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| Born : | 09/27/1947 | A Martinez, Glendale Calif, actor (Whiz Kids, Cruz-Santa Barbara) |
| Born : | 09/04/1947 | Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer (Fletch, Surrender) |
| Born : | 10/10/1947 | Alan Rachins, Cambridge Mass, actor (Douglas-LA Law) |
| Born : | 03/01/1947 | Alan Thicke, Ontario, actor/host (Thicke of the Night, Growing Pains) |
| Born : | 07/22/1947 | Albert Brooks, LA Calif, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America) |
| Born : | 02/02/1947 | Aleksandr Medved, USSR, wrestler (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72) |
| Born : | 10/06/1947 | Aleksandr Stepanovich Andryushkov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 03/29/1947 | Aleksandr Stepenovich Viktorenko, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 01/02/1947 | Aleksandr Tikhonova, USSR, biathalon relay (Oly-gold-1968, 72, 76, 80) |
| Born : | 11/04/1947 | Aleksandr Tkachev, USSR, parallel bars gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 09/16/1947 | Aleksandr V Rutskoi, Ukrainian Hero of USSR/VP (1991- ) |
| Born : | 07/28/1947 | Aleksei Sergeyevich Boroday, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 11/04/1947 | Alexei Ulanov, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76) |
| Born : | 11/22/1947 | Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador (1989- ) |
| Born : | 08/28/1947 | Alice Playton, NYC, actress (Who Killed Mary Whats 'er Name) |
| Born : | 09/08/1947 | Amos Biwott, Uasin Gishee Kenya, 3k steeplechaser (Oly-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 02/20/1947 | Andr van Duin, [Kyvon], entertainer (Bloemkoole) |
| Born : | 09/16/1947 | Andy Irvine, rugby player |
| Born : | 09/08/1947 | Ann Beattie, Wash DC, short story writer (New Yorker Magazine) |
| Born : | 01/19/1947 | Ann Compton, news reporter (ABC TV) |
| Born : | 04/27/1947 | Ann Peebles, Missouri, soul singer (I Can't Stand the Rain) |
| Born : | 08/25/1947 | Anne Archer, LA Cal, actress (Too Scared to Scream, Fatal Attraction) |
| Born : | 05/09/1947 | Anthony Corlan, Cork City Ireland, actor (Something for Everyone) |
| Born : | 07/10/1947 | Arlo Guthrie, singer (Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans) |
| Born : | 07/30/1947 | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austria, body builder (Commando, Terminator) |
| Born : | 07/18/1947 | Ayn Rumen, Bkln NY, actress (Janet-McLean Stevenson Show) |
| Born : | 07/28/1947 | Barbara Ann Ferrell Edmondson, Miss, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 03/23/1947 | Barbara Rhodes, Poughkeepsie NY, actress (Don't Just Stand There) |
| Born : | 03/18/1947 | Barry Wilson, drummer (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) |
| Born : | 11/10/1947 | Bechir Gemayel, pres Lebanon (8/23-9/14, 1982) |
| Born : | 02/17/1947 | Ben Cramer, singer (clown) |
| Born : | 12/16/1947 | Ben Cross, England, actor (Chariots of Fire, Far Pavillions) |
| Born : | 04/23/1947 | Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Ireland, political activist (or 1940) |
| Born : | 07/19/1947 | Bernie Leadon, guitarist/vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy) |
| Born : | 05/28/1947 | Beth Howland, Boston Mass, actress (Vera-Alice, Company) |
| Born : | 07/03/1947 | Betty Buckley, Big Springs Tx, actress (Abby-8 is Enough, 1776, Cats) |
| Born : | 07/27/1947 | Betty Thomas, St Louis Mo, actress (Lucy Baines-Hill Street Blues) |
| Born : | 05/02/1947 | Bill Lowery, (Rep-R-CA, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 11/15/1947 | Bill Richardson, (Rep-D-NM, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 12/23/1947 | Bill Rodgers, marathon runner (Boston, NY) |
| Born : | 05/16/1947 | Bill Smitrovich, actor (Crime Story, Miami Vice) |
| Born : | 03/14/1947 | Billy Crystal, Long Beach NY, comedian (Soap, SNL, City Slickers) |
| Born : | 11/19/1947 | Bob Boone, San Diego, catcher (Phillies, Angels) |
| Born : | 10/16/1947 | Bob Weir, guitarist (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band) |
| Born : | 03/29/1947 | Bobby Kimball, vocalist (Toto-Africa) |
| Born : | 04/15/1947 | Bojoura, [Raina GB van Melzen], singer/wife of Hans Cleuver |
| Born : | 12/22/1947 | Brian C Daley, US, sci-fi author (Exploits of Han Solo, Tron) |
| Born : | 07/19/1947 | Brian May, guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions) |
| Born : | 08/22/1947 | Bud Cramer, (Rep-D-Alabama) |
| Born : | 04/10/1947 | Bunny Waller, vocalist/percussionist (Bob Marley & Wailers) |
| Born : | 12/31/1947 | Burton Cummings, rock guitarist (Guess Who-These Eyes) |
| Born : | 06/20/1947 | Candy Clark, actress (Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti) |
| Born : | 08/26/1947 | Candy Moore, Maplewood NJ, actress (Lunch Wagon, Tomboy & Champ) |
| Born : | 03/20/1947 | Carl Palmer, drummer (Asia-Heat of the Moment, Emerson Lake & Palmer) |
| Born : | 07/20/1947 | Carlos Santana, Mexico, rock guitarist (Santana-Black Magic Woman) |
| Born : | 05/01/1947 | Carlos Ward, rocker (B T Express) |
| Born : | 12/26/1947 | Carlton Fisk, Vermont, all star catcher (Red Sox, White Sox) |
| Born : | 08/16/1947 | Carol Moseley-Braun, (Sen-D Illinois) |
| Born : | 07/21/1947 | Cat Stevens, [Yusaf Islam], rock vocalist (Peace Train, Father & Son) |
| Born : | 03/31/1947 | Cesar Gaviria Trujillo, president (Colombia, 1990- ) |
| Born : | 10/17/1947 | Charles A Ingene, macromarketing researcher |
| Born : | 02/06/1947 | Charles Hickcox, US, 200m/400m medley swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1968) |
| Born : | 10/14/1947 | Charlie Joiner, Many La, NFL receiver (Houston, Cincinnati, San Diego) |
| Born : | 09/27/1947 | Cheryl Tiegs, Minnesota, model's figure |
| Born : | 02/03/1947 | Chose Alberts, [Krommenhoek], singer (Yet Many Years) |
| Born : | 10/12/1947 | Chris Wallace, Chic Ill, newscaster (NBC Weekend News) |
| Born : | 04/12/1947 | Christian F L Leipoldt, South Africa, writer (Die Moormansgat), dies |
| Born : | 12/14/1947 | Christopher Parkening, LA Calif, guitarist (transcribed sacred music) |
| Born : | 04/08/1947 | Cindy Pickett, Norman Okla, actress (Guiding Light, St Elsewhere) |
| Born : | 08/22/1947 | Cindy Williams, Van Nuys Calif, actress (Shirley-Laverne & Shirley) |
| Born : | 05/11/1947 | Claude "Butch" Hudson Trucks, drummer (Allman Brothers) |
| Born : | 03/25/1947 | Claudine Schneider, (Rep-R-RI, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 07/22/1947 | Curt Weldon, (Rep-R-Pennsylvania) |
| Born : | 02/17/1947 | Dallas Adams, British actor/painter/writer |
| Born : | 04/12/1947 | Dan Lauria, actor (Jack Arnold-Wonder Years) (1947 approx) |
| Born : | 06/21/1947 | Dana Rohrabacher, (Rep-R-California) |
| Born : | 07/22/1947 | Danny Glover, actor (Lethal Weapon) |
| Born : | 02/03/1947 | Dave Davies, singer/guitarist (Kinks-Lola, You Really Got Me) |
| Born : | 05/10/1947 | Dave Mason, Worcester England, singer/songwriter (We Just Disagree) |
| Born : | 01/08/1947 | David Bowie, singer/actor (Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust) |
| Born : | 01/29/1947 | David Byron, vocalist (Uriah Heep) |
| Born : | 04/01/1947 | David Eisenhower, grandson of Pres Dwight, married Julie Nixon |
| Born : | 07/23/1947 | David Essex, rock vocalist/actor (That'll Be the Day) |
| Born : | 06/20/1947 | David French, British director |
| Born : | 04/18/1947 | David Gee, director (Friends of the Earth) |
| Born : | 03/06/1947 | David Gilmour, rock guitarist/vocalist (Pink Floyd-The Wall) |
| Born : | 06/05/1947 | David Hare, playwright |
| Born : | 05/13/1947 | David Hughes, cricketer |
| Born : | 06/22/1947 | David L Lander, Bkln NY, actor (Squiggy-Laverne & Shirley) |
| Born : | 04/12/1947 | David Letterman, Indianapolis Ind, comedian (Late Night) |
| Born : | 11/30/1947 | David Mamet, US playwright/director (Speed the Plow, House of Games) |
| Born : | 01/07/1947 | David Porceln, composer/conductor |
| Born : | 02/18/1947 | Dennis De Young, vocalist (Styx-Its Raining Again) |
| Born : | 03/06/1947 | Dick Fosbury, US, running high jumper (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 11/21/1947 | Dick W de Cloe, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) |
| Born : | 02/17/1947 | Dodie Stevens, actress (Mary Hatman!) |
| Born : | 03/11/1947 | Dominique Sanda, Paris, actress (Inheritance, Beyond Good & Evil) |
| Born : | 09/21/1947 | Don Felder, rocker |
| Born : | 07/22/1947 | Don Henley, drummer (Eagles-Desparado) |
| Born : | 06/22/1947 | Don Henley, drummer/singer (Eagles, Boys of Summer) |
| Born : | 04/26/1947 | Donna Elizabeth De Varona, Greenwich Ct, swimmer (Olympic-2 gold-64) |
| Born : | 03/07/1947 | Donna Loren, Boston Mass, singer/actress (Beach Blanket Bingo) |
| Born : | 04/18/1947 | Dorothy Lyman, Minneapolis Mn, (All my Children, Naomi-Mama's Family) |
| Born : | 05/03/1947 | Doug Henning, magician (Broadway play-Magic) |
| Born : | 11/24/1947 | Dwight Schultz, Balt Md, actor (A-Team) |
| Born : | 03/19/1947 | Earlie Fires, jockey |
| Born : | 12/18/1947 | Eddie Antar, founder/CEO (Crazy Eddie Electronics Store) |
| Born : | 03/05/1947 | Eddie Hodges, actor/singer (High Hopes, Adv of Huckleberry Finn) |
| Born : | 10/22/1947 | Edward F Feighan, (Rep-D-OH, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 02/24/1947 | Edward James Olmos, Cal, actor (Miami Vice, Stand & Deliver, Triumph) |
| Born : | 07/28/1947 | Elena Novikova-Belova, USSR, foils (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 02/18/1947 | Eliot L Engel, (Rep-D-NY) |
| Born : | 03/25/1947 | Elton John, [Reginald Kenneth Dwight] England, singer (Rocketman) |
| Born : | 10/08/1947 | Emiel Puttemans, Flemish athlete |
| Born : | 04/02/1947 | Emmylou Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again) |
| Born : | 07/02/1947 | Ervin Hall, Phila, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1968) |
| Born : | 05/28/1947 | Faith Brown, impressionist |
| Born : | 05/08/1947 | Felicity Lott, English soprano (We come to the river) |
| Born : | 11/27/1947 | Frank Kramer, soccer player/Dutch TV host |
| Born : | 10/31/1947 | Frank Shorter, US, marathon runner (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 12/08/1947 | French Lense, Dutch politician (PvdA) 2nd Chamber |
| Born : | 04/19/1947 | Frits Castricum, journalist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA) |
| Born : | 08/17/1947 | Gary Talley, rocker (Box Tops) |
| Born : | 10/17/1947 | Gene Green, (Rep-D-Texas) |
| Born : | 03/11/1947 | Geoffrey Hunt, Australia, world-champion squash player |
| Born : | 01/10/1947 | George Alec Effinger, US, sci-fi author (Nick of Time) |
| Born : | 01/20/1947 | George Grantham, rocker (Poco-Crazy Eyes) |
| Born : | 11/06/1947 | George Lawrence James, NJ, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 01/16/1947 | Georgette Mosbacher, CEO (La Prairie cosmetics) |
| Born : | 08/19/1947 | Gerald McRaney, Collins Miss, actor (Simon & Simon, Major Dad) |
| Born : | 08/15/1947 | Geraldo Velez, jazz congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) |
| Born : | 07/19/1947 | Gerard Schwarz, Weehawken NJ, trumpeter/conductor (LA Chamber Orch) |
| Born : | 07/20/1947 | Gerd Binnig, Frankfurt, physicist (tunneling microscope-Nobel 1986) |
| Born : | 04/16/1947 | Gerry Rafferty, guitarist/vocalist (Baker Street) |
| Born : | 02/27/1947 | Gidon Kremer, Riga Latvia, violinist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1970) |
| Born : | 12/20/1947 | Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer |
| Born : | 01/24/1947 | Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star (Lazio of Italy, NY Cosmos) |
| Born : | 05/19/1947 | Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (Fatal Attractions) (or 0319) |
| Born : | 03/19/1947 | Glenn Close, Greenwich Ct, actress (The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction) |
| Born : | 04/24/1947 | Glenn Cornick, rock bassist (Jethro Tull-Thick as a Brick) |
| Born : | 09/26/1947 | Graham Faulkner, London, actor (Brother Sun Sister Moon) |
| Born : | 05/15/1947 | Graham Goble, rocker (Little River Band) |
| Born : | 12/08/1947 | Gregg Allman, singer (Allman Brothers-Eat a Peach) |
| Born : | 08/13/1947 | Gretchen Corbett, Camp Sherman Ore, actress (Beth-Rockford Files) |
| Born : | 02/12/1947 | Gus Willemse, bassist/singer (Solution) |
| Born : | 09/18/1947 | Hans Vermeulen, singer/guitarist (Sandy Coast) |
| Born : | 03/22/1947 | Harry Vanda, rocker (Easy Beats) |
| Born : | 02/14/1947 | Heidemarie Rosendahl, German FR, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 10/26/1947 | Hillary Rodham Clinton, US, lawyer/1st lady (1993- ) |
| Born : | 08/10/1947 | Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle) |
| Born : | 04/21/1947 | Iggy Pop, [James Osterberg], Mich, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse) |
| Born : | 01/08/1947 | Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion (1981-84, 1985- ) |
| Born : | 01/04/1947 | J Danforth Quayle, (Sen-R-Ind, 44th VP 1989-93)/rich draft dodger |
| Born : | 11/06/1947 | Jack Arnold, character on Wonder Years |
| Born : | 10/26/1947 | Jaclyn Smith, Houston Tx, actress (Charlie's Angel, Nightkill) |
| Born : | 08/27/1947 | Jacques Arnold, conservative MP |
| Born : | 09/27/1947 | Jacques Wallage, sociologist/Dutch politician (PvdA) |
| Born : | 10/04/1947 | James Fielder, (Blood Sweat & Tears), rocker |
| Born : | 07/20/1947 | James Harris, Monroe La, NFL quarterback (Buffalo, LA, San Diego) |
| Born : | 06/19/1947 | James T Walsh, (Rep-R-NY) |
| Born : | 04/18/1947 | James Woods, Warwick RI, actor (Salvador, Against All Odds) |
| Born : | 11/18/1947 | Jameson Parker, Balt Md, actor (American Justice, Simon & Simon) |
| Born : | 04/06/1947 | Jan Kees Wiebenga, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD) |
| Born : | 03/14/1947 | Jan [AJ] te Fieldhuis, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD) |
| Born : | 09/06/1947 | Jane Curtin, Cambridge Mass, actress (SNL, Allie Lowell-Kate & Allie) |
| Born : | 12/19/1947 | Janie Fricke, country singer (Country Music Best Female 1982, 83) |
| Born : | 03/14/1947 | Janis Schmitt, St Louis Mo, playmate (February, 1978) |
| Born : | 06/30/1947 | Jasper van 't Hof, jazz pianist (Live in Montreux) |
| Born : | 05/10/1947 | Jay Ferguson, Burbank Calif, rocker (Spirit-I Got A Line on You) |
| Born : | 07/11/1947 | Jeff Hanna, rock vocalist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band-Mr Bojangles) |
| Born : | 08/11/1947 | Jeff Hanna, singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) |
| Born : | 12/30/1947 | Jeff Lynne, rocker (ELO-Telephone Line, Travelling Wilburys) |
| Born : | 02/20/1947 | Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress (Summer of '42) |
| Born : | 07/09/1947 | Jerney Kaagman, singer (Earth & Fire) |
| Born : | 06/13/1947 | Jerrold Nadler, (Rep-D-NY) |
| Born : | 05/19/1947 | Jerry Hyman, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears) |
| Born : | 05/25/1947 | Jessi Colter, [Miriam Johnson], Phoenix, country singer (I'm Not Lisa) |
| Born : | 01/21/1947 | Jill Eikenberry, New Haven Ct, (Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project) |
| Born : | 02/21/1947 | Jill Eikenberry, actress (Ann Kelsey-LA Law) |
| Born : | 03/12/1947 | Jill O'Hara, Warren Penn, Broadway actress (Promises! Promises!) |
| Born : | 12/05/1947 | Jim Messina, rocker (Loggins & Messina-Your Mamma Don't Dance) |
| Born : | 12/05/1947 | Jim Plunkett, San Jose, CA, NFL quarterback (New England, Oakland) |
| Born : | 04/29/1947 | Jim Ryun, US, 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympic-silver-1968) |
| Born : | 02/03/1947 | Joe Coleman, baseball pitcher (Washington, Detroit) |
| Born : | 11/13/1947 | Joe Mantegna, Chicago Ill, actor (House of Games, Weeds) |
| Born : | 10/18/1947 | Joe Morton, NYC, actor (Hal-Grady) |
| Born : | 11/20/1947 | Joe Walsh, Wichita Ks, guitarist/rocker (Eagles-Take it Easy) |
| Born : | 04/25/1947 | Johan Cruyff, soccer manager |
| Born : | 02/15/1947 | John Adams, Worcester Mass, composerette (Nixon on China) |
| Born : | 02/22/1947 | John Bryant, (Rep-D-TX, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 06/20/1947 | John Forbes, horse trainer |
| Born : | 08/16/1947 | John Howard, (US), speed record (152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT) |
| Born : | 07/21/1947 | John J Duncan Jr, (Rep-R-Tennessee) |
| Born : | 10/18/1947 | John Johnson, NBA (Seattle SuperSonic) |
| Born : | 11/25/1947 | John Larroquette, New Orleans LA, actor (Dan Fielding-Night Court) |
| Born : | 01/13/1947 | John Lees, rock guitarist/vocalist (Medicine Man) |
| Born : | 04/06/1947 | John Ratzenberger, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Cliff Clavin-Cheers) |
| Born : | 04/21/1947 | John Weider, bassist (Family-Family Entertainment) |
| Born : | 12/07/1947 | Johnny Bench, baseball catcher (Reds) |
| Born : | 04/29/1947 | Johnny Miller, golfer (1974 PGA Player of Year) |
| Born : | 09/14/1947 | Jon "Bowser" Bauman, Queens NY, singer (Sha Na Na) |
| Born : | 11/25/1947 | Jonathan Kaplan, Paris France, director (Heart Like a Wheel) |
| Born : | 06/01/1947 | Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor (Brazil, Praying Mantis) |
| Born : | 08/08/1947 | Jose Cruz, leftfielder (St Louis Cards, Houston Astros) |
| Born : | 12/05/1947 | Jos Carreras, US, actor (I Lombardi) |
| Born : | 02/14/1947 | Judd Gregg, (Rep-R-NH, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 03/06/1947 | Judy Loe, actress |
| Born : | 12/05/1947 | Jugderdemidyin Gurragcha, 1st Mongolian space traveler (Soyuz 39) |
| Born : | 01/--/1947 | Juliet Berto, Grenoble France, actress (Le Sex Shop) |
| Born : | 04/16/1947 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [Lew Alcindor] NBA center (Mil Bucks, LA Lakers) |
| Born : | 05/25/1947 | Karen Valentine, Santa Rosa Cal, actress (Room 222) |
| Born : | 07/31/1947 | Karl Greene, rocker, (Herman's Hermits) |
| Born : | 01/--/1947 | Kathy Fields, (Polly Bergen's daughter) |
| Born : | 08/23/1947 | Keith Moon, rocker (True Story of 200 Motels) |
| Born : | 06/10/1947 | Ken Singleton, Mt Vernon NY, baseball player (Orioles) |
| Born : | 10/24/1947 | Kevin Kline, St Louis, actor (Sophie's Choice, Big Chill) |
| Born : | 03/06/1947 | Kiki Dee, Yorkshire England, singer (Don't Go Breaking My Heart) |
| Born : | 10/06/1947 | Klaus Dibiasi, Italy, platform diver (Olympic-gold-1968, 72, 76) |
| Born : | 02/03/1947 | Koos Alberts, [Krommenhoek], singer (Nog vele jaren) |
| Born : | 07/18/1947 | Kurt Mann, Roslyn NY, actor |
| Born : | 11/19/1947 | Lamar Smith, (Rep-R-Texas) |
| Born : | 01/02/1947 | Lanny Bassham, US, rifle-3 position (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 03/15/1947 | Larisa Grigoriyevna Pozharskaya, Russia, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 08/08/1947 | Larry Wilcox, SD Calif, actor (Lassie, CHiPs) |
| Born : | 10/18/1947 | Laura Nyro, Bronx, singer/songwriter (Eli's Coming, Stoney End) |
| Born : | 02/25/1947 | Lee Edward Evans, Madera Calif, 400m runner (Olympic-2 gold-1968) |
| Born : | 10/22/1947 | Lee Meredith, [Judith Lee Sauls], River Edge NJ, actress (Producers) |
| Born : | 06/15/1947 | Lee Purcell, NC, actor (Big Wednesday, Mr Majestyk) |
| Born : | 03/13/1947 | Lesley Collier, British ballet dancer |
| Born : | 03/07/1947 | Lewis J Stadlen, Bkln NY, actor (John-Benson, Savages, Windy City) |
| Born : | 06/21/1947 | Lex van Delden, actor (Soldat of Orange) |
| Born : | 06/18/1947 | Linda Thorson, Toronto, actress (Tara-Avengers, Julia-1 Life to Live) |
| Born : | 10/03/1947 | Lindsey Buckingham, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk) |
| Born : | 09/27/1947 | Liz Torres, Bronx NY, actress (Phyllis, All in the Family) |
| Born : | 02/24/1947 | Lonnie Turner, bassist/vocalist (Steve Miller Band-Abracadabra) |
| Born : | 04/18/1947 | Lori Martin, Glendale Calif, actress (Velvet-National Velvet) |
| Born : | 07/02/1947 | Luci Baines Johnson Nugent Turpin, daughter of Pres LBJ |
| Born : | 09/16/1947 | Lucius Allen, NBA star (Milwaukee Bucks) |
| Born : | 05/24/1947 | Luke Rittner, sect-gen (Arts Council) |
| Born : | 09/26/1947 | Lynn Anderson, ND, country singer (I Never Promised you a Rose Garden) |
| Born : | 09/09/1947 | Lynn Fitzgerald, marathoner (ran 133 miles 939 yards in 24 hrs) |
| Born : | 07/24/1947 | M Jacques Fouroux, rugby player |
| Born : | 01/20/1947 | Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group (Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen) |
| Born : | 08/15/1947 | Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr, Macon Ga, USN/astro (STS 33) |
| Born : | 09/30/1947 | Marc Bolan, London England, rocker (T-Rex-Bang a Gong) |
| Born : | 11/08/1947 | Margaret Rhea Seddon, Murfreesboro Tenn, MD/astro (STS 51D, 40, SK:58) |
| Born : | 02/27/1947 | Marian G Fix, mime/actress (Dig up Cabbage) |
| Born : | 12/17/1947 | Marilyn Hassett, actress |
| Born : | 06/06/1947 | Marion Coakes, England, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-silver-1968) |
| Born : | 02/15/1947 | Marisa Berenson, NY, actress (Barry Lyndon, Death in Vienna) |
| Born : | 10/01/1947 | Mariska Veres, singer (Shocking Blue) |
| Born : | 06/28/1947 | Mark Helprin, US writer |
| Born : | 09/23/1947 | Mary Kay Place, Tulsa Okla, actress/country singer (Mary Hartman!) |
| Born : | 02/05/1947 | Mary L Cleave, Southampton NY, PhD/astronaut (STS 61B, STS-30) |
| Born : | 09/27/1947 | Meat Loaf, [Marvin Lee Aday], Dallas, rocker (Bat Out of Hell) |
| Born : | 05/10/1947 | Meg Foster, Conn, actress (Sunshine, Cagney & Lacey) |
| Born : | 02/03/1947 | Melanie, [Safka], Astoria, singer/songwriter (Candles in Rain) |
| Born : | 06/21/1947 | Meredith Baxter-Birney, Ca, actr (Family Ties, Bridget loves Bernie) |
| Born : | 12/30/1947 | Michael Burns, Mineola LI, actor (Barnaby West-Wagon Train) |
| Born : | 07/24/1947 | Michael Coveney, drama critic |
| Born : | 04/15/1947 | Michael DeBello, singer (Maniac) |
| Born : | 01/05/1947 | Michael DeWine, (Rep-R-Oh, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 06/21/1947 | Michael Gross, Chicago Ill, actor (Family Ties, FBI murders) |
| Born : | 09/04/1947 | Michael Huffington, (Rep-R-California) |
| Born : | 10/17/1947 | Michael McKean, NYC, actor (Lenny-Laverne & Shirley, Grand) |
| Born : | 09/16/1947 | Michael R McNulty, (Rep-D-New York) |
| Born : | 06/08/1947 | Mick Box, rocker (Uriah Heep) |
| Born : | 07/28/1947 | Miguelina Cobian, Santiago Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968) |
| Born : | 03/24/1947 | Mike Kellie, drummer (Spooky Tooth-It's All About) |
| Born : | 11/08/1947 | Minnie Ripperton, Chicago, singer (Loving You) |
| Born : | 06/09/1947 | Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience-Purple Haze) |
| Born : | 07/04/1947 | Morganna Roberts, Louisville Ky, (Baseball's kissing bandit) |
| Born : | 04/19/1947 | Murray Perahia, NYC, pianist (Avery Fischer Prize-1975, Grammy 1988) |
| Born : | 01/27/1947 | Nedra Telley, vocalist (Ronettes-Be My Little Baby) |
| Born : | 07/24/1947 | Neil McIntosh, CEO (VSO, Center for British Teaching) |
| Born : | 01/31/1947 | Nolan Ryan, pitcher (Mets, Angels, Astros) (6 no-hitters, 5000+ Ks) |
| Born : | 07/09/1947 | O[renthal] J[ames] Simpson, SF, NFL running back (Buf Bills)/actor |
| Born : | 06/22/1947 | Octavia E[stelle] Butler, US, sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed) |
| Born : | 11/05/1947 | Oleg Antropov, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 02/21/1947 | Olympia J Snowe, (Rep-R-ME, 1979- ) |
| Born : | 01/26/1947 | Patrick Dewaere, [PJMH Bordeaux], France, actor (Les Valseuses) |
| Born : | 06/28/1947 | Patrick Kincaid, who wrote the TODAY program; send him a card |
| Born : | 03/22/1947 | Patrick Olive, percussionist (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) |
| Born : | 08/30/1947 | Peggy Lipton, Lawrence NY, actress (Julie-Mod Squad, Twin Peaks) |
| Born : | 06/03/1947 | Penelope Wilton, actress (Cry Freedom, Norman Conquests) |
| Born : | 04/27/1947 | Pete Ham, rock guitarist/pianist/vocalist (Badfinger-Come & Get It) |
| Born : | 01/15/1947 | Pete Waterman, rocker (Stock Aitken & Waterman-Road Block) |
| Born : | 12/20/1947 | Peter Criss, Brooklyn, singer (KISS-Beth) |
| Born : | 05/27/1947 | Peter DeFazio, (Rep-D-Oregon) |
| Born : | 06/13/1947 | Peter Holm, boyfriend of Joan Collins |
| Born : | 01/01/1947 | Peter Lankhorst, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PPR) |
| Born : | 02/02/1947 | Peter Lucia, rock drummer (Tommy James & Shondells-Crystal Blue) |
| Born : | 11/05/1947 | Peter Noone, rocker (Herman-Herman's Hermits-Silhouttes) |
| Born : | 04/11/1947 | Peter Riegert, NYC, actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey) |
| Born : | 07/24/1947 | Peter Serkin, NYC, pianist (Tashi) |
| Born : | 01/13/1947 | Peter Sundelin, Sweden, yachtsmen (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 06/24/1947 | Peter Weller, actor (Robocop, 1st Born, Of Unknown Origin) |
| Born : | 12/07/1947 | Peter de Jong, Dutch actor (Maxi-Mini & Maxi) |
| Born : | 02/14/1947 | Pham Tuan, 1st Vietnamese space traveler (Soyuz 37) |
| Born : | 06/19/1947 | Phylicia Ayers-Allen Rashad, Houston, actress (Clair-Bill Cosby) |
| Born : | 02/18/1947 | Princess Maria Christina, [Marke], of Netherlands |
| Born : | 08/23/1947 | Rex Allen Jr, Chicago, country singer (Nashville on the Road) |
| Born : | 12/28/1947 | Richard Diamonde, rocker (Easybeats-Friday on My Mind) |
| Born : | 10/29/1947 | Richard Dreyfuss, Bkln NY, actor (Jaws, Nuts) |
| Born : | 05/21/1947 | Richard Hatch, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Battlestar Galactica) |
| Born : | 06/29/1947 | Richard Lewis, comedian/actor (Anything But Love) (or 6/6/49) |
| Born : | 09/24/1947 | Richard Northcott, producer |
| Born : | 09/26/1947 | Richard Roth, US, 400m swim medley (Olympic-gold-1964) |
| Born : | 08/01/1947 | Rick Anderson, rocker (Tubes) |
| Born : | 08/01/1947 | Rick Coonce, rocker (Grass Roots) |
| Born : | 08/05/1947 | Rick Derringer, rocker (I am the Real American (Hulk Hogan's theme) |
| Born : | 12/28/1947 | Robert Gilliot, father of Gerda Havertongs daughter Zulma |
| Born : | 03/18/1947 | Robert Harrison, rocker (Procol Harum-Whiter Shade of Pale) |
| Born : | 07/24/1947 | Robert Hays, Bethesda Md, actor (Airplane!, Starman, Scandalous) |
| Born : | 05/27/1947 | Robert Reinacher Jr, horse trainer |
| Born : | 04/30/1947 | Robert Scott, (Rep-D-Virginia) |
| Born : | 09/06/1947 | Roger Waters, singer (Pink Floyd) |
| Born : | 11/01/1947 | Rolando Garbey, Oriente Cuba, light MW boxer (Olympic-silver-1968) |
| Born : | 06/01/1947 | Ron Wood, rock guitarist (Faces, Jeff Beck Group, Rolling Stones) |
| Born : | 06/12/1947 | Ronald J Freeman II, Elizabeth NJ, 4x400m runner (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 01/20/1947 | Ronald Townson, rock singer (5th Dimension-We Can Fly) |
| Born : | 05/16/1947 | Rosie Barnes, MP |
| Born : | 02/24/1947 | Rubert Holmes, Tenafly NJ, singer (Pia Colda song) |
| Born : | 09/30/1947 | Rula Lenska, St Neots England, actress (Friends from Europe are here) |
| Born : | 09/16/1947 | Russ Abbott, British TV comedian |
| Born : | 02/15/1947 | Rusty Hamer, Tenafly NJ, actor (Rusty-Make Room for Daddy) |
| Born : | 03/15/1947 | Ry Cooder, LA, blues guitarist (Crossroads) |
| Born : | 08/06/1947 | Sally Eaton, Ill, actress |
| Born : | 07/28/1947 | Sally Struther, Portland Oregon, actress (Gloria-All in the Family) |
| Born : | 06/19/1947 | Salman Rushdie, Pak, novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses) |
| Born : | 09/14/1947 | Sam Neill, actor (Enigma, Hunt for Red October) |
| Born : | 02/26/1947 | Sandi Shaw, [Sandra Goodrich], Essex, rocker (Girl Don't Come) |
| Born : | 02/04/1947 | Sanford Bishop, (Rep-D-Georgia) |
| Born : | 04/23/1947 | Saskia, [Trudy van den Berg], singer (S & Serge, Spinning Wheel) |
| Born : | 08/11/1947 | Sergey Kovalneko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1968) |
| Born : | 02/23/1947 | Shakira Caine, Guyana, actress (Man Who be King)/Miss Guyana (1967) |
| Born : | 05/26/1947 | Sherry Bain, Calif, actress (Pipe Dreams) |
| Born : | 12/17/1947 | Simon Bates, English DJ |
| Born : | 12/10/1947 | Sinaida Woronin, USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold/silver/2 bronze-1968) |
| Born : | 05/28/1947 | Sondra Locke, Shelbyville Tenn, actress (Heart Is a Lonely Hunter) |
| Born : | 07/23/1947 | Spencer Christian, weatherman (Good Morning America) |
| Born : | 02/28/1947 | Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys) |
| Born : | 10/01/1947 | Stephen Collins, Des Moines Iowa, actor (Star Trek I, Tattingers) |
| Born : | 05/13/1947 | Stephen R Donaldson, US, sci-fi author (Lord Foul's Bane) |
| Born : | 09/21/1947 | Stephen [Edwin] King, US, sci-fi author (Carrie, Shining, Kujo) |
| Born : | 09/19/1947 | Steve Bartlett, (Rep-R-TX, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 04/08/1947 | Steve Howe, Yes, he plays guitar (Asia, Yes-Roundabout) |
| Born : | 01/30/1947 | Steve Marriott, rock guitarist/vocalist (Humble Pie-Eat It, Faces) |
| Born : | 07/14/1947 | Steve Stone, Cleveland Ohio, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball) |
| Born : | 03/18/1947 | Steven H Schiff, (Rep-R-New Mexico) |
| Born : | 12/18/1947 | Steven Spielberg, Cincinatti, director (ET, Close Encounters, Jaws) |
| Born : | 09/19/1947 | Tanith Lee, UK, sci-fi author (Don't Bite the Sun) |
| Born : | 12/29/1947 | Ted Danson, SD Calif, actor (Sam Malone-Cheers, 3 Men & a Baby) |
| Born : | 01/05/1947 | Ted Lange, Oakland Calif, actor (Isaac-Love Boat, Mr T & Tina) |
| Born : | 10/27/1947 | Terry Anderson, AP correspondent/US hostage held in Lebanon (1984-) |
| Born : | 01/08/1947 | Terry Sylvester, rocker (Hollies-You are the Air that I Breathe) |
| Born : | 09/17/1947 | Tessa Jowell, MP |
| Born : | 04/08/1947 | Thomas D Delay, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- ) |
| Born : | 01/23/1947 | Thomas R Carper, (Rep-D-DE, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 06/07/1947 | Thurman Munson, baseball catcher/captain (NY Yankees) |
| Born : | 12/31/1947 | Tim Matheson, Calif, actor (Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek) |
| Born : | 01/17/1947 | Todd Susman, St Louis Mo, actor (Goodnight Beantown) |
| Born : | 10/28/1947 | Tom Fitzsimmons, SF Calif, actor (Franklin-Paper Chase) |
| Born : | 01/11/1949 | Tom Netherton, Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show) |
| Born : | 03/10/1947 | Tom Scholz, rock guitarist/keyboardist (Boston-More Than a Feeling) |
| Born : | 03/27/1947 | Tom Sullivan, blind actor (If You Could See What I Hear) |
| Born : | 03/13/1947 | Tomas Hinojosa, jockey |
| Born : | 03/15/1947 | Tomas Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968) |
| Born : | 04/29/1947 | Tommy James, singer (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver) |
| Born : | 02/13/1947 | Tony Butler, rock bassist (Big Country-It's a Big Country, Wonderland) |
| Born : | 04/06/1947 | Tony Cooner, drummer (Hot Chocolate-You Sexy Thing) |
| Born : | 12/07/1947 | Vincent Baggetta, Paterson NJ, actor (Lou-Chicago Story) |
| Born : | 12/16/1947 | Vincent Matthews, US, 400m dash (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 01/01/1947 | Vladimir G Titov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-8, T-9, T-10) |
| Born : | 06/24/1947 | Walter Willison, Monterrey Park Calif, actor (McDuff the Talking Dog) |
| Born : | 01/24/1947 | Warren Zevon, Chicago, rocker (Excitable Boy) |
| Born : | 07/27/1947 | Wayne Dowdy, (Rep-D-MS, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 07/21/1947 | Wendell Burton, San Antonio Tx, actor (Lucas-New Dick Van Dyke Show) |
| Born : | 04/19/1947 | Wilf Stevenson, director (British Film Institute) |
| Born : | 07/30/1947 | William Atherton, Ct, actor (Real Genius, Ghostbusters, Class of 44) |
| Born : | 11/15/1947 | William B Richardson, (Rep-D-New Mexico) |
| Born : | 03/14/1947 | William Jefferson, (Rep-D-Louisiana) |
| Born : | 08/23/1947 | Willy Russell, author/playwright |
| Born : | 08/25/1947 | Wim J van Gelder, Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (PvdA) |
| Born : | 09/14/1947 | Wolfgang Schwartz, Austria, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 04/15/1947 | Wooly Wolstenholme, keyboardist/vocalist (Barclay James Harvest) |
| Born : | 10/08/1947 | Yelena Ivanovna Dobrokvashina, Russian cosmonaut |
| Born : | 06/30/1947 | Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russia, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 07/24/1947 | Zaheer Abbas, Pakistani cricketer |
| Died : | 01/25/1947 | Al Capone, Chicago gangster, dies of syphillis |
| Died : | 12/01/1947 | Aleister Crowley, dies at 74 |
| Died : | 06/20/1947 | Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, gangster, shot dead in Beverly Hills Cal |
| Died : | 04/18/1947 | Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25), dies at 51 |
| Died : | 04/12/1947 | Christian DFL Leipoldt, South Africa physician/writer, dies |
| Died : | 04/20/1947 | Christian X, king of Denmark (1912-47), dies |
| Died : | 08/19/1947 | Earnest Laqueur, chemist/psychologist (sexual hormones), dies |
| Died : | 11/30/1947 | Earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies |
| Died : | 05/11/1947 | Else JT Rangstrm, Swedish conductor/singer/composer/critic, dies |
| Died : | 11/12/1947 | Emmuska Orczy, British author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies |
| Died : | 08/21/1947 | Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car inventor, dies |
| Died : | 10/08/1947 | Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 01/24/1947 | Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter (Gift from St Nicholas), dies |
| Died : | 09/20/1947 | Fiorello H La Guardia, (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45), dies |
| Died : | 10/29/1947 | Frances Cleveland Preston, former 1st lady (1885-89 93-97), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 12/31/1947 | Franz X Ritter von Epp, German General (SW Africa), dies |
| Died : | 01/30/1947 | Frederick F Blackman, English botanist, dies |
| Died : | 02/25/1947 | Friedrich Paschen, German physicist, dies |
| Died : | 04/01/1947 | George II, king of Greece, dies at 56 |
| Died : | 01/26/1947 | Grace Moore, US soprano/actress (1 Night of Life), dies |
| Died : | 01/26/1947 | Gustav Adolf, crown prince of Sweden, dies in air crash |
| Died : | 12/30/1947 | Han [Henricus A) van Meegeren, painter/art forger, dies at 58 |
| Died : | 04/08/1947 | Henry Ford, US industrialist (Ford cars), dies |
| Died : | 08/05/1947 | Joannes D M Cornelissen, historian (Johann de White), dies |
| Died : | 08/13/1947 | Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies |
| Died : | 05/14/1947 | John Ray Sinnock, US chief engraver (1925-47), dies at 59 |
| Died : | 12/12/1947 | Jlio A Peixoto, Brazilian writer (Fruta do mato, dies |
| Died : | 11/01/1947 | Man O' War, dies |
| Died : | 11/11/1947 | Martin Dibelius, German theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 10/04/1947 | Max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies |
| Died : | 09/23/1947 | Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged |
| Died : | 09/06/1947 | Paul Guthnick, German astronomer, dies at 76 |
| Died : | 01/23/1947 | Pierre Bonnard, French painter/illustrator, dies at 79 |
| Died : | 07/17/1947 | Raoul Wallenberg, Swedish diplomat in WW II (saved Jews), dies at 34 |
| Died : | 12/14/1947 | Stanley Baldwin, English premier (1923, 24-29, 35-37), dies |
| Died : | 10/13/1947 | Sydney Webb, England, writer/husband of Beatrice Potter, dies |
| Died : | 12/28/1947 | Victor Emmanual III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 06/29/1947 | Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies |
| Died : | 11/20/1947 | Wolfgang Borchert, German author/poet (Draussen vor of the Tr), dies |
| Special : | 10/10/1947 | "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway |
| Special : | 01/28/1947 | "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000 |
| Special : | 04/26/1947 | "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London |
| Special : | 05/07/1947 | "Kraft Television Theater" premiers on NBC |
| Special : | 10/13/1947 | "Kukla, Fran & Ollie" premieres |
| Special : | 11/20/1947 | "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC |
| Special : | 05/22/1947 | "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey & Greece |
| Special : | 10/27/1947 | "You Bet Your Life", with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio |
| Special : | 04/16/1947 | -17/4) Explosions & fire on French ship Grandcamp |
| Special : | 02/03/1947 | -81 F (-63 C), Snag Yukon (North American record) |
| Special : | 07/22/1947 | -8 F (-13 C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record) |
| Special : | 11/16/1947 | 1,500 demonstraet in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis |
| Special : | 06/22/1947 | 12" rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO) |
| Special : | 03/20/1947 | 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic |
| Special : | 12/27/1947 | 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC |
| Special : | 07/23/1947 | 1st (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, RI |
| Special : | 09/15/1947 | 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh |
| Special : | 11/01/1947 | 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii |
| Special : | 10/05/1947 | 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman |
| Special : | 05/22/1947 | 1st US ballistic missile fired |
| Special : | 08/26/1947 | 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a HR on 1st at bat) |
| Special : | 02/03/1947 | 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis) |
| Special : | 08/22/1947 | 1st college team to beat an NFL team (All Stars-16, Bears-0) |
| Special : | 01/22/1947 | 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA |
| Special : | 10/01/1947 | 1st helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca |
| Special : | 02/21/1947 | 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in NYC, by E H Land |
| Special : | 06/16/1947 | 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" |
| Special : | 06/15/1947 | 1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1) |
| Special : | 06/13/1947 | 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3) |
| Special : | 01/03/1947 | 1st opening session of Congress to be televised |
| Special : | 11/20/1947 | 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey) |
| Special : | 06/19/1947 | 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca |
| Special : | 07/20/1947 | 1st political action of Neth Army on Java & Sumatra |
| Special : | 06/17/1947 | 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC |
| Special : | 10/09/1947 | 1st telephone conversation between a moving car & a plane |
| Special : | 10/03/1947 | 1st telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed |
| Special : | 07/10/1947 | 200 die when train derails & fell into a river in Canton, China |
| Special : | 11/19/1947 | 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar |
| Special : | 10/30/1947 | 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva |
| Special : | 02/18/1947 | 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa |
| Special : | 07/03/1947 | 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC |
| Special : | 06/27/1947 | 98F (36.8C) in De Bilt Netherlands |
| Special : | 05/18/1947 | A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error |
| Special : | 04/19/1947 | AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds |
| Special : | 07/08/1947 | AL beats NL 2-1 in 14th All Star Game (Wrigley Field, Chicago) |
| Special : | 03/25/1947 | Agreement of Linggadjati signed in Batavia |
| Special : | 10/05/1947 | Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in world series |
| Special : | 02/01/1947 | Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian cabinet of christian-democrats |
| Special : | 02/01/1947 | Aleide the Gasperi forms Italian cabinet of christian-democrats/commun |
| Special : | 04/09/1947 | Atomic Energy Commission formed |
| Special : | 05/11/1947 | BF Goodrich manufactures 1st tubeless tire, Akron, Oh |
| Special : | 06/12/1947 | Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win Br Women's Amateur Golf Champ |
| Special : | 04/27/1947 | Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through US |
| Special : | 08/07/1947 | Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef |
| Special : | 04/09/1947 | Baseball suspends Bkln Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year |
| Special : | 09/07/1947 | Battles between hindus & muslims in New Delhi |
| Special : | 03/12/1947 | Belgian cabinet-Huysmans resigns |
| Special : | 03/19/1947 | Belgian cabinet-Spaak, forms |
| Special : | 10/29/1947 | Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherland form Benelux Union |
| Special : | 01/01/1947 | Benelux agress to work related issues |
| Special : | 02/17/1947 | Bishops begin fast against "godless communism" |
| Special : | 02/05/1947 | Bolewet Beirut becomes president of Poland |
| Special : | 04/30/1947 | Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover |
| Special : | 10/11/1947 | Brazil & Chile break diplomatic relations with USSR |
| Special : | 07/01/1947 | Brit Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office |
| Special : | 01/01/1947 | Britain nationalizes its coal industry |
| Special : | 02/07/1947 | Britain proposes partitioning Palestine between Arabs & Jews |
| Special : | 07/09/1947 | Britain's Princess Elizabeth & Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement |
| Special : | 11/20/1947 | Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten |
| Special : | 09/08/1947 | British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis |
| Special : | 12/26/1947 | British transfer Heard & McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia |
| Special : | 06/03/1947 | British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan |
| Special : | 10/22/1947 | C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1600 Vyssotsky |
| Special : | 07/14/1947 | C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1747 Wright |
| Special : | 02/20/1947 | Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in LA |
| Special : | 12/28/1947 | Chic Cards beat Phila Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game |
| Special : | 10/14/1947 | Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015) |
| Special : | 06/18/1947 | Cincinatti Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 |
| Special : | 12/14/1947 | Cleve Browns beat NY Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game |
| Special : | 07/10/1947 | Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Phila A's, 3-0 |
| Special : | 07/03/1947 | Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL |
| Special : | 05/25/1947 | Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111 |
| Special : | 03/25/1947 | Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Ill, claims 111 lives |
| Special : | 05/31/1947 | Communists grab power in Hungary |
| Special : | 08/29/1947 | Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier |
| Special : | 03/16/1947 | Convair Liner, 1st US twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested |
| Special : | 11/30/1947 | Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked |
| Special : | 02/12/1947 | Daytime fireball & meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia |
| Special : | 10/19/1947 | De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections |
| Special : | 07/08/1947 | Demolition begins in NYC for UN HQ in NYC |
| Special : | 07/26/1947 | Department of Defense established |
| Special : | 01/18/1947 | Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to the Pirates |
| Special : | 10/21/1947 | Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die |
| Special : | 09/07/1947 | E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1585 Union |
| Special : | 06/17/1947 | Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin |
| Special : | 05/31/1947 | Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft Deposit & Perryville Md, kills 53 |
| Special : | 09/18/1947 | Establishment USAF (United States Air Force) |
| Special : | 06/24/1947 | Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold |
| Special : | 11/23/1947 | French cabinet of Schumann, forms |
| Special : | 04/19/1947 | French ship explodes off Texas, kills 700 |
| Special : | 11/25/1947 | Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey |
| Special : | 07/29/1947 | Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg Va |
| Special : | 01/08/1947 | Gen George Marshall becomes Sect of State |
| Special : | 05/07/1947 | General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution |
| Special : | 03/19/1947 | Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek conquers Jenan |
| Special : | 12/12/1947 | H L Giclas discovers asteroid #2201 Oljato |
| Special : | 10/20/1947 | HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood |
| Special : | 09/26/1947 | Happy Chandler announces Ford & Gillette to sponsor World Series |
| Special : | 12/05/1947 | Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Joe Walcott |
| Special : | 06/25/1947 | Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello |
| Special : | 03/25/1947 | Holy Cross wins NCAA basketball championship |
| Special : | 06/04/1947 | House of Reps approves Taft-Hartley act |
| Special : | 11/02/1947 | Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for 1st (& last) time |
| Special : | 08/31/1947 | Hungarian communist party wins election |
| Special : | 06/02/1947 | Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns |
| Special : | 08/15/1947 | India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan |
| Special : | 08/14/1947 | India granted independence within British Commonwealth |
| Special : | 07/21/1947 | Indonesia begins 1st political election |
| Special : | 03/01/1947 | Intl Monetary Fund began operations |
| Special : | 05/31/1947 | Italian cabinet of Gasperi forms |
| Special : | 12/22/1947 | Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution |
| Special : | 02/10/1947 | Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia |
| Special : | 07/28/1947 | Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania |
| Special : | 07/04/1947 | Jack Kramer wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 04/10/1947 | Jackie Robinson became 1st black in major league baseball |
| Special : | 04/11/1947 | Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball |
| Special : | 04/17/1947 | Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit |
| Special : | 04/15/1947 | Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut |
| Special : | 09/17/1947 | James Forrestal sworn in as 1st US secretary of defense |
| Special : | 05/03/1947 | Japan forms a constitutional democracy |
| Special : | 06/24/1947 | Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 04/06/1947 | Jimmy Demaret wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament |
| Special : | 11/27/1947 | Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote |
| Special : | 09/16/1947 | John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH |
| Special : | 11/24/1947 | John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published |
| Special : | 12/02/1947 | Johnny Lujack, Notre Dame quarterback wins Heisman Trophy |
| Special : | 01/26/1947 | KLM Dakota crashes in Copenhagen, 22 die |
| Special : | 11/12/1947 | KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR) |
| Special : | 02/08/1947 | KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/22/1947 | KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/10/1947 | King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned |
| Special : | 07/18/1947 | King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill |
| Special : | 12/30/1947 | King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne |
| Special : | 05/11/1947 | Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy |
| Special : | 04/04/1947 | Largest group of sunspots on record |
| Special : | 04/08/1947 | Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed |
| Special : | 07/05/1947 | Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL |
| Special : | 04/16/1947 | Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated (NYC) |
| Special : | 06/15/1947 | Lew Worsham wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 02/20/1947 | Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India |
| Special : | 10/26/1947 | Maharajah of Jammu & Kashmir accedes to India |
| Special : | 01/02/1947 | Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali |
| Special : | 12/13/1947 | Maine Turnpike opens to traffic |
| Special : | 07/05/1947 | Margaret Osborne wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 08/25/1947 | Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speech record, 1,047 kph |
| Special : | 04/16/1947 | Massive explosion & fire kills 522 in Texas City, Tx |
| Special : | 08/14/1947 | Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 |
| Special : | 07/02/1947 | Military coup discovered in France |
| Special : | 05/05/1947 | Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 & causes $850M in damage |
| Special : | 01/17/1947 | Muiden Ammunition factory explodes, 16 die |
| Special : | 10/23/1947 | NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN |
| Special : | 01/24/1947 | NFL adds 5th official (back judge) & allows sudden death in playoffs |
| Special : | 10/13/1947 | NHL All Star Game - All Stars beat Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Special : | 10/01/1947 | NHL Pension Society founded |
| Special : | 09/01/1947 | NY Giants 183-185 HR of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936 |
| Special : | 10/06/1947 | NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series |
| Special : | 12/17/1947 | NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow |
| Special : | 07/26/1947 | National Security Act establishes CIA |
| Special : | 08/18/1947 | Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 |
| Special : | 02/10/1947 | Netherlands Radio Union forms |
| Special : | 11/25/1947 | New Zealand acedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion |
| Special : | 06/01/1947 | OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands |
| Special : | 04/15/1947 | Operations begin at Radio Netherland World radio |
| Special : | 05/23/1947 | PC Hooft prize established for literature |
| Special : | 12/11/1947 | Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected |
| Special : | 08/15/1947 | Pakistan (formerly West Pakistan) declares independence from UK |
| Special : | 08/14/1947 | Pakistan gains independence from Britain |
| Special : | 05/07/1947 | Paraguayian govt unleashes contra revolt |
| Special : | 02/27/1947 | Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized |
| Special : | 09/03/1947 | Phila A's Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0 |
| Special : | 04/22/1947 | Philadelphia beats Chicago, 4 games to 2, for 1st NBA championship |
| Special : | 09/12/1947 | Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games |
| Special : | 06/16/1947 | Pravda denounces Marshall Plan |
| Special : | 03/12/1947 | Pres Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism |
| Special : | 06/20/1947 | Pres Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act |
| Special : | 08/23/1947 | Pres Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert |
| Special : | 02/10/1947 | Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland |
| Special : | 05/05/1947 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men) |
| Special : | 05/01/1947 | Radar for coml & private planes 1st demonstrated |
| Special : | 08/16/1947 | Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive HRs |
| Special : | 02/12/1947 | Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands |
| Special : | 10/02/1947 | Revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted |
| Special : | 12/30/1947 | Romanian republic proclaimed |
| Special : | 06/05/1947 | Sec of State George C Marshall outlines "Marshall Plan" |
| Special : | 10/24/1947 | Series of forest fires $30 million of timber (New England States) |
| Special : | 01/18/1947 | Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400 |
| Special : | 07/03/1947 | Soviet Union doesn't partake in Marshall Plan |
| Special : | 07/09/1947 | Spain votes for Franco monarchy |
| Special : | 12/25/1947 | Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) |
| Special : | 12/03/1947 | Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire," opens |
| Special : | 04/28/1947 | Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia |
| Special : | 07/18/1947 | Tigers shut out Yanks 2-0, end 19 game win streak |
| Special : | 04/19/1947 | Tor Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 04/09/1947 | Tornadoes striking West Texas & Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 |
| Special : | 01/08/1947 | Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game |
| Special : | 10/29/1947 | Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam |
| Special : | 06/23/1947 | Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress |
| Special : | 08/20/1947 | Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph |
| Special : | 11/29/1947 | UN Gen Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs & Jews |
| Special : | 11/20/1947 | UN General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps |
| Special : | 11/01/1947 | UN trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, NZ & UK |
| Special : | 04/04/1947 | UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established |
| Special : | 07/25/1947 | US Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Dept of Defense |
| Special : | 07/25/1947 | US Deptartment of Army created |
| Special : | 07/18/1947 | US begins administerating Trust Territory of Pacific Islands |
| Special : | 10/01/1947 | US control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends |
| Special : | 12/10/1947 | USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement |
| Special : | 12/04/1947 | USSR joins Intl Amateur Athletic Union |
| Special : | 12/12/1947 | United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL |
| Special : | 05/01/1947 | Vice Adm Roscoe Hillenkoeter becomes 1st director of CIA |
| Special : | 01/16/1947 | Vincent Aurial elected president of France |
| Special : | 02/17/1947 | Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR |
| Special : | 12/17/1947 | WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/03/1947 | WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, DC (ABC) begins |
| Special : | 10/27/1947 | WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/13/1947 | WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/27/1947 | WRC TV channel 4 in Washington, DC (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/--/1947 | WTMJ TV channel 4 in Milwaukee, WI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/01/1947 | WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, DC (MET) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/11/1947 | WW II sugar rationing finally ends |
| Special : | 03/04/1947 | WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/23/1947 | Wash Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21) |
| Special : | 01/03/1947 | William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee |
| Special : | 03/06/1947 | XB-45, 1st US 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, CA |
| Special : | 09/30/1947 | Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised |
| Special : | 06/29/1947 | Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak |
| Special : | 09/15/1947 | Yanks clinch pennant #15 |
| Special : | 09/03/1947 | Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2 |
| Special : | 10/02/1947 | Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a world series homer |
| Special : | 07/27/1947 | Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak |
| Special : | 01/30/1947 | 4F highest temperature for this date in NYC |
| Special : | 01/30/1947 | 63F lowest temperature for this date in NYC |
| Special : | 04/06/1947 | 79F highest temperature for this date in NYC |
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