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1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
Feb 13, 2015 · In 1947, the agency commissioned a series of portraits of “engaged socialites.” The idea was to create prestigious “role models” for the poorer middle-class wage-earners.
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Aug 4, 2015 · 1947 advertisements in the United States. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. 1940s advertisements in the United States. ← 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 →.
William Wyler 's The Best Years of Our Lives receives the most nominations with eight and wins the most awards with seven, including Best Motion Picture and Wyler's second Best Director award. March 25 – A coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, kills 111 miners.
June 11 – The first monkey astronaut, Albert I, is launched into space from White Sands, New Mexico. June 12: MCWR renamed Women Marines. Women in the Air Force (WAF) created. June 17 – A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Air Lines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board.
Mar 13, 2024 · In 1947, Mickey Cochrane, Frankie Frisch, Lefty Grove, and Carl Hubbell were all inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Edwin Land unveiled the Polaroid Land camera, John Bardeen invented the transistor, and Edward Lowe created Kitty Litter.
