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'''1947''' was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.

==Events==
===January===
* January 1 – The [[Canadian Citizenship Act]] 1946 comes into effect.
* January 3 – Proceedings of the [[United States Congress]] are televised for the first time.
* January 10 – The [[United Nations]] takes control of the free city of [[Trieste]].

===February===
* February 2 – The [[Treaty of Peace with Italy, 1947]] comes into effect.
* February 25 – The [[International Bank for Reconstruction and Development]] (now the World Bank) begins operations.

===March===
* March 12 – The [[Truman Doctrine]] is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.

===April===
* April 15 – [[Jackie Robinson]] debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.

===May===
* May 22 – The [[Cold War]] begins: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs an act into law that will later be called the [[Truman Doctrine]].

===June===
* June 5 – [[Marshall Plan]]: In a speech at Harvard University, United States Secretary of State [[George Marshall]] calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.

===July===
* July 26 – [[Cold War]]: U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] signs the [[National Security Act of 1947]] into law creating the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], [[United States Department of Defense]], [[United States Air Force]], [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], and the [[United States National Security Council]].

===August===
* August 15 – [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] gain independence from the [[British Empire]].

===September===
* September 18 – The [[United States Air Force]] becomes an independent branch of the [[United States Armed Forces]].

===October===
* October 14 – [[Chuck Yeager]] flies a [[Bell X-1]] faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight.

===November===
* November 29 – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] approves a plan for the partition of [[Palestine]].

===December===
* December 30 – [[Romania]]'s [[Michael I]] is forced to abdicate by the [[Soviet Union]]-backed Communist government of Romania. The kingdom is abolished and a republic is established.

==Births==
* January 1 – [[Leonard Thompson (golfer)|Leonard Thompson]], American golfer
* January 2 – [[Jack Hanna]], American zookeeper
* January 3 – [[Zulema]], American singer (d. 2013)
* January 4 – [[Chris Cutler]], English musician and composer

==Deaths==
* January 1 – [[Alfred North Whitehead]], English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
* January 2 – [[Chūichi Nagumo]], Japanese admiral (b. 1887)
* January 3 – [[Al Capone]], American gangster (b. 1899)
* January 4 – [[Forrest Reid]], Irish novelist and literary critic (b. 1875)

==See also==
* [[List of years in the 20th century]]
* [[Timeline of the 20th century]]

==References==
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