Today in History for June 1947

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 39 of 39

1st - OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands
1st - Photosensitive glass developed
2nd - "Louisiana Lady" opens at Century Theater NYC for 4 performances
2nd - Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns
3rd - British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan
4th - "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater NYC after 4 performances
4th - House of Reps approves Taft-Hartley act
5th - Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan"
6th - Treaty drawn for establishment of Intl Patent Institute
10th - Saab produces its first automobile.
11th - WW II sugar rationing finally endd in US (began May 28, 1942)
12th - Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Brit Women's Amateur Golf Champ
13th - 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)
15th - 1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1)
15th - 47th US Golf Open: Lew Worsham shoots a 282 at St Louis CC in MO
16th - 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"
16th - Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
17th - 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
17th - Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin
Military Leader George Marshall 17th - Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline
18th - Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0
19th - 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca
20th - Pres Harry Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
22nd - 12" rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO)
22nd - Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn)
23rd - Compton & Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v South Africa
23rd - Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress
24th - 29th PGA Championship: Jim Ferrier at Plum Hollow CC Detroit
24th - Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold
24th - Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his career
24th - Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament
25th - 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published
25th - Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello
25th - Tennis shoe introduced
Jewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne Frank 27th - 98°F (36.8°C) in De Bilt Netherlands
27th - WRC TV channel 4 in Washington DC (NBC) begins broadcasting
28th - "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1
29th - 2nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson
29th - Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 80 of 80

1st - Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor (Evita, Brazil, Praying Mantis)
1st - Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones)
1st - Ron Dennis, CBE, F1 team principal (McLaren)
2nd - Jan Ferraris, LPGA golfer
2nd - Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor
3rd - Penelope Wilton, actress (Cry Freedom, Norman Conquests)
3rd - Timothy David, diplomat
3rd - Mickey Finn, British guitarist and percussionist (T. Rex) (d. 2003)
3rd - Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (d. 1986)
3rd - John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor
4th - Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria
5th - David Hare, playwright (Strapless, Plenty, Wetherby, Fatale)
5th - Eric Molobi, South Africa, activist (ANC)
5th - Laurie Anderson, performance artist (O Superman, Excellent Birds)
5th - Tom Evans, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Badfinger)
6th - Marion Coakes, England, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-silver-1968)
6th - Terry Williams, rocker (First Edition)
6th - David Blunkett, English politician
6th - Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
7th - Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees)
8th - Joan La Barbara, composer
8th - Julie Driscoll, rocker/actress (33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee)
8th - Mick Box, rock guitarist (Uriah Heep)
8th - Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
9th - John Gurda, American historian
10th - Ken Singleton, Mt Vernon NY, baseball player (Orioles)
11th - Glenn Leonard, R&B singer (Temptations)
11th - Henry Cisneros, first Hispanic to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city (San Antonio), later Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton Administration
11th - Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
12th - Ronald J Freeman II, Elizabeth NJ, 4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
13th - Daniel P A "Danie" Schutte, South African underminister of Justice
13th - Jerrold Nadler, (Rep-D-NY)
13th - Peter Holm, boyfriend of Joan Collins
14th - Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish)
15th - Lee Purcell, Cherry Point NC, actor (Big Wednesday, Mr Majestyk)
15th - Paul Patterson, composer
16th - -minu, Swiss columnist and writer
17th - Christopher Allport, American actor (d. 2008)
17th - George S. Clinton, American composer and musician
17th - Paul Young, English singer and percussionist (d. 2000)
18th - Bernard Giraudeau, La Rochelle France, actor (L'Annee des Meduses)
18th - Douglas Young, composer
18th - Linda Thorson, Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live)
19th - James T Walsh, (Rep-R-NY)
19th - Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad, Houston, actress (Clair-Bill Cosby)
19th - Salman Rushdie, Pak, novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses)
19th - Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
20th - Candy Clark, Ok, actress (Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti)
20th - David French, British director (Deep Sleep, Bingo)
20th - John Forbes, horse trainer
20th - Dolores Brooks, American singer (the Crystals)
20th - Josef Clemens, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
20th - Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist
21st - Dana Rohrabacher, (Rep-R-California)
21st - Lex van Delden, Dutch actor (Soldier of Orange)
21st - Meredith Baxter-Birney, Ca, actr (Family Ties, Bridget Loves Bernie)
21st - Michael Gross, Chicago Ill, actor (Family Ties, FBI murders)
21st - Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
22nd - David L Lander, Bkln NY, actor (Squiggy-Laverne & Shirley)
22nd - Don Henley, drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer)
22nd - Murray Webb, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75)
22nd - Octavia E[stelle] Butler, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed)
22nd - Jerry Rawlings, former President of Ghana
22nd - Howard Kaylan, founding member of The Turtles
23rd - Bryan Brown, Sydney, actor (F/X, Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan)
24th - Walter Willison, Monterrey Park California, actor (McDuff the Talking Dog)
Rocker Mick Fleetwood (24th) 24th - Mick Fleetwood, London, rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac-Go Your Own Way)
24th - Marianne Delgorge, singer/actress (Ice Cream Soda)
24th - Peter Weller, Stevens Point WI, actor (Robocop, Of Unknown Origin)
25th - Jimmie Walker, Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease)
27th - Francisca "Cisca" Beaudoux, actress (2 Under a Cap)
28th - Mark Helprin, US writer
28th - Patrick Kincaid, who wrote the TODAY program; send him a card
28th - Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef
28th - Anny Duperey, French film and television actress
29th - Jeff Moss, cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979)
29th - Richard Lewis, NYC, comedian (Marty Gold-Anything But Love)
29th - Michael Carter, British actor
30th - Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist (Live in Montreux)
30th - Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 13 of 13

2nd - Hermann Darewsky, composer, dies at 64
6th - Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63), dies
8th - Tom O'Brien, actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56
9th - Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, president of Poland (1939-40), dies at 62
10th - Alexander Bethune, Canadian politician (b. 1852)
12th - Jazeps Medins, composer, dies at 70
16th - Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86
18th - Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (b. 1898)
19th - Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84
20th - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal
24th - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864)
26th - Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1870)
28th - Stanislav K Neumann, Czech poet (Anti-Guide), dies at 72