August 1947

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The following events occurred in August 1947:

August 1, 1947 (Friday)

August 2, 1947 (Saturday)

August 3, 1947 (Sunday)

August 4, 1947 (Monday)

August 5, 1947 (Tuesday)

August 6, 1947 (Wednesday)

August 7, 1947 (Thursday)

August 8, 1947 (Friday)

August 9, 1947 (Saturday)

August 10, 1947 (Sunday)

August 11, 1947 (Monday)

  • Senator Homer S. Ferguson suddenly called a suspension of the senatorial inquiry into Howard Hughes' war contracts, reportedly due to the bad publicity it was generating. Hughes claimed that the move was a "vindication" of his conduct.
  • Born: Diether Krebs, actor, cabaret artist and comedian, in Essen, Germany (d. 2000)
  • Died: Harry Davis, 74, American baseball player

August 12, 1947 (Tuesday)

  • Huge fires raged in Lahore following a full day of arson, killings and other crimes on the eve of the announcement of how the Punjab boundary commission would partition the province. At least 100 people died in the violence.
  • The Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corporation was formed.
  • Born: William Hartston, chess player, in London, England

August 13, 1947 (Wednesday)

  • The two-day riot total in Lahore rose to over 200 dead.
  • General Lucius D. Clay testified before the UN Palestine Inquiry Commission in Berlin that the German economy probably could not absorb many displaced persons without causing an increase in anti-Semitism.
  • Born: John Stocker, voice actor, in Toronto, Canada
  • Died: Iha Fuyū, 71, Japanese scholar; George Godfrey, 50, American heavyweight boxer

August 14, 1947 (Thursday)

August 15, 1947 (Friday)

August 16, 1947 (Saturday)

  • Nikola Petkov was sentenced to death on charges of conspiracy against the Bulgarian government.
  • Indian Prime Minister Nehru declared in a broadcast that it was "the first and sacred duty of this Government to restore peace and order in the country." Nehru warned that rioting must cease and that his government would spare no one who participated in disorders "whether he be Hindu, Muslim or Sikh."
  • Born: Marc Messier, actor and filmmaker, in Granby, Quebec, Canada; Carol Moseley Braun, politician, in Chicago, Illinois

August 17, 1947 (Sunday)

August 18, 1947 (Monday)

  • Cádiz Explosion: at least 147 people were killed and 5,000 injured in Cádiz, Spain when munitions in a storage depot exploded for reasons that were never determined.
  • The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to admit Yemen and Pakistan to membership.
  • The US government called the Petkov sentence a "gross miscarriage of justice" and called on the USSR to pressure the Bulgarian government to suspend the sentence pending review of the case.

August 19, 1947 (Tuesday)

August 20, 1947 (Wednesday)

  • The Doctors' trial ended in Nuremberg. Seven high-ranking medical officials of Nazi Germany, including Hitler's personal physician Karl Brandt, were sentenced to death for having been involved in human experimentation and other crimes against humanity.
  • President Truman estimated in his annual mid-year review of the US budget that the government would end its 1948 fiscal year June 30 with a record surplus of $4.7 billion, which he asserted would be used to pay down the national debt and provide a reserve against emergencies.
  • Died: Franz Cumont, 79, Belgian archaeologist and historian; Max Gaines, 53?, American comic book publisher and founder of EC Comics; James Harbord, 81, American general and President and Chairman of the Board of RCA

August 21, 1947 (Thursday)

  • Soviet UN delegate Andrei Gromyko vetoed the applications of Italy and Austria for UN membership, on the grounds that the Italian peace treaty had not yet been ratified and that treaty negotiations with Austria had not yet been started.
  • Chile's Chamber of Deputies authorized the government to suspend civil liberties to deal with a wave of Communist-led strikes.
  • Died: Theodore G. Bilbo, 69, American politician and white supremacist

August 22, 1947 (Friday)

  • In Cairo, 1 person was killed and 75 injured in clashes between police and 5,000 demonstrators protesting the United States' support for a Brazilian proposal in the UN Security Council to refer Egypt's demand for Britain to leave the Nile valley back to Britain and Egypt for direct negotiations.
  • British transport ships with 4,500 refugees from the SS Exodus left Port de Bouc, France and sailed for Hamburg after the passengers refused to disembark.
  • Born: Cindy Williams, actress (Laverne & Shirley), in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California (d. 2023)

August 23, 1947 (Saturday)

  • Ecuadoran Defense Minister Carlos Mancheno Cajas overthrew President José María Velasco Ibarra and seized power in a bloodless coup.
  • 24 people were killed in a suburb of Berlin in the Soviet zone when a train burst into flames. It was believed that sparks from the engine ignited reels of film in the carriage while the train was moving.
  • Prominent American liberals marked the 20th anniversary of the Sacco-Vanzetti execution with a manifesto warning against all forms of tyranny. "The twenty years since that execution night in August 1927," the manifesto read, "have brought upon the world mass slaughter and human suffering on a scale staggering to human reason. In retrospect we now see that the fate of the good shoemaker and the poor fish peddler was an omen of this worldwide tragedy from which the human family has scarcely yet begun to emerge." Signers included Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Gahagan Douglas and her husband Melvyn Douglas, Herbert H. Lehman and Robert Maynard Hutchins.
  • Born: Willy Russell, dramatist, lyricist and composer, in Whiston, England

August 24, 1947 (Sunday)

  • European officials reported that a large part of the continent was experiencing its worst drought in ten years and that near-famine conditions would exist over the winter if rain did not fall soon. The situation was particularly serious in Germany, which was going through its worst drought in 50 years.
  • In Scotland, the first Edinburgh International Festival opened at Usher Hall.
  • Born: Roger De Vlaeminck, racing cyclist, in Eeklo, Belgium

August 25, 1947 (Monday)

August 26, 1947 (Tuesday)

  • Moscow rejected the American proposal that Nikola Petkov's death sentence be reviewed, calling it "interference" in Bulgarian affairs.
  • Born: Nicolae Dobrin, footballer, in Pitești, Romania (d. 2007)

August 27, 1947 (Wednesday)

August 28, 1947 (Thursday)

  • Kvitbjørn disaster: A Norwegian Air Lines Short Sandringham flying boat crashed into a mountain near Lødingen, Norway, killing all 35 aboard.
  • Ecuador's new dictator Carlos Mancheno abolished the country's 1944 constitution and proclaimed himself president under the 1906 charter with sweeping powers of decree.
  • In the Dutch town of Beek, 17,000 karats of cut diamonds worth $2.5 million US that had been taken by the Nazis from Dutch merchants during the occupation were returned to the Netherlands by a heavily armed US convoy.
  • Born: Liza Wang, actress, in Chongming County, China

August 29, 1947 (Friday)

August 30, 1947 (Saturday)

  • About 90 people were killed and 60 injured in a movie theater fire in the Rueil district of Paris, France. Police said the blaze was caused by a wire in the second balcony that short-circuited.
  • The Inter-American Defense Conference in Brazil concluded with the approval of a joint defense treaty for the entire Western hemisphere.
  • Paul Mantz repeated as the winner of the Bendix Trophy air race, making his run at an average speed of 460.423 miles per hour.
  • Born: Allan Rock, politician and diplomat, in Ottawa, Canada

August 31, 1947 (Sunday)


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