November 1947

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The following events occurred in November 1947:

November 1, 1947 (Saturday)

November 2, 1947 (Sunday)

November 3, 1947 (Monday)

November 4, 1947 (Tuesday)

  • The US State Department published a 52-page booklet titled "Aspects of Current American Foreign Policy". The pamphlet blamed Russia's uncompromising attitude for the failure to secure world peace and acknowledged the possibility of Germany remaining permanently divided if the great powers could not reach an agreement.
  • George S. Patton's wartime memoirs, War As I Knew It, were posthumously published.
  • Died: Mabel Van Buren, 69, American stage and screen actress

November 5, 1947 (Wednesday)

  • The United Nations Political Committee voted to send a special UN commission to Korea to lead the nation toward political freedom. The Soviet bloc refused to participate in the vote, making it plain that the commission would only be allowed to operate in the US-controlled southern zone of Korea.
  • The satirical play Invitation to the Castle by Jean Anouilh premiered at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris.
  • Born: Rubén Juárez, bandoneonist and singer-songwriter of tango music, in Ballesteros, Córdoba Province, Argentina (d. 2010)

November 6, 1947 (Thursday)

  • Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov told an audience in Moscow that the secret of the atomic bomb "has long ceased to exist." Most American authorities took the statement to mean that Russia had learned the technique of making the bomb but did not necessarily have one.
  • Five people died in three train crashes in London as thick fog enveloped the city.
  • Canada formally invited Newfoundland to join the Dominion as a province.
  • The first episode of the television news and interview program Meet the Press aired on NBC. It is the longest-running television program in US history.
  • Born: Jim Rosenthal, television sports presenter, in Oxford, England

November 7, 1947 (Friday)

November 8, 1947 (Saturday)

  • British Food Minister John Stratchey announced that starting November 10, sales of potatoes would be limited to 3 lb. per week per adult. Children under five would get 1½ lb. and expectant mothers 4½ lb. The announcement was the result of a shortage caused by the worst drought in 50 years.
  • Born: Minnie Riperton, singer-songwriter, in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1979); Lewis Yocum, orthopedic surgeon, in Chicago (d. 2013)
  • Died: Mariano Benlliure, 85, Spanish sculptor

November 9, 1947 (Sunday)

November 10, 1947 (Monday)

November 11, 1947 (Tuesday)

  • A Romanian military tribunal found ex-prime minister Iuliu Maniu guilty of treason and sentenced him to solitary confinement for life. Eighteen associates of Maniu were also given prison sentences of varying severity.
  • Professional wrestler Gorgeous George almost instantly became a celebrity when he made his first television appearance in a broadcast by KTLA from the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
  • The drama film Gentleman's Agreement starring Gregory Peck and Dorothy McGuire premiered in New York City.

November 12, 1947 (Wednesday)

  • During a press conference, Charles de Gaulle called for an alliance of France, Britain and the United States to stem world communism and promote the reconstruction of Europe. Asked if he believed whether a Third World War was in the making, he replied: "It would be crazy not to look facts in the face and not to keep our eyes open to realities. A new war is a possibility. It is only a possibility, but we must face that possibility and prepare for it."
  • In France, the communist-led general trade union federation called a general strike which would last, with varying degrees of success, until December 10.
  • In Chicago, Jackie Robinson was presented with the first-ever Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award, initially known as the J. Louis Comiskey Memorial Award.
  • Born: Buck Dharma, guitarist, songwriter and member of the rock band Blue Öyster Cult, as Donald Brian Roeser on Long Island, New York

November 13, 1947 (Thursday)

November 14, 1947 (Friday)

November 15, 1947 (Saturday)

November 16, 1947 (Sunday)

  • The Kadima, a refugee ship from Italy carrying 794 Jews to Palestine, was intercepted by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Venus. The passengers would be taken to Cyprus.
  • German composer Wilhelm Furtwängler was attacked by fifty former concentration camp inmates as he was entering the Musikverein in Vienna to conduct a concert. Despite having been cleared by all four occupying powers as well as the Austrian government during the denazification process, Furtwängler was booed and manhandled by the angry mob until a Russian guard fired into the air. A disruption inside the hall then delayed the concert for 45 minutes until the protestors were removed by Austrian police.
  • Died: Joaquín Gallegos Lara, 38, Ecuadorian writer (complications from a fistula)

November 17, 1947 (Monday)

  • President Harry S. Truman asked Congress for the authority to reimpose price controls, rationing and wage controls to prevent national economic calamity.
  • Six ammunition warehouses exploded at a US munitions depot in Yokohama, Japan. An American army officer and three Japanese workers were reported injured in the explosions that were heard as far away as Tokyo.
  • Born: Inky Mark, Chinese-born Canadian politician, in Taishan

November 18, 1947 (Tuesday)

November 19, 1947 (Wednesday)

November 20, 1947 (Thursday)

November 21, 1947 (Friday)

November 22, 1947 (Saturday)

November 23, 1947 (Sunday)

November 24, 1947 (Monday)

November 25, 1947 (Tuesday)

November 26, 1947 (Wednesday)

  • The London Conference ran into trouble early when Molotov assailed the western democracies as imperialist warmongers while Marshall replied that Molotov did not believe his own accusations.
  • President Truman commuted the mail fraud sentence of Boston Mayor James Curley to the five months already served.

November 27, 1947 (Thursday)

November 28, 1947 (Friday)

November 29, 1947 (Saturday)

November 30, 1947 (Sunday)


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