2nd » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
6th » 'Meet the Press' makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
13th » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
17th » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communism called Communist loyalty oath.
17th » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
20th » Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom known as The Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh known as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
25th » Second Red Scare known as Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
25th » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster 1931 e.g Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
29th » United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine called Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Mandatory Palestine called Palestine.
29th » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch massacre e.g Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
30th » 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
10th » Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)
10th » Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (d. 1982)
10th » Greg Lake, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Powell, The Gods (band) known as The Gods, and Asia (band) e.g Asia)
18th » Jameson Parker, American actor and producer
19th » Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager
19th » Anfinn Kallsberg, Faroese politician, 10th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
19th » Lamar S. Smith, American lawyer and politician
20th » Joe Walsh, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Eagles (band) e.g Eagles, James Gang, and Barnstorm (band) known as Barnstorm)
24th » Dave Sinclair, English keyboard player (Caravan (band) known as Caravan, Hatfield and the North, The Wilde Flowers, Matching Mole, and The Polite Force (band) e.g The Polite Force)
25th » Jonathan Kaplan, French-American director and producer
25th » John Larroquette, American actor, director, and producer
27th » Don Adams (basketball) or Don Adams, American basketball player
27th » Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Djiboutian politician, List of heads of state of Djibouti named President of Djibouti
27th » Neil Rosenshein, American tenor
28th » Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
28th » Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician
29th » Malcolm Grant, New Zealand-English lawyer and academic
29th » Petra Kelly, German activist and politician (d. 1992)
29th » Ronnie Montrose, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Montrose (band) known as Montrose and Gamma (band) known as Gamma) (d. 2012)
30th » Stuart Baird, English director and producer