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1947 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2025. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1947 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1947

• January 22, 1947 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Pig in Chinese astrology.
• January 24, 1947 – Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
• February 25, 1947 – The State of Prussia ceases to exist.
• June 25, 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• July 4, 1947 – The “Indian Independence Bill” is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
• July 19, 1947 – The Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassinated by Galon U Saw.
• August 12, 1947 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 29 relating to UN membership of Yemen and Pakistan is adopted.
• October 20, 1947 – The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
• November 29, 1947 – Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• December 30, 1947 – King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

Who Were Born On 1947?

• January 1, 1947 – Leonard Thompson, American golfer
• January 20, 1947 – Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
• February 13, 1947 – Stephen Hadley, American soldier and diplomat, 21st United States National Security Advisor
• March 15, 1947 – Gino Ferrin, German footballer and manager
• April 12, 1947 – Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic (d. 2014)
• April 30, 1947 – Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• May 4, 1947 – Ronald Sørensen, Dutch historian and politician
• July 30, 1947 – Anna Panayiotopoulou, Greek actress
• August 13, 1947 – Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• September 20, 1947 – Wojciech Kurtyka, Polish mountaineer and rock climber