February 1947 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1947 Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of Christian-democrats and communists.
• 03 Feb 1947 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery
• 05 Feb 1947 Bolewet Beirut becomes President of Poland.
• 06 Feb 1947 South Pacific Commission (SPC) founded.
• 07 Feb 1947 Arabs and Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine.
• 08 Feb 1947 KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St. Louis, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 09 Feb 1947 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia
• 10 Feb 1947 WW II peace treaties signed
• 12 Feb 1947 Daytime fireball and meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia
• 15 Feb 1947 Toplitzky of Notre Dame closes at Century Theater NYC after 60 performances
• 17 Feb 1947 Voice of America begins broadcasting to USSR.
• 18 Feb 1947 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania.
• 20 Feb 1947 Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India.
• 21 Feb 1947 1st broadcast of 1st US TV soap opera A Woman to Remember
• 22 Feb 1947 ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoon ''Cat Fishin''', is released.
• 23 Feb 1947 American General Dwight Eisenhower opens drive to raise US$170 million in aid for European Jews.
• 25 Feb 1947 The State of Prussia ceases to exist.
• 27 Feb 1947 Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized.
• 28 Feb 1947 Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan.
• 10 Feb 1947 The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.

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