Historical records for United States of America in 1947, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
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
1st sworn in as member of Congress, 18th Congress
Lee enrolled at Clayton Public School on January 27, 1947, and completed first grade there with generally good marks.
Support free people who resist subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure
Support free people who resist subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure
Death of Henry Ford
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
Senate votes funds for Greece & Turkey against communist insurgency
The US is prepared to finance European reconstruction
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"
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"
Birth of Bernie Leadon, later founding guitarist, banjo player and country-rock influence in Eagles.
Birth of Don Henley, later founding drummer, vocalist and songwriter with Eagles.
The Marshall Plan Conference is held in Paris, Russia refuses to attend
The Manhattan Engineer District is formally abolished, ending the Army organisation that built the first atomic bombs.
Birth of Don Felder, later Eagles guitarist and co-writer of Hotel California.
Birth of Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton
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.
Birth of Timothy B. Schmit, later bassist and vocalist with Poco and Eagles.
Flies "The Spruce Bruce", a flying boat
Birth of Joe Walsh, later Eagles guitarist after success with the James Gang and solo work.
Uses the CIA to run covert ops in Europe. 1st institution of national security in the US
The NSC orders Hillenkoeter to use covert methods against communists in Italy
After the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) came into being in 1947, as a civilian agency in control of nuclear research and weapons issues, Oppenheimer was immediately appointed as the Chairman of its General Advisory Committee (GAC)
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 peace time development of atomic science and technology
Supports public education campaigns on atomic energy, disarmament and international control.
The US & British authorize the German Economic Council, the basis for self-Government
First appears in a film as a waitress in the drama Dangerous Years
Appointed Director of the CIA
Elected Congressman for Massachusetts 1947-1953
Measures a deviation of the electron magnetic moment from the simplest Dirac prediction, providing another key test for quantum electrodynamics.
The US & British authorize the German Economic Council, the basis for self-Government
Singer Mahalia Jackson inaugurates "golden age of gospel music"
Moves with his family to Hibbing, Minnesota.
First elected Republican member of the US House of Representatives
The British support Byrnes proposals, Russia & France do not support them. Invites the other 3 German occupying powers to join their zones together
The British support Byrnes proposals, Russia & France do not support them. Invites the other 3 German occupying powers to join their zones together
Oppenheimer accepted an offer from Lewis Strauss to take up the directorship of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey
Shaw became managing director of the developing International Trade Mart in New Orleans after returning from military service.
With Robert Retherford, measures a small shift between hydrogen electron energy levels that becomes a decisive test of quantum electrodynamics.
Appointed President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
With John Bardeen, demonstrates transistor amplification by controlling electron and hole flow through a germanium semiconductor.
Appointed Secretary of State for Defence
Appointed Secretary of State
Explains how electronic surface states affect semiconductor behaviour, helping guide the Bell Labs transistor experiments.
Opens the Singapore Supper Club
Participates in the first observation of visible synchrotron radiation emitted by relativistic electrons circulating in a synchrotron.
Directs, "The Lady from Shanghai"
Publication of "The Struggle for the World"
Publication of "The Struggle for the World"
Uses the Truman Doctrine to defend US interests in Germany against Russian expansion
Invites the other 3 German occupying powers to join their zones together
The US & British authorize the German Economic Council, the basis for self-Government
Uses the Truman Doctrine to defend US interests in Germany against Russian expansion
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