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The following events occurred in May 1947:

May 1, 1947 (Thursday)

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May 2, 1947 (Friday)

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May 3, 1947 (Saturday)

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May 4, 1947 (Sunday)

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May 5, 1947 (Monday)

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May 6, 1947 (Tuesday)

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May 7, 1947 (Wednesday)

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May 8, 1947 (Thursday)

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May 9, 1947 (Friday)

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  • Over 100,000 trade unionists in Hamburg, Germany and their supporters gathered to protest food shortages in the British-occupied zone. The population of the city was only receiving about 800 calories of food per day instead of the prescribed 1500.[11]
  • The Brooklyn Dodgers paid their first visit of the season to Shibe Park in Philadelphia. To make amends for the negative publicity generated by the racist taunting incident of April 22, Phillies manager Ben Chapman was coaxed into standing next to Jackie Robinson for a photograph in which both men posed stiffly while holding the same bat.[12][13]
  • Died: Willie Francis, 18, American convicted murderer who survived a failed execution by electric chair on May 3, 1946 (executed by electric chair)

May 10, 1947 (Saturday)

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May 11, 1947 (Sunday)

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May 12, 1947 (Monday)

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  • Syrian delegate to the United Nations Fares al-Khoury told the General Assembly's Political Committee that Zionism was a "fatal dream" and that the Arabs "will never permit it to succeed."[17]
  • Born: Michael Ignatieff, author, academic and politician, in Toronto, Canada

May 13, 1947 (Tuesday)

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May 14, 1947 (Wednesday)

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May 15, 1947 (Thursday)

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May 16, 1947 (Friday)

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May 17, 1947 (Saturday)

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  • Japanese Finance Minister Tanzan Ishibashi, Justice Minister Tokutaro Kimura and Commerce and Industry Minister Mitsujirō Ishii were purged from cabinet and forbidden any further political activity because of their roles in the time of the Empire.[24]
  • Died: George Forbes, 78, Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935; Seabiscuit, 13, American champion Thoroughbred racehorse

May 18, 1947 (Sunday)

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  • The American Association of Scientific Workers issued a 40,000-word technical summary warning that the United States would be especially vulnerable to biological warfare.[14]
  • Wrigley Field in Chicago recorded the largest regular season paid attendance in its history when 46,572 people came out to see Jackie Robinson make his first appearance at the ballpark for the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Cubs (A Ladies' Day at Wrigley in 1930 had recorded an attendance of 51,556, but that was not the paid attendance record since women got in free.) Robinson went 0-for-4 but the Dodgers won, 4–2.[25]
  • Died: Hal Chase, 64, American baseball player; Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent, 91, British politician; Lucile Gleason, 59, American actress

May 19, 1947 (Monday)

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May 20, 1947 (Tuesday)

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  • The Viet Minh announced the execution of Hòa Hảo leader Huỳnh Phú Sổ.[28]
  • The US telephone operators' strike ended after six weeks when the last remaining strikers agreed to a two-year, no-strike contract with an average wage increase of 11½ cents an hour.[29]
  • Died: Bruno Bräuer, 54, German paratrooper (executed by firing squad in Greece for war crimes); Philipp Lenard, 84, German physicist and Nobel laureate; Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, 49, German general (executed by firing squad in Greece for war crimes)

May 21, 1947 (Wednesday)

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  • In Greenville, South Carolina, a case that drew national attention came to an end when 28 men charged with murder and conspiracy in the February 17 lynching of Willie Earle, an African-American man, were acquitted by an all-white jury. Pandemonium broke out on the floor of the courtroom, but once order was restored Judge J. Robert Martin expressed displeasure with the verdict by leaving without the customary courtesy of thanking the jury for their service.[30][31]

May 22, 1947 (Thursday)

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  • President Harry S. Truman signed the Truman Doctrine into law, granting $400 million in aid to stabilize the Turkish and Greek governments in an effort to contain communism.[32]
  • The USA's first guided ballistic missile, the 45-foot long Corporal, was first fired.[33]

May 23, 1947 (Friday)

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May 24, 1947 (Saturday)

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May 25, 1947 (Sunday)

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May 26, 1947 (Monday)

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May 27, 1947 (Tuesday)

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May 28, 1947 (Wednesday)

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May 29, 1947 (Thursday)

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May 30, 1947 (Friday)

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  • Eastern Air Lines Flight 605: A Douglas C-54 Skymaster crashed near Bainbridge, Maryland en route from Newark to Miami, killing all 53 aboard. It was the worst commercial aviation disaster in US history.
  • Died: Georg von Trapp, 67, Austro-Hungarian Navy officer and patriarch of the Von Trapp family of The Sound of Music fame
  • Circa May 30, 1947, a German V-2 sounding rocket fired from White Sands Proving Ground veered off course, crashed and exploded on top of a rocky knoll 3.5 miles south of the Juarez, Mexico business district[42]


May 31, 1947 (Saturday)

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References

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  1. ^ "CONSTABLE KILLED ON PATROL DUTY". The Canberra Times. 2 May 1947. Page 2, column 3. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via Trove.
  2. ^ Korman, Seymour (May 3, 1947). "Fight in Italian 'Congress' Over Sicilian Ambush". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: 6.
  3. ^ a b Leonard, Thomas M. (1977). Day By Day: The Forties. New York: Facts On File, Inc. p. 695. ISBN 0-87196-375-2.
  4. ^ "Jet Pilot Wins Kentucky Derby in Photo Finish". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: 1. May 4, 1947.
  5. ^ "Challenge Cup 1946/47". Rugby League Project. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  6. ^ "France Ruled by Coalition, 5 Reds Fired". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn: 1. May 5, 1947.
  7. ^ "Amateur Wins Photo Honor In Award of Pulitzer Prizes". The New York Times: 1. May 6, 1947.
  8. ^ Battistelli, Pier Paolo (2012). Albert Kesselring. Osprey Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 9781849087353.
  9. ^ a b c Mercer, Derrik, ed. (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 655. ISBN 9-780582-039193.
  10. ^ "Chronomedia: 1947". Terra Media. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  11. ^ "End Starvation Ration, German Strikers Plead". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: 6. May 10, 1947.
  12. ^ Tracy, Marc (April 14, 2016). "69 Years Later, Philadelphia Apologizes to Jackie Robinson". The New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  13. ^ Robinson, Ray (May 18, 2013). "Jackie Robinson and a Barrier Unbroken". The New York Times. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  14. ^ a b c d e Yust, Walter, ed. (1948). 1948 Britannica Book of the Year. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. pp. 6–7.
  15. ^ "Faultless Wins Preakness; On Trust 2d". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: Part 2, p. 1. May 11, 1947.
  16. ^ "B.F. Goodrich Co. announces development of tubeless tire". History. A&E Networks. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  17. ^ "Arab-Jew Clash Marks UN Debate". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn: 1. May 12, 1947.
  18. ^ "Senate OKs Labor Bill, 68-24". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn: 1. May 13, 1947.
  19. ^ Peaslee, Amos J. (1956). International Governmental Organizations: Constitutional Documents, Volume 2. Martinus Nijhoff. p. 72.
  20. ^ "Churchill Asks Support for United States of Europe". Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Chillicothe, Missouri: 8. May 14, 1947.
  21. ^ "Today in Canadian History – May 14". Canada Channel. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  22. ^ Holböck, Ferdinand (2001). Married Saints and Blesseds: Through the Centuries. Ignatius Press. p. 294. ISBN 9780898708431.
  23. ^ "I.C.A.O. Votes Admittance of Italy to Its Membership; Peruvian Delegation Quits". The Montreal Gazette: 1. May 17, 1947.
  24. ^ "3 Ousted From Cabinet For Jap War-Making Roles". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn: 1. May 18, 1947.
  25. ^ Heaphy, Leslie A., ed. (2006). Black Baseball and Chicago. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 184. ISBN 9780786426744.
  26. ^ "Italy Goes to U. N. for Membership". The New York Times: 4. May 20, 1947.
  27. ^ Hindman, Elizabeth Banks (1997). Rights Vs. Responsibilities: The Supreme Court and the Media. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 73. ISBN 9780313299223.
  28. ^ Chapuis, Oscar (2000). The Last Emperors of Vietnam: From Tu Duc to Bao Dai. Greenwood Press. p. 130. ISBN 9780313311703.
  29. ^ Loftus, Joseph A. (May 21, 1947). "Last Major Strike on Phones is Ended". The New York Times: 1.
  30. ^ Moredock, Will (February 14, 2007). "The Last Lynching". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  31. ^ Wiegman, Carl (May 22, 1947). "28 Acquitted in Lynching". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: 1.
  32. ^ Stewart, Jen (May 22, 2010). "May 22, 1947: The Cold War Begins". The Saturday Evening Post. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  33. ^ Hutchinson, Robert (2011). Weapons of Mass Destruction: The no-nonsense guide to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons today (ebook). Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 9781780223773.
  34. ^ "Flying Fraulein Freed of Charge". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada: 1. May 23, 1947.
  35. ^ "99-Day Strike in Coal Mines is Concluded". The Montreal Gazette: 1. May 26, 1947.
  36. ^ Leonard, p. 698.
  37. ^ "Supreme Soviet of Russia Ends Death Penalty". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: 1. May 27, 1947.
  38. ^ "Allies Hang 22 Nazis as War Criminals". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn: 1. December 27, 1947.
  39. ^ "Probe Ordered of Red Propaganda In Movies at White House Desire". The Montreal Gazette: 1. May 29, 1947.
  40. ^ "Accident Details – 1947 (36)". PlaneCrashInfo.com. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  41. ^ "Accident Details (1947–37)". PlaneCrashInfo.com. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  42. ^ Remember the time we bombed Mexico with German rockets?
  43. ^ "Phalanx Wins Belmont Stakes; Faultless Fifth". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: Part 2, p. 1. June 1, 1947.