Truman Doctrine Proclaimed to Contain Communism, March 12, 1947
Date: March 12, 1947
Date: March 12, 1947
The Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule begins in Madagascar. Date: March 29, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Pan Am Flight 121 Crashes in Syrian Desert, 15 Killed June 19, 1947KTLA First Commercial…
The Operation Big Bang, the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion to that time, destroys bunkers and military installations on the North Sea island of Heligoland, Germany. Date: April 18, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War. Date: November 29, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 29 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Soviet NKVD Abducts Béla Kovács, Turning Point in Hungary’s Communist…
Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece. Date: May 22, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Boulder Dam Renamed Hoover Dam in Nevada, April 30, 1947Christian Dior Unveils New…
Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government. Date: May 31, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31…
The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles. Date: November 13, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Muhammad Ali Jinnah Recommended as Pakistan’s First Governor-General, July 10,…