July 1947 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1947 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched
• 02 Jul 1947 Military coup discovered in France
• 03 Jul 1947 Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL
• 04 Jul 1947 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown
• 05 Jul 1947 Barefoot Boy with Cheek closes at Martin Beck NYC after 108 performances
• 06 Jul 1947 The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• 08 Jul 1947 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago
• 09 Jul 1947 Spain votes for Franco monarchy
• 10 Jul 1947 Cleveland Indians' Don Black no-hits Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0.
• 11 Jul 1947 The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
• 16 Jul 1947 Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee andYanks 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19
• 17 Jul 1947 The Indian passenger ship ''Ramdas'' is capsized by a cyclone at Mumbai, India, with 625 people killed.
• 18 Jul 1947 British seize Exodus 1947 ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine
• 19 Jul 1947 The Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassinated by Galon U Saw.
• 20 Jul 1947 1st political action of the Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra
• 21 Jul 1947 Indonesia begins 1st political election
• 23 Jul 1947 First (US Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island.
• 25 Jul 1947 US Air Force, Navy and War Departments form US Department of Defense.
• 26 Jul 1947 Department of Defense forms
• 27 Jul 1947 Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak
• 29 Jul 1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, ten women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
• 30 Jul 1947 Cin Reds 16 game win streak ends, losing to New York Giants 5-4

Famous Birthday

• Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Austrian-born actor and politician began his career as a body-builder, ultimately winning several titles for his strength and magnificently...

• Camilla Duchess of Cornwall
• OJ Simpson

  American football player and actor.

• Carlos Santana

  Mexican-American musician, leader of the band "Santana.

• Brian May

  London, England -- Rock guitarist (Queen-We are the Champions).

• Stone (singer)
• Don Henley

  American musician, a drummer with "The Eagles," and formerly with "Shiloh.

• Larry David

  Brooklyn, New York -- Comedian (Fridays) / writer (Seinfeld).

• Hubert Védrine

  French politician French Minister of Foreign Affairs.

• Christian Delagrange
• Sally Struthers

  American actress best noted for her vacuous role of Gloria in the TV series "All in the Family" that premiered 1/12/1971 and starred in the...

• Steve Forbes

  American publishing executive who announced his first presidential candidacy in 1995, vowing a self-financed, multimillion dollar campaign...

• Gyanendra of Nepal
• Mumtaz (actress)
• Albert Brooks

  American actor, the son of comedian Harry Einstein.

• David Essex

  British musician, one of Britain's leading rock singers, a teen-age idol of the '70s and a virtual superstar 1973-1975.

• Arlo Guthrie

  American singer, songwriter, humanitarian, businessman and actor.

• Rob Rensenbrink
• Xavier Darcos

  French politician (senator), agrégé professor in Literature, he was Minister of National Education, and then Minister of Labor and social...

• Régis Bulot
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Famous Deaths

• Raoul Wallenberg

  Swedish humanitarian (exact date of death uncertain) (Born 1912).

• Jimmie Lunceford

  American saxophonist and bandleader (Born 1902).

• Henry Kolker

  Dies at 76.

• Lucjan Zeligowski

  Polish general (Born 1865).

• Ernest Austin

  Composer, dies at 72.

• Raoul Wallenberg

  Swedish businessman and diplomat from a wealthy family who effectively pulled off the rescue of more than 12,000 Hungarian Jews as WW II was...

• U Razak

  Burmese educator and politician (d. 1947).

• Joseph Cook

  English-Australian miner and politician 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947).

• Yuh Woon-Hyung

  Korean politician (Born 1886).

• Clarence Lucas

  Composer, dies at 80.

• Walter Donaldson

  American songwriter (Born 1893).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Tex Williams & The Western Caravan - Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
2. Bing Crosby & Andrews Sisters - Tallahassee
3. Dorothy Shay - Feudin' and Fightin'
4. Martha Tilton - I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder
5. Perry Como - When You Were Sweet Sixteen