Date: October 24, 1947
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 → 📅 Other events on November 25 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Thomas Goldsmith Jr. Files First Electronic Game…
The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Date: April 9, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947India Gains Independence from British Rule, Joins Commonwealth – August 15, 1947Senate…
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)…
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…
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 1947Kenneth…
New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect. Date: May 3, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1947Hollywood Ten Blacklisted by Studios During Red Scare, November 25, 1947Muhammad Ali Jinnah Sworn in as Pakistan’s First…