Date: November 17, 1947
United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted. Date: April 9, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Jerusalem Riots Erupt Over UN Partition Plan, December 2, 1947French Gain Control…
Soviet NKVD forces in Hungary abduct Béla Kovács—secretary-general of the majority Independent Smallholders' Party—and deport him to the USSR in defiance of Parliament. His arrest is an important turning point in the Communist takeover of Hungary. Date: February 25, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 25 📅 Events on this…
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 1947Iran…
The Black Dahlia murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short is found in Los Angeles. Date: January 15, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian Crash in Andes, August…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Pan American Airlines Offers First Round-the-World Ticket,…
First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber. Date: December 17, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947HUAC Investigates Hollywood Communist Infiltration, Blacklist Begins October 20, 1947Jerusalem Riots Erupt Over UN Partition Plan,…