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1947
1947
Best Picture, Academy Awards: Gentleman's Agreement (1947), 118 minutes, Directed by Elia Kazan
Greatest Films
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1947, André Paul Guillaume Gide(1869-1951), France
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947, Sir Edward Victor Appleton(1892-1965), United Kingdom
Chinese New Year: Year of the Boar
- People born in the Year of the Boar are honest and tolerant and make good friends, but tend to expect the same from everyone else, and more often than not they end up disappointed. They thrive in the arts as entertainers.
College Football: Notre Dame or Michigan?
The beginning of the "modern" UFO era: Project 1947
Records ( vinyl, that is).....Atlantic Records was founded in 1947 and produced their first hit with "The Rose of the Rio Grande" by the Harlemaires.
Inventions: Instant Photography, Kitty Litter, the transistor, holography, Mobile Phones, and Tupperware
Vintage Vogue: 2610, 2494, 2444
Bing Crosby was at the top of the charts (again) with "White Christmas"and had a brand new hit with "Now is the Hour"
Ellen Shaw Carter (USA) was the First Woman to Receive a Helicopter Rating
In 1947-48, 908 airports received $66.6M in Federal Aid (MS word)
The Civil Aeronautics Administration commissioned the first VORs (very high frequency omindirectional radio ranges).
On Apr 4, 1947, the Chicago Convention came into force after being ratified by 26 countries, officially creating the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to succeed PICAO.
NACA Digital Library, research from 1947
Complete NASA Muroc staff photo in front of the XS-1 and B-29
Oct. 14, 1947 - XS-1 exceeded the speed of sound in history's first supersonic flight.
Hank Williams recorded "Honky Tonkin'"
Amazing Stories (July 1947 Issue)
Cars: Ford Deluxe Sportsman, Chevrolet Fleetmaster, Plymouth, and Ford Club Coupe
President Harry S. Truman
President Truman's Address to Congress, March 12, 1947
The National Security Act of 1947 created the Air Force as well as the National Security Council
The partition of India
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