November 1947 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1947 Medium & The Telephone closes at Barrymore NYC after 211 performances
• 02 Nov 1947 7th Ryder Cup: US wins 11-1 at Portland Country Club - Oregon
• 06 Nov 1947 Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
• 09 Nov 1947 Junagadh is annexed as to Indian military intervention.
• 10 Nov 1947 The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a French communist riot that also spreads to Paris.
• 12 Nov 1947 KPO-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KNBC
• 13 Nov 1947 Russia completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles
• 15 Nov 1947 Bradman scores his 100th 100,172 vs. Indians at the SCG
• 16 Nov 1947 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of Nazis
• 17 Nov 1947 The U.S. Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
• 18 Nov 1947 The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
• 19 Nov 1947 200 mirror arrives at Mt Palomar
• 20 Nov 1947 Meet the Press makes network TV debut on NBC
• 21 Nov 1947 Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ
• 23 Nov 1947 French government of Schumann, forms
• 24 Nov 1947 Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists.
• 25 Nov 1947 Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey
• 27 Nov 1947 Joe DiMaggio wins his third Most Valuable Player, beating Ted Williams by one vote.
• 29 Nov 1947 35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9
• 30 Nov 1947 Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine

Famous Birthday

• Michel Berger

  French singer and songwriter.

• Jean-Pierre Foucault

  French TV host and presenter, born to a jewish Polish mother, widely known for presenting the French version of "Who Wants to be a...

• David Mamet

  Chicago, Illinois -- Playwright / dir (Speed the Plow, House of Games).

• Ismail Omar Guelleh
• Erin Sullivan

  Canadian professional astrologer with an international practice, she is a lecturer and author of several books, including "Saturn in...

• Joe Mantegna

  TV Actor.

• Hervé Cristiani
• Peter Noone

  British singer, guitarist, actor, band leader and songwriter.

• Dwight Schultz

  American actor.

• Patrice Leconte

  French film director, comic strip writer and screenwriter, best known for his movies "Les Bronzés" (1,2, and 3), "The Hairdesser's Husband",...

• George Young

  Australian musician (Easybeats).

• Minnie Riperton

  Soul Singer.

• Maria do Carmo Paya
• Bachir Gemayel

  Lebanese commander and politician (d. 1982).

• John Laroquette
• Margaret Rhea Seddon
• Patrick Berger
• Bobby Beausoleil

  American musician, artist and convicted murderer.

• Bodo Zinser

  German alternative healing practitioner, meditation instructor, reincarnation therapist, parapsychologist, astrological software developer...

• Petra Kelly

  Founder (German Green Party), found dead at 44.

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Famous Deaths

• Kristian Elster

  Norwegian Author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66.

• Martin Dibelius

  German Theologist (That Drawer Jahwes), dies at 64.

• Emmuska Orczy

  British Author (Scarlet Pimpernel), dies at 82.

• Earnest Lubitsch

  Actor / director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka).

• Man o' War

  American thoroughbred racehorse (Born 1917).

• Victor Serge

  Russian anarchist, novelist, and historian (Born 1890).

• Leon-Paul Fargue

  French poet (Born 1876).

• Ricarda Huch

  Pioneering German intellectual.

• Jacques-Philippe Leclerc

  French military, served in Morocco and with valor in Europe and Africa during WW II; Marshal of France.

• Philippe Leclerc

  French general (Born 1902).

• Joseph Allard

  Canadian fiddler and composer (d. 1947).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Sam Donahue & His Orchestra - Red Wing
2. Margaret Whiting - You Do
3. Arthur Godfrey - Too Fat Polka (I Don't Want Her-You Can Have Her-She's Too Fat For Me)
4. Bing Crosby - You Do
5. Vic Damone - You Do