Date: July 26, 1947
Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. Date: June 24, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 24 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Radcliffe Line Revealed: India-Pakistan Border August 17, 1947Catherine Labouré Canonized in Vatican…
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 1947Pakistan Gains Independence from British Empire, Partition of India, August 14,…
The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan. Date: July 4, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 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 California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built until Scaled Composites rolled out their Stratolaunch in May 2017. Date: November 2, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events…
The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union. Date: February 12, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947HUAC Investigates Hollywood Communist Infiltration, Blacklist Begins…