Date: September 30, 1947
An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111. Date: March 25, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Post-War Japanese Constitution Takes Effect, May 3, 1947Christian Dior Unveils New Look, Restoring Paris…
Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia. Date: April 28, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947French Forces Massacre…
The Supreme Court of Japan is established. Date: August 4, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 4 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Chuck Yeager Breaks Sound Barrier in Level Flight, October 14, 1947Pan Am Flight 121 Crashes in Syrian Desert,…
The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II. Date: February 10, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947International Monetary Fund Begins Financial Operations…
The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel. Date: April 9, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April…
Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany. Date: January 1, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On…