Today in History for July 1947

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 39 of 39

1st - 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched
1st - Brit Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office
2nd - Military coup discovered in France
3rd - 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC
3rd - Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL
3rd - Soviet Union doesn't partake in Marshall Plan
4th - 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62)
5th - "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck NYC after 108 perfs
5th - 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64)
5th - Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL
6th - The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
7th - Alleged and disputed Roswell UFO incident.
8th - 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
8th - Demolition begins for UN HQ in NYC
8th - Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crashed landed in Roswell, New Mexico.
9th - Britain's Princess Elizabeth & Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement
9th - Spain votes for Franco monarchy
10th - 200 die when train derails & fell into a river in Canton, China
10th - Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Phila A's, 3-0
Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco 10th - Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor General of Pakistan by then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Clement Attlee.
16th - Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee & Yanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19
18th - British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
18th - King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill
18th - President Harry Truman signs Presidential Succession Act
18th - Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak
18th - US begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands
19th - Prime minister of shadow Burma government ,Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members were assassinated by British , which resulted in the political chaos in the country lasting until now.
20th - 1st political action of Neth Army on Java & Sumatra
21st - Indonesia begins 1st political election
22nd - -8°F (-13°C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record)
23rd - 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, RI
25th - US Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Dept of Defense
25th - US Department of Army created
26th - Department of Defense forms
26th - National Security Act establishes CIA
27th - Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
28th - Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania
29th - Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg Va
30th - Cin Reds 16 game win streak ends, losing to NY Giants 5-4

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 79 of 79

1st - Marc Benno, rocker
1st - Kazuyoshi Hoshino, Japanese racing driver
2nd - Ervin Hall, Phila, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1968)
2nd - Larry David, Brooklyn NY, actor/comedian/writer (Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm)
2nd - Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Turpin, daughter of Pres LBJ
3rd - Betty Buckley, Big Springs Tx, actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats)
3rd - Dave Barry, American humorist and author
4th - Morganna Roberts, Louisville Ky, (Baseball's kissing bandit)
6th - Richard Beckinsale, Nottingham England, actor (Porridge, Doing Time)
6th - Lance Clemons, baseball player
7th - Rob Townsend, rock drummer (Family Leicester)
7th - Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat
7th - Howard Rheingold, American author
7th - Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, King of Nepal
8th - Kim Darby, American actress
8th - Luis Fernando Figari, Peruvian founder of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
9th - Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience)
9th - Jerney Kaagman, Dutch singer (Earth & Fire)
9th - OJ Simpson [Orenthal James], Santa Fey California, NFL running back (Buf Bills)
NFL Running Back and Convicted Criminal OJ Simpson (9th) 9th - Haruomi Hosono, Japanese musician
10th - Arlo Guthrie, Bkln, singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans)
10th - Jeff Hanna, Detroit, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) [or 8/11]
10th - John Trevor Key, photographer
11th - Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
12th - Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour)
12th - Richard C. McCarty, American professor of psychology
14th - Nick Benedict, Los Angeles CA, actor (Pistol-Birth of a Legend)
14th - Steve Stone, Cleveland Ohio, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
14th - Claudia Kennedy, U.S. Army officer
16th - Roelof P Meyer, S Afr under minister of Law & Order etc
16th - Tom Boggs, rock drummer (Box Tops)
16th - Alexis Herman, 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor
16th - Assata Shakur, American activist
17th - Camilla Parker Bowles (Duchess of Cornwall), London England, wife of Prince Charles
Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles (17th) 17th - Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
18th - Ayn Rumen, Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show)
18th - Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor (Bad Penny)
18th - Steven W. Mahoney, Canadian politician
19th - Bernie Leadon, Minneapolis, guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy)
19th - Brian May, London, rock guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions)
19th - Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch)
19th - Mike Dutfield, documentary prodcuer
19th - Hans-Jürgen Kreische, East German footballer
20th - Carlos Santana, Mexico, rock guitarist (Santana-Black Magic Woman)
20th - Gerd Binnig, Frankfurt, physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986)
20th - James Harris, Monroe La, NFL quarterback (Buffalo, LA, San Diego)
21st - Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener (Gavaskar's partner for a while)
21st - John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-Tennessee)
21st - Wendell Burton, San Antonio Tx, actor (Lucas-New Dick Van Dyke Show)
22nd - Albert Brooks, LA California, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America)
22nd - Curt Weldon, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania)
22nd - Don Henley, Linden Tx, rock drummer/vocalist (Eagles-Desparado)
22nd - Gilles Duceppe, Canadian politician
23rd - David Essex, [Cook], London, rock vocalist/actor (That'll be the Day)
23rd - Spencer Christian, weatherman (Good Morning America)
23rd - Torsten Palm, Swedish racing driver
24th - Geoffrey McQueen, TV Writer
24th - M Jacques Fouroux, rugby player
24th - Michael Coveney, drama critic
24th - Neil McIntosh, CEO (VSO, Center for British Teaching)
24th - Peter Serkin, NYC, pianist (Tashi)
24th - Robert Hays, Bethesda Md, actor (Airplane!, Starman, Scandalous)
24th - Zaheer Abbas, cricketer (probably Pakistan's finest batsman ever)
26th - Pauline Clare, Chief Constable (Lancashire)
27th - Betty Thomas, St Louis Mo, actress (Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues)
27th - Wayne Dowdy, (Rep-D-MS, 1981- )
28th - Alexei Sergeyevich Borodai, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
28th - Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, Miss, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
28th - Elena Novikova-Belova, USSR, foils (Olympic-gold-1968)
28th - Miguelina Cobian, Santiago Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
28th - Sally Struther, Portland Oregon, actress (Gloria-All in the Family)
29th - Janet LePera, LPGA golfer
29th - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006)
Actor/Body Builder/Politician Arnold Schwarzenegger (30th) 30th - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, body builder/actor/politician (Terminator, 38th Governor of California)
30th - Margo Sappington, Baytown TX, actress (Oh Calcutta)
30th - William Atherton, Ct, actor (Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44)
30th - Jonathan Mann, AIDS activist (d. 1998)
31st - Dennis Greenslade, rocker
31st - Karl Greene, Manchester, rock bassist, (Herman's Hermits)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 12 of 12

1st - Clarence Lucas, composer, dies at 80
9th - Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish general (b. 1865)
12th - Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
13th - Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies
15th - Henry Kolker, dies at 76
15th - Walter Donaldson, American songwriter (b. 1893)
17th - Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34
19th - Aung San, Burmese nationalist (assassinated) (b. 1915)
19th - U Razak, Burmese politician (b. 1898)
24th - Ernest Austin, composer, dies at 72
30th - George Challenor, cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies
30th - Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1860)