1947
Abdication of Michael I
Michael is forced to abdicate as the monarchy is abolished.
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Michael is forced to abdicate as the monarchy is abolished.
Paul succeeds his brother George II as King of Greece.
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
A treaty of alliance, the Treaty of Dunkirk, is signed with France
A Tibetan delegation presents territorial concerns during the Asian Relations Conference.
Assassinated with members of his Executive Council by gunmen linked to U Saw
Aung San is killed while chairing a meeting before independence
Assassinated alongside 7 of his ministers by a political rival
The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) is an agency of the United States Government established after World War II by Congress to foster and control the peacetime development of atomic science and technology
The Bled Agreement is signed by Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian leader, and Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader, which paves the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic
The Bled Agreement is signed by Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian leader, and Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader, which paves the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic
Western ambassadors seek a negotiated solution with Stalin as access to Berlin becomes an international crisis.
Soviet restrictions close major land routes into the Western sectors of Berlin.
The Bled Agreement is signed by Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian leader, and Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader, which paves the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic
The Bled Agreement supports the unification of Vardar Macedonia and Pirin Macedonia and the return of Western Outlands to Bulgaria
The Bled agreement was accepted with the Treaty on Friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between Yugoslavia and the People's Republic of Bulgaria, signed and published in Evksinograd
The Yugoslav Government negotiates in the conference of Bled that Bulgaria will waive $25 million in war damages owed by Yugoslavia
The first time that Bulgaria recognizes Ethnic Macedonians and the Macedonian language
The Bled Agreement is signed by Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgarian leader, and Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav leader, which paves the way for future unification between the states in a new Balkan Federative Republic
The Yugoslav Government negotiates in the conference of Bled that Bulgaria will waive $25 million in war damages owed by Yugoslavia
The Russians blockade land routes to Berlin
British, French & US Ambassadors meet Stalin to find a solution
Appointed President of the Board of Trade, first term
Appointed President of the Board of Trade in Clement Attlee's Labour Government.
Becomes the youngest member of the Cabinet in the Twentieth century
Federal narcotics agents interviewed Jack and Hyman Rubenstein after Paul Roland Jones was arrested; both brothers acknowledged knowing Jones but denied knowing about his narcotics activity.
Becomes the youngest member of the Cabinet in the twentieth century.
Helps introduce distinct Canadian citizenship.
20,000 communist soldiers die in the process of capturing Changchun
Uses the CIA to run covert ops in Europe. 1st institution of national security in the US
Founds the Central Economic Planning Staff
Takes the oath of allegiance & becomes a British subject
Becomes Lieutenant Philip Mountbaten, RN
Survives a civil war that consolidates Colorado Party military influence.
Lee enrolled at Clayton Public School on January 27, 1947, and completed first grade there with generally good marks.
Orders communist-dominated Governments to pull out of the Paris Conference on the European Recovery Programme
Cominform (from Communist Information Bureau) is the common name for what is officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties
The Cominform has as its stated goal. "..to organize an exchange of experience, and where necessary to coordinate the activity of the Communist parties, on the basis of mutual agreement."
The Cominform has its own newspaper, For Lasting Peace, for People's Democracy!
The Cominform is based on the Comintern which was dissolved in 1942, it co-ordinates European Communist Parties
The Cominform the first official forum of the International Communist Movement since the dissolution of the Comintern and confirmed the new realities after World War II, including the creation of an Eastern Bloc
Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poreba, Poland
Russia demands $10 billion in reparations & control of the Ruhr, this is not agreed. A conference opens in Moscow to discuss the development of post-war Germany
Orders communist-dominated Governments to pull out of the Paris Conference on the European Recovery Programme
The Peoples Congress first meets at Berlin to attempt to replace the Marshall Plan
Jinnah addresses the Constituent Assembly and advocates equal citizenship regardless of religion.
Promulgates the constitution of the Kingdom of Laos within the French Union
Helps guide the constitution approved before independence
The new constitution takes effect
The Constitution of 1947 established universal suffrage and expanded democratic and social rights.
Promulgates the new Constitution of the Republic of China, which is scheduled to take effect later in the year.
Approves constitutional arrangements for a limited parliamentary monarchy
The Constitution of the Republic of China takes effect, formally ending the Nationalist period of political tutelage.
1st day of the council to discuss the future of post-war Germany
The controlling Council of Germany breaks up after failing to agree the future
Forced into exile during a coup
Rama VIIIs death serves as a pretext for a coup which restores Phibul Songkram
Mortensen makes his full England debut against Portugal and scores four goals in a 100 win
Departs on HMS Vanguard for South Africa to help Jan Smuts against the Nationalist Party
Vallabhbhai Patel becomes Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister in independent India's first government.
The US announces the Truman Doctrine
Dalton is forced to suspend the convertibility of the pound
The Russian currency is reformed
National Assembly elections begin under the new constitutional framework; the Communist Party does not participate.
The Constituent Assembly elects Jinnah as its first President.
The Camille Huysmans Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as Prime Minister of Belgium.
The Kristensen Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.
The Second Olafur Thors Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes
Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Hanged in Moscow for attrocities committed behind the estaern fron in 1941
Leads the interim Executive Council during independence negotiations
Famine in the Ukraine, 1946-1947
Orders Nationalist troops to Taiwan during the February 28 crisis; subsequent repression causes extensive civilian deaths and arrests.
Ghulam Muhammad assumes responsibility for the new state's federal finances.
Liaquat Ali Khan forms Pakistan's first federal cabinet.
Scores the first goal at the newly inaugurated stadium during a 3-1 friendly win over Belenenses.
Begins the First Hedtoft Premiership in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Zafarullah Khan becomes Pakistan's first Foreign Minister.
Monje Gutierrez organises the election that returns Bolivia to constitutional government.
Monje Gutierrez organises the election that returns Bolivia to constitutional government.
General election outcome recorded for Tomas Monje Gutierrez: Monje Gutierrez organises the election that returns Bolivia to constitutional government.
Government context for this general election: Monje Gutierrez organises the election that returns Bolivia to constitutional government.
George V departs to South Africa to help Smuts against the Nationalist Party
Forms a Democrat & Socialist coalition Government
Muhammad Ali Jinnah becomes Pakistan's first Governor-General.
Great Britain joins together to form a football team, which Hardwick captained and led to victory (61) against the rest of Europe
1st sworn in as member of Congress, 18th Congress
Agrees to grant Indian independence no later than 1948
Grants independence to Pakistan
The King is no longer King-Emperor
Agrees to grant Indian independence no later than 1948
Plans for the independence & partition of India are declared. Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India. 1st day of the existence of the Dominion of India
Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India
The King is no longer King-Emperor
Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first Prime Minister of independent India as the Dominion of India comes into existence.
Signs the Treaty establishing Burmese independence
Grants independence to Pakistan
Jinnah asserts in a speech that the League had accepted partition because "the consequences of any other alternative would have been too disastrous to imagine"[
Jinnah asserts in a speech that the League had accepted partition because "the consequences of any other alternative would have been too disastrous to imagine"[
Visits Chiang Kai-shek to gain support for the establishment of a Korean Government
Cominform (from Communist Information Bureau) is the common name for what is officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties
Cominform was a Soviet-dominated organization of Communist parties founded at a conference of Communist party leaders in Szklarska Poreba, Poland
Appointed as Joint Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
Publishes Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool.
Leaves the Attlee government after serving as Minister without Portfolio during 1947.
Leaves the office of Paymaster General and is succeeded by Hilary Marquand.
The Taft-Hartley Act (also known as the Labor-Management Relations Act) is passed over the veto of Harry S. Truman, when it was passed by Congress Truman denounces it as a "slave-labor bill"
The Manhattan Engineer District is formally abolished, ending the Army organisation that built the first atomic bombs.
Acts as Prince Philips best man
George VI makes public his consent for Elizabrth to marry Prince Philip
Philips engagement to Princess Elizabeth is announced from Buckingham Palace
Marries Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, formerly Prince of Greece & Denmark
Give consent under the Royal Marriages Act for Elizabet to marry the Duke of Edinburgh
Gives Elizabeth away to the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey
Philips engagement to Princess Elizabeth is announced from Buckingham Palace
Marries Elizabeth II
Philip is to be known as HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Directs Ehe im Schatten, an early post-war DEFA film.
The US is prepared to finance European reconstruction
The Marshall Plan Conference is held in Paris, Russia refuses to attend
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
Assassination of Aung San and ministers later commemorated as Martyrs Day
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad becomes independent India's first Education Minister.
Moves from the office of Lord Privy Seal to serve again as Minister without Portfolio.
Cable and Wireless enters public ownership under the postwar nationalisation programme.
The National Coal Board assumes ownership of Britain's coal mines on Vesting Day.
The coal industry is nationalised
Secures Scottish legislation for the new health service.
Contests the Normanton by-election as a Conservative candidate but is not elected.
Support free people who resist subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure
Support free people who resist subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure
The NSC orders Hillenkoeter to use covert methods against communists in Italy
Signs the treaty establishing Burmese independence from Britain
The American and British occupation zones in Germany are economically joined together
Offers to return to Britain from the tour of South Africa, but Attlee refuses
Opens the new session of Parliament in Cape Town
Resists French Operation Lea against the Viet Bac base area
Secures agreement with Shan Kachin and Chin leaders for a future Burmese Union
Appointed PPS for Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton
Builds his Conservative candidacy for the Bexley parliamentary seat.
Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India
Gandhi opposes the partition between Muslim Pakistan & Hindu India
The Marshall Mission ends as American mediation fails to reconcile the Nationalists and Communists.
Peace treaty with Italy confirms Albanian sovereignty after World War Two
Makes Philip the Duke of Edinburgh prior to his wedding to Elizabeth
Created Duke of Edinburgh
Forces the Eastern block & Russia to reject the Marshall plan
Poland holds elections under a Soviet-dominated political system, intensifying Western claims that Yalta's free-election commitments were not fulfilled.
Becomes head of the interim government after Aung San is assassinated
Appointed President of the Board of Trade, first term
Becomes the youngest member of the Cabinet in the Twentieth century
Takes charge of the Board of Trade at the age of thirty one.
Hertzog begins his constitutional presidency.
Appointed President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador after overthrowing Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Appointed acting President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador
Appointed President of France
Begins a one-year term as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Romulo Gallegos won Venezuela's first direct presidential election based on universal suffrage.
Monje Gutierrez oversees Hertzog's inauguration and ends the interim administration.
Appointed Prime Minister of Belgium, 3rd term
Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland
Appointed Prime Minister of Japan
Liaquat Ali Khan begins service as Pakistan's first Prime Minister.
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 1st term
Celebrates a "bonfire of controls" by making 200,000 permits & licences unnecessary
The Russian currency is reformed
Fundemental Law of Education
Law for Elimination of Excessive Concentration of Economic Power
Refuses to place South West Africa under United Nations trusteeship
A strike campaign by Government workers causes the end of the Yoshida cabinet
Returns as First Secretary of the Ukrainian Communist Party after a nine-month interruption.
Parhon heads the provisional presidium after proclamation of the republic.
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
The Kurdish Republic of Mahabad falls under control of the Shah
The Polish elections, held on January 16, 1947, resulted in Polands official transformation to a communist state by 1949
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
Kerensky participates in russian emigre movement during his political career.
Appointed Minister of Defence, 1st term, replaces Stalin in position
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
Nationalist forces launch a major offensive into Communist-held Shaanxi during renewed civil war.
Nationalist forces capture Yan’an, the principal Communist base, though Communist field forces avoid decisive destruction.
Serves as Speaker of the Constituent Assembly during constitution drafting
Flies "The Spruce Bruce", a flying boat
Begins the Stefan Johann Stefansson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.
Britain makes sterling convertible for current transactions under the Anglo-American loan agreement.
The Government suspends sterling convertibility after rapid losses of dollar reserves.
1st day of National strikes throughout the Winter of 1947-48
Congress overrides Truman's veto and enacts restrictions on union practices and strikes.
The Taft-Hartley Act declares the closed shop illegal and permits the union shop only after a vote of a majority of the employees. The Taft-Hartley Act (also known as the Labor-Management Relations Act) is passed over the veto of Harry S.
The Taft-Hartley Act enables the United States Attorney General the power to obtain an 80-day injunction when a threatened or actual strike that he/she believed "imperiled the national health or safety".
The Taft-Hartley Act forbids jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts & allows the right of employers to be exempted from bargaining with unions unless they wish to.
The Taft-Hartley Act forbids unions from contributing to political campaigns and requires union leaders to affirm they were not supporters of the Communist Party.
Truman, when it was passed by Congress Truman denounces it as a "slave-labor bill"
Leaves the Ukrainian party first-secretary post while remaining head of the republican government.
Begins the Third and Fourth Spaak Governments in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.
Leads a trade mission & agrees to exchange manufactured goods for Russian grain
Hertzog receives power after the interim government organises the 1947 election.
Jinnah attends the formal transfer-of-power ceremony in Karachi.
A treaty of alliance, the Treaty of Dunkirk, is signed with France
The treaty contains: several of the Agreement on economic cooperation, on customs facilitation, agreement for preparation of a customs union, the facilitation of border crossings, border crossing on the border of population and of the citizenship between Yugoslavia and Bulgaria
The Bled agreement was accepted with the Treaty on Friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance between Yugoslavia and the People's Republic of Bulgaria, signed and published in Evksinograd
The death sentence is later commuted to life. Sentenced to death by a British Military Court for shooting 335 Italian civilians
Sentenced to 8 months by a denazification court as a war criminal
Enters Hairmyres Hospital for tuberculosis treatment.
Launches the United Europe Movement
Arrives at Duncan Dock received by the Governor of General, Prime Minister & the Cabinet. 1st time a reigning British Sovereign had step foot on South African soil
Embarks on the HMS Vanguard for royal state visit to South Africa & Rhodesia. Elizabeth IIs 1st trip outside the British Isles
Informs the US Britain cannot afford to keep troops in Greece and will withdraw by April
Birth of Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
Birth of Avril Phaedra Campbell
Birth of Bernie Leadon, later founding guitarist, banjo player and country-rock influence in Eagles.
Birth of David Byron
Birth of David Robert Jones, later known professionally as David Bowie.
Birth of David Russell Gordon Davies
Birth of Don Felder, later Eagles guitarist and co-writer of Hotel California.
Birth of Don Henley, later founding drummer, vocalist and songwriter with Eagles.
Birth of Fabian Ernesto Alarcon Rivera
Birth of Florian Schneider, later Kraftwerk co-founder and electronic sound innovator.
Birth of Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
Birth of Ian Anderson
Birth of Ibrahim Anwar
Birth of Joe Walsh, later Eagles guitarist after success with the James Gang and solo work.
Birth of Keith Moon
Birth of Kjell Magne Bondevik
Birth of Lee Kirslake
Birth of Marc Bolan.
Birth of Peter William Brockbanks, later known as Peter Banks, original Yes guitarist.
Birth of Ronnie Wood, later guitarist of the Rolling Stones.
Birth of Stephen James Howe, later Yes guitarist and key progressive rock figure.
Birth of Timothy B. Schmit, later bassist and vocalist with Poco and Eagles.
Birth of Wolfgang Flur, later Kraftwerk electronic percussionist during the classic period.
Death of Aung San in the Secretariat assassination attack
Assassinated alongside 7 of his ministers by a political rival
Death of Bruno Brauner, found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Found guilty by a Greek Court of war crimes & executed
Hanged in Moscow for attrocities committed behind the estaern fron in 1941
Death of Henry Ford
Executed by the Polish authorities for war crimes
Death of Richard Bedford Bennett
Death of Sidney James Webb
Major Somnath Sharma leads his company at Badgam and is killed while resisting an attack threatening Srinagar.
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