Date: July 26, 1947
Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line. Date: April 15, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 15 π Events on this day in 1947 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Texas City Freighter Explosion Kills Nearly 600, April 16, 1947Typhoon Kathleen Devastates Japanβs KantΕ…
February 28 incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 18,000 – 28,000 civilians. Date: February 28, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 28 π Events on this day in 1947 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1947UN General Assembly Approves Palestine…
Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world. Date: February 12, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 12 π Events on this day in 1947 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Civil War in Mandatory Palestine Begins, Leading…
Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. Date: April 16, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 16 π Events on this day in 1947 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1947U.S. Congress Televised for First…
Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game. Date: January 25, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 25 π Events on this day in 1947 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Pakistan Joins the United Nations, September 30,…
Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300Β mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America. Date: August 7, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on…