India gains independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. Date: August 15, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan, due to the partition of India. Date: August 14, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST). Date: August 7, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 (4,300 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 → 📅 Other events on…
The Supreme Court of Japan is established. Date: August 4, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 4 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998. Date: August 2, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This…
In Vatican City, Rome, canonization of Catherine Labouré, the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide distribution of the Miraculous Medal. Date: July 27, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 27 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: U.S. president Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council. Date: July 26, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events…
Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated. Date: July 19, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)
Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated. Date: July 19, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)