Today in History for November 1947

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 29 of 29

1st - "Medium & The Telephone" closes at Barrymore NYC after 211 perfs
1st - 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii
1st - Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose," a large wooden airplane
1st - UN trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, NZ & UK
2nd - 7th Ryder Cup: US wins 11-1 at Portland Golf Club (Portland, Oregon, US)
2nd - Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for 1st (& last) time
8th - Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA v Victoria
12th - KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR)
12th - Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentenced
15th - Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 v Indians at the SCG
15th - Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal
16th - 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis
17th - The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
19th - 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar
20th - "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC
20th - 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey)
20th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei
20th - UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps
21st - Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St Louis, to become wrestling champ
23rd - French government of Schumann, forms
23rd - Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21)
Author John Steinbeck 24th - John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published
24th - Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists
25th - New Zealand acedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion
27th - Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote
29th - 35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9
29th - UN Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs & Jews
30th - Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine
30th - Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 71 of 71

1st - Rolando Garbey, Oriente Cuba, light MW boxer (Olympic-silver-1968)
1st - Jim Steinman, American songwriter
1st - Bob Weston, Devon, England, guitarist and songwriter (Fleetwood Mac)(d. 2012)
2nd - Dave Pegg, British pop bassist (Jethro Tull-Crest of a Wave)
2nd - David Anthony Ahern, composer
3rd - Mazie Hirono, American politician
4th - Aleksandr Tkachev, USSR, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
4th - Alexei Ulanov, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
4th - Edward Matt Dougherty, Chester PA, PGA golfer (1995 Deposit Guaranty)
4th - Rodney Marsh, cricketer (AKA "Iron Gloves" AKA "Bacchus" Kept wickets)
5th - Oleg Antropov, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
5th - Peter Noone, rocker (Herman-Herman's Hermits-Silhouttes)
6th - Doug Young, rocker (Flash In The Pan)
6th - Edward Yang, director (Tewrrorizers)
6th - George Lawrence James, NJ, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1968)
6th - George Young, Glasgow Scotland, rock guitarist (Easybeats)
6th - Jack Arnold, character on Wonder Years
6th - John Wilson, rock drummer (Them)
6th - Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter
6th - George Young, Australian musician (AC/DC)
7th - Bob Anderson, English darts player
7th - Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese professional baseball player
8th - Margaret Rhea Seddon, Murfreesboro Tenn, MD/astro (STS 51D, 40, SK:58)
8th - Minnie Ripperton, Chicago, singer (Loving You)
9th - Robert David Hall, American actor
10th - Bechir Gemayel, pres Lebanon (8/23-9/14, 1982)
11th - Brad Lee Sexton, bass guitarist
11th - Callum Alexander MacDonald, historian
11th - Pat "Dirty" Daugherty, rocker (Black Oak Arkansas)
12th - Donald Roeser, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
12th - J C Crowley, rocker
12th - Patrice Leconte, director (Monsieur Hire, Hairdresser's Husband)
12th - Ron Bryant, American baseball player
13th - Joe Mantegna, Chicago Ill, actor (House of Games, Weeds)
13th - Gene Garber, American baseball player
14th - P J O'Rourke, writer (Easy Money)
14th - Syanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr, US accordionist (On Track)
15th - William B Richardson, (Rep-D-New Mexico, 1983- )
16th - Ebby Thust, German boxing promoter and writer
17th - Rod Clements, rocker
17th - Stewkey, [Robert Antoni], rocker
17th - Steven E. de Souza, American scriptwriter
17th - Inky Mark, Canadian politician
18th - Jameson Parker, Balt Md, actor (American Justice, Simon & Simon)
19th - Bob Boone, San Diego, baseball player and manager (Phillies, Angels)
19th - Julian Graham Theodore Hough, actor (Deathwatch, Jabberwocky)
19th - Lamar Smith, (Rep-R-Texas)
20th - George Grantham, OK, rock drummer/vocalist (Poco)
20th - Joe Walsh, Wichita Ks, guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy)
20th - Mardell Wilkins, LPGA golfer
21st - Dick W de Cloe, Dutch MP (PvdA)
22nd - Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador (1989-94)
22nd - Rod Price, rocker (Foghat)
22nd - Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
23rd - Geoffery Michael Roberts, vintner
24th - Dwight Schultz, Balt Md, actor (A-Team)
24th - Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
25th - John Larroquette, New Orleans LA, actor (Dan Fielding-Night Court)
25th - Jonathan Kaplan, Paris France, director (Heart Like a Wheel)
25th - Linda Laflamme, rocker
25th - Val Fuentes, rocker (It's A Beautiful Day)
25th - Tracey Walter, American actor
26th - Larry Gura, baseball player
26th - Richie Hebner, baseball player
26th - Susanne Zenor, American actress
28th - Michel Berger, French songwriter (d. 1992)
28th - Maria Farantouri, Greek singer
29th - Petra Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
29th - Ronnie Montrose, Denver, Colorado, American guitarist, (d. 2012)
30th - David Mamet, Chicago, playwright/dir (Speed the Plow, House of Games)
30th - Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

20th - Future British Queen, Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 10 of 10

1st - Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (b. 1917)
6th - Kristian Elster, Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66
11th - Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64
12th - Emmuska Orczy, British author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82
14th - Joseph Allard, French Canadian fiddler (b. 1873)
17th - Ricarda Huch, writer, dies at 83
17th - Victor Serge, Russian anarchist, novelist, and historian (b. 1890)
25th - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (b. 1876)
28th - Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, WW II hero (liberator of Paris), dies at 44
30th - Earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies