September 1947 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1947 New York Giants' 183-185 home run of year breaks New York Yankees' mark of 182 in 1936.
• 03 Sep 1947 Philadelphia Athletics' Bill McCahan no-hits Washington Senators, 3-0.
• 07 Sep 1947 Battles between Hindus and Moslems in New Delhi
• 08 Sep 1947 British government sails Exodus with fugitives from Nazis
• 09 Sep 1947 First actual case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
• 10 Sep 1947 Hasan Saka forms the new government of Turkey. (16 th government)
• 12 Sep 1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games
• 13 Sep 1947 WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, PA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 14 Sep 1947 61st US Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont
• 15 Sep 1947 Yanks clinch pennant #15
• 16 Sep 1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH.
• 17 Sep 1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News
• 18 Sep 1947 National Security Act, passes
• 19 Sep 1947 Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of the Year.
• 22 Sep 1947 Dodgers clinch NL pennant
• 26 Sep 1947 Happy Chandler announces Ford and Gillette to sponsor World Series.
• 27 Sep 1947 Sweethearts closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 288 performances
• 29 Sep 1947 Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in New York
• 30 Sep 1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365 - 1st WS televised

Famous Birthday

• Stephen King

  American prolific writer and screenwriter.

• Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

  French journalist, a reporter with France-Inter, 1971-‘74, head of the political department, 1975-‘76, Assistant editor, 1976-‘83 and 8:00...

• Marc Bolan

  British rock musician, guitarist and vocalist, founder of "T-Rex" in late 1967.

• Cheryl Tiegs

  American model and cover girl, one of the first great supermodels of the '70s.

• Sam Neill

  North Ireland -- Actor (Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Piano).

• Meat Loaf

  American singer known as The Wild Man of Rock Opera.

• Jean-Michel Larqué

  French football player, midfielder, captain of the prestigious A.S.

• Mia Martini

  Italian pop singer, songwriter and sister of rock singer Loredana Berte.

• Philippe Lavil

  French singer and TV presenter of aristocratic descent, coming from Martinique.

• Mario Draghi

  Italian banker and economist.

• Lynn Anderson

  American vocalist, instrumental in extending the range of country-western.

• Jane Curtin

  American actress and comedienne who gained fame on TV's "Saturday Night Live.

• Francine Racette
• Mary Kay Place
• John Foxx
• Gérard Houllier

  French football manager of the clubs Paris Saint-Germain, RC Lens, Liverpool (with whom he won the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup in 2001),...

• Marie-Thérèse Hermange
• Jean-Luc Boutté
• Russ Abbot

  English comedian actor and singer.

• John Zook

  American athlete, a pro football player and pro bowler.

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Famous Deaths

• Warren Zevon

  American singer-songwriter (Hindu Love Gods and lyme and cybelle) (d. 2003).

• Harry Rowe Shelley

  Composer, dies at 89.

• Fiorello H La Guardia

  (Mayor-R-NYC, 1933-45).

• Harry Carey Sr

  Actor / director (Red River, Sundown), dies at 69.

• Nikola Petkov

  Leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged.

• Paul Guthnick

  German astronomer, dies at 76.

• William B

  Davidson.

• Frederick Russell Burnham

  father of the international Scouting movement (Born 1861).

• Hugh Lofting

  English author and poet created Doctor Dolittle (d. 1947).

• Francisco Santiago

  Composer, dies at 58.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bing Crosby - Feudin' and Fightin'
2. Betty Hutton - I Wish I Didn't Love You So
3. Jack Owens - How Soon (Will I Be Seeing You)
4. Johnny Mercer - Sugar Blues
5. Alvino Rey & His Orchestra - Near You