Date: May 31, 1947
Pan Am Flight 121 crashes in the Syrian Desert near Mayadin, Syria, killing 15 and injuring 21. Date: June 19, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Muhammad Ali Jinnah Recommended as Pakistan’s First Governor-General,…
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 1947Pan American Airlines…
The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France. Date: July 11, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Operation Big Bang Destroys Heligoland Bunkers and Military Installations, April 18, 1947International Organization for Standardization Founded, February…
New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect. Date: May 3, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Ferenc Nagy Resigns, Hungarian Communists Gain Control May 31, 1947Largest Iron Meteorite Impact Crater in Sikhote-Alin, Soviet Union…
In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. Date: February 21, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 21 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947International…
A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998. Date: August 2, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This…