Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Arabs riot in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. Date: December 2, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the State of Israel and the 1948 ArabโIsraeli War. Date: November 30, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 30 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)
French forces carry out a massacre at Mแปน Trแบกch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War. Date: November 29, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 29 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. Date: November 29, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 29 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)
New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. Date: November 25, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 25 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)
Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. Date: November 25, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 25 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The Princess Elizabeth (the future Queen) marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London. Date: November 20, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 20 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand. Date: November 18, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)
American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century. Date: November 17, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)
The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath. Date: November 17, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1947 ๐ On This Day (Today)