Date: July 27, 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 1947Christian…
President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address. Date: October 5, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Transistor First Demonstrated at Bell Laboratories, December 23, 1947Boulder Dam Renamed Hoover Dam in Nevada, April…
The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time. Date: October 1, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Taiwan February 28 Incident: Civil Disorder Suppressed, 18,000-28,000 Dead, February 28, 1947Truman Doctrine Proclaimed to…
Partition of India: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India, beginning the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 and the Kashmir conflict. Date: October 26, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 26 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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…
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded. Date: October 30, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Howard Hughes Flies Spruce Goose for First…