1947

1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday.

In the world

 * January
 * 1 - British mines are nationalized.
 * 1 - Nigeria gains limited autonomy.
 * 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act goes into effect.
 * 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
 * 10 - The United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste.
 * 15 - Elizabeth Short (the "Black Dahlia") is found murdered.
 * 16 - Vincent Auriol is inaugurated as president of France.
 * 19 - 392 drown in a shipwreck near Athens, Greece.
 * 24 - Dimitrios Maximos founds monarchist government in Athens.
 * 25 - Philippine plane crashes in Hong Kong with $5 million worth of gold and money.
 * 30 - A heavy blizzard in Canada buries towns from Winnipeg to Calgary.
 * 31 - Communists take power in Poland.

In Lovia
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Births

 * January
 * 2 - Princess Lucy-Anne

Deaths
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