)
• 25th » Karen Valentine, American actress
• 26th » Glenn Turner, New Zealand cricketer
• 27th » Felix Dennis, English poet and publisher, founded Dennis Publishing (d. 2014)
• 27th » Marty Kristian, German-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The New Seekers)
• 27th » Branko Oblak, Slovenian footballer and coach
• 27th » Riivo Sinijärv, Estonian politician, 19th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Estonia) named Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 28th » Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archaeologist and academic
• 28th » Lynn Johnston, Canadian illustrator
• 28th » Leland Sklar, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Section (band) or The Section and Era (musical project) called Era)
• 29th » Anthony Geary, American actor
• 29th » Joey Levine, American singer-songwriter and producer (Ohio Express and The Third Rail (band) known as The Third Rail)
• 29th » Gene Robinson, American bishop
• 29th » Constantino Romero, Spanish radio host and actor (d. 2013)
• 30th » Jocelyne Bourassa, Canadian golfer
• 31st » Junior Campbell, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Marmalade (band) or Marmalade)
• 31st » Gabriele Hinzmann, German discus thrower
• 31st » David Rowlands, English civil servant (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for May 1947

• 2nd » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 5th » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 8th » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)
• 13th » Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
• 16th » Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1861)
• 16th » Zhang Lingfu, Chinese general (b. 1903)
• 17th » George Forbes (New Zealand politician) called George Forbes, New Zealand politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 18th » Hal Chase, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883)
• 20th » Philipp Lenard, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 20th » Georgios Siantos, Greek politician (b. 1890)
• 22nd » Edwin Hedley, American rower (b. 1864)
• 23rd » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 27th » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 28th » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)
• 30th » Georg Johannes von Trapp, Croatian-Austrian captain (b. 1880)

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