October 1947 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1947 US control of Haitian customs and governmental revenue ends.
• 02 Oct 1947 Music in My Heart opens at Adelphi Theater NYC for 124 performances
• 03 Oct 1947 Under the Counter opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances
• 04 Oct 1947 Negro League World Series, New York Cubans beat Cleveland Buckeyes, 6-5
• 05 Oct 1947 Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series
• 06 Oct 1947 New York Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series.
• 07 Oct 1947 Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series
• 09 Oct 1947 High Button Shoes opens at Century Theater NYC for 727 performances
• 10 Oct 1947 Allegro opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 318 performances
• 11 Oct 1947 Brazil and Chile break diplomatic relations with USSR
• 13 Oct 1947 Kukla, Fran & Ollie premieres
• 14 Oct 1947 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower
• 19 Oct 1947 De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections
• 20 Oct 1947 HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood
• 21 Oct 1947 Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die
• 23 Oct 1947 Husband and wife Dr Carl Cori and Dr Gerty Cori are 1st spouses to be awarded joint Nobel Prizes
• 24 Oct 1947 Series of forest fires burn US$30 million of timber (New England States).
• 25 Oct 1947 Under the Counter closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 27 performances
• 26 Oct 1947 The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
• 27 Oct 1947 You Bet Your Life, with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio
• 29 Oct 1947 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands form Benelux Union
• 30 Oct 1947 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva

Famous Birthday

• Hillary Clinton

  American attorney and First Lady of the U.S.

• France Gall

  French and international popular "yé-yé" singer, daughter of Robert Gall, songwriter, and Cécile (whose father was Paul Berthier, co-founder...

• Julien Clerc

  French chanson and pop singer.

• Kevin Kline

  American actor and director.

• Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
• Richard Dreyfuss

  American actor who rose to prominence in the early '70s in a wide range of roles.

• Mariska Veres

  Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (Born 1947).

• Francis Perrin
• Luc Jouret

  Belgian-Canadian cultist, born in Zaire, the charismatic leader of the Solar Temple Order.

• Deidre Hall

  American actress who was one of the most popular actresses in daytime soaps during the '80s, playing Dr. Marlena Evans in "Days of Our...

• Ann Widdecombe

  British politician, a Member of Parliament returned at General election 6/11/1987 with the Conservative Party, Maidstone district.

• Bruno Masure
• Christian Dingler
• Stephen Collins

  American actor singer and director.

• Michèle Bernard

  French singer-songwriter.

• Josée Dayan
• Laura Nyro

  American singer-songwriter, Nyro began her song-writing career early.

• Jérôme Deschamps

  French actor, director and stage author, as well as a cinema actor and director associated with the Famille Deschiens troupe founded by...

• Coline Serreau

  French actress, film director and writer.

• David Zucker

  American film producer, director, screenwriter and actor, who produced and directed hugely successful comedies in the '80s and '90s that...

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Famous Deaths

• Max KEL Planck

  German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918).

• Leevi Antti Madetoya

  Composer, dies at 60.

• Theodore Samuel Holland

  Composer, dies at 69.

• Felix Salten [Siegmund Salzmann]

  Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78.

• Sydney Webb

  England, writer / husband of Beatrice Potter.

• Canon Edwin Sidney Savage

  English rector (Born 1862).

• Frances Cleveland Preston

  former first lady (USA), dies in Baltimore, Maryland at age 83.

• Peter D Ouspensky

  Russian mathematician and philosopher (Born 1878).

• Leevi Madetoja

  Finnish composer and critic (d. 1947).

• William Fay

  Irish actor and theatre producer (Born 1872).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra (Vocal Don Cornell) - An Apple Blossom Wedding
2. Elliot Lawrence & His Orchestra - Near You
3. Eddy Howard & His Orchestra - Kate (Have I Come Too Early Too Late)
4. Louis Prima & His Orchestra - Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo)
5. Dinah Shore - I Wish I Didn't Love You So