Today in History for February 1947

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 35 of 35

1st - Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of christian-dems & communists
1st - Dmitri Shostakovitch named professor at conservatory of Leningrad
1st - NV United Dutch Fokker's Aircraft established
3rd - -81°F (-63°C), Snag Yukon (North American record)
3rd - 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis)
3rd - Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
5th - Bolewet Beirut becomes president of Poland
6th - Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
7th - Arabs & Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine
8th - Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51)
8th - KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
9th - Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Phila
10th - Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia
10th - Netherlands Radio Union forms
10th - Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland
10th - WW II peace treaties signed
12th - Daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia
12th - Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands
15th - "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater NYC after 60 perfs
16th - Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres
17th - Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism"
17th - Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR
18th - 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa
18th - Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone," premieres in NYC
19th - CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3"
20th - Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA
20th - Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India
20th - State of Prussia ceases to exist.
21st - 1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember"
21st - 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E H Land
21st - Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champ
23rd - Gen Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews
27th - Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized
28th - Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan
28th - 228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of 30,000 civilian lives.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 80 of 80

1st - Adam Ingram, British MP
1st - Terry Hibbitt, soccer star
1st - Mike Brant, Israeli pop singer (d. 1975)
1st - Normie Rowe, Australian singer
2nd - Farrah Fawcett, Texas, actress (Charley's Angels, Burning Bed)
2nd - Aleksandr Medved, USSR, wrestler (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
2nd - Derek Shulman, rocker
2nd - Peter Lucia, rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue)
3rd - Chose Alberts, [Krommenhoek], vocalist (Yet Many Years)
3rd - Dave Davies, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Kinks-Lola)
3rd - Joe Coleman, baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit)
3rd - Koos Alberts, [Krommenhoek], Dutch vocalist (Many More Years to Come)
3rd - Melanie, [Safka], Astoria, vocalist/songwriter (Candles in Rain)
3rd - Paul Auster, US author/poet/director (Mr Vertigo, Smoke)
3rd - Stephen McHattie, Canadian actor
4th - James Danforth "Dan" Quayle, Indianapolis Indiana, USA (Sen-R-Ind, 44th Vice President 1989-93)
4th - Jeannie Wilson, Memphis Tenn, actress (Simon & Simon, Stir Crazy)
4th - Sanford Bishop, (Rep-D-Georgia)
5th - Claude King, singer
Actress Farrah Fawcett (2nd) 5th - David Ladd, LA California, actor (Raymie, Catlow, Misty, Deathline)
5th - Mary Louise Cleave, Southampton NY, PhD/astronaut (STS 61-B, STS 30)
5th - Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver
6th - Charles Hickcox, US, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1968)
7th - Joe Shea, American journalist
8th - Sam Gannon, cricketer (Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests v India 1977-78)
9th - Joe Ely, Amarillo Tx, country vocalist (Honky Tonk Masquerade)
9th - Major Harris, US R&B-singer (Love won't Let me wait)
9th - Carla Del Ponte, Swiss UN prosecutor
10th - Louise Arbour, Canadian judge
10th - Butch Morris, American jazz cornetist and composer
10th - Nicholas Owen, English newsreader
11th - Joselito, Spanish singer
11th - Kikko Matsuoka, Japanese actress
12th - Guus Willemse, Dutch bassist/singer (Solution)
12th - Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Indian leader of Damdami Taksal (d. 1984)
13th - Mike Krzyzewski, basketball coach
13th - Tony Butler, rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland)
14th - Heidemarie Rosendahl, German FR, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1972)
14th - Judd Gregg, (Rep-R-NH, 1981- )
14th - Pham Tuan, Vietnam, cosmonaut (Soyuz 37/36)
14th - Salah-ud-Din, cricketer (played 5 Tests for Pakistan 1965-69)
15th - John Adams, Worcester Mass, composer (Nixon in China)
15th - Marisa Berenson, NYC, actress (Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna, SOB)
15th - Rusty Hamer, Tenafly NJ, actor (Rusty-Make Room for Daddy)
16th - Franz West, Vienna, Austria, artist (Flause), (d. 2012)
17th - Ben Cramer, Dutch vocalist (Clown)
17th - Dallas Adams, British actor/painter/writer (Terror From Within)
17th - Dodie Stevens, actress (Mary Hartman!)
18th - Carlos A Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1984)
18th - Dennis De Young, Chicago Il, vocalist (Styx-Its Raining Again)
18th - Eliot L Engel, (Rep-D-NY)
18th - Princess Maria Christina, [Marijke], of Netherlands
19th - Peter Bird, ocean rower
19th - Tim Shadbolt, mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
20th - Andre van Duin, [Kyvon], Dutch entertainer (Bloemkoole)
20th - Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42)
20th - Eggert Magnusson, Icelandic football executive
20th - Peter Osgood, English footballer (d. 2006)
20th - Peter Strauss, American actor
21st - Olympia J Snowe, (Rep-R-ME, 1979- )
21st - Victor Sokolov, Russian journalist (d. 2006)
22nd - John Bryant, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- )
23rd - Anton Mosimann, chef
23rd - Colin Sanders, British computer engineer (Solid State Logic)
23rd - Geoff Cope, cricketer (England off-spinner 1977-78)
23rd - Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967)
23rd - John McWethy, American journalist (d. 2008)
23rd - Pia Kjærsgaard, Danish politician
24th - Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor (Miami Vice, Stand & Deliver, Triumph)
24th - Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra)
24th - Rupert Holmes, English musician
25th - Eddie Thomson, Australian soccer coach (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
25th - Lee Edward Evans, Madera California, 400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-1968)
25th - Lewis Moonie, British MP
25th - Lee Evans, American athlete
26th - Sandie Shaw [Sandra Goodrich], Dagenham, Essex, English rocker (Girl Don't Come)
27th - Ashley Woodcock, cricketer (one Test Aust v NZ 1974, only knock 27)
27th - Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970)
27th - Marian G Klaren, Dutch mime/actress (Red Cabbage)
28th - Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

3rd - Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director, dies at 74
3rd - Marc A "Pete" Mitscher, US lt-adm (WW II-Task Force 58), dies at 60
5th - Ganzefles, Dutch nazi spy/Jews hunter, executed
5th - Hans Fallada, writer, dies at 53
6th - Albert JM Bakker, Dutch actor (Teun the night watch), dies at 82
6th - Luigi Russolo, composer, dies at 61
8th - Ernest Samuel Williams, composer, dies at 65
12th - Sidney Toler, actor (Charlie Chan, Dark Alibi), dies at 72
25th - Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies at 82
26th - Ben Webster, actor (Old Curiosity Shop), dies at 82
26th - Heinrich Häberlin, Swiss politician, member of the Federal Council (b. 1868)
27th - Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89