April 1947 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Apr 6 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win for theatrical achievements

Playwright Arthur Miller — Playwright
Arthur Miller

Apr 8 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed
Apr 9 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed
Apr 9 Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300
Apr 10 King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned
Apr 15 Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio
Apr 16 -17] Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp
Apr 16 Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC)
Apr 16 Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx
Apr 19 AAU record for a 25-foot rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds
Apr 19 French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522
Apr 20 Frederik IX becomes King of Denmark
Apr 25 Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Voete begins

Event of Interest

Apr 28 Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia

Ethnographer, Archaeologist and Explorer Thor Heyerdahl — Ethnographer, Archaeologist and Explorer
Thor Heyerdahl

Apr 30 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover

Birthdays in History

Apr 1 Alain Connes, French mathematician
Apr 2 Camille Paglia, American author and social critic, born in Endicott, New York
Apr 4 Wiranto, Indonesian army general (Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces), born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Apr 5 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines (2001-2010), born in San Juan

Apr 6 Jan-Kees Wiebenga, Dutch politician (VVD), born in Haarlem, Netherlands
Apr 7 Eliseo Soriano, Philippine evangelist
Apr 8 Hsiao-hsien Hou, dir (Cheerful Wind, City of Sadness, Puppetmaster)
Apr 8 Tom DeLay, Laredo, Texas, American politician (Rep-R-Texas, 1985-2006)
Apr 8 Robert Kiyosaki, American investor
Apr 11 Michael Hindley, British politician, Member of the European Parliament, born in Blackburn, England
Apr 11 Michael Wright, British academic, Vice-Chancellor of Aston University
Apr 11 Lev Bulat, Russian physicist, born in Chernovtsy, Ukraine
Apr 12 Tom Clancy, American author (The Hunt for Red October), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2013)
Apr 12 Antonin Kratochvil, Czech-American photojournalist (VII Photo Agency), born in Litoměřice, Czechoslovakia
Apr 15 Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish politician
Apr 18 David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth)
Apr 18 Dorothy Lyman, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Apr 18 Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
Apr 18 Herbert Mullin, American serial killer
Apr 19 Frits Castricum, Dutch journalist and politician (PvdA)
Apr 19 Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute)
Apr 20 Andrew Tobias, American journalist and author (The Best Little Boy in the World), born in NYC, New York
Apr 21 Alan Warner, rocker (Foundations)
Apr 23 Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish political activist [or 1940]
Apr 24 Josep Borrell Fontelles, Former President of the European Parliament
Apr 24 Roger D. Kornberg, American chemist, Nobel-prized
Apr 26 Gervase Jackson-Stops, British architectural adviser to the National Trust (d. 1995)
Apr 27 George Kenneth Butterfield, American politician
Apr 29 Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher
Apr 30 Robert Scott, (Rep-D-Virginia)
Apr 30 Mats Odell, Swedish politician
Apr 30 Tom Køhlert, Brondby IF coach

Deaths in History

Apr 1 George II, King of Greece (1922-1924, and 1935-1947), dies of arteriosclerosis at 56
Apr 4 William O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. ?)
Apr 6 Herbert Backe, German Nazi politician (b. 1896)

Henry Ford

Apr 7 Henry Ford, American industrialist and auto maker (Ford Model T), dies at 83

Apr 11 Louise Peete, American murderess (b. 1880)
Apr 12 Christian F L Leipoldt, South African writer (Die Moormansgat), dies
Apr 16 Rudolf Höß, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (b. 1900)
Apr 20 Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies at 76
Apr 24 Willa Cather, American writer (b. 1873)
Apr 29 Irving Fisher, US economist, dies at 80

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