February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
Day of death February 15, 1947
The temperature on February 15, 1947 was between -9.1 °C and -1.4 °C and averaged -5.8 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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