Date: February 25, 1947
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 1947British…
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 1947Muhammad…
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…
First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University. Date: September 9, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Pan Am…
The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen. Date: January 1, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 1947Largest Iron Meteorite Creates Sikhote-Alin Impact Crater, February 12, 1947French Gain Control of Hanoi in First…