Glazier-Higgins-Woodward Tornadoes Kill 181 in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas – April 9, 1947

Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time. Date: January 3, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Pan American Airlines Offers First Round-the-World Ticket, January 6, 1947Philippines Takes Over Turtle and…

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 1947Ferenc Nagy Resigns, Hungarian Communists Gain Control – May 31, 1947Soviet NKVD Abducts Béla Kovács,…

United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport, killing 43. Date: May 29, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947First Tony Awards Presented for Theatrical Achievement, April 6, 1947Maharaja of Kashmir Signs Instrument of…

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) More events from 1947Journey of Reconciliation Begins, First Interracial Freedom Ride, April 9, 1947Edwin…

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…