January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of death February 23, 1947
The temperature on February 23, 1947 was between -12.3 °C and -2.5 °C and averaged -6.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
Day of burial February 25, 1947
The temperature on February 25, 1947 was between -12.4 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -5.5 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
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