| Events of 1947 |
| Date |
Event |
| Jan 01, 1947 |
Britain nationalizes coal mines |
| Feb 10, 1947 |
Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris |
| Mar 04, 1947 |
Soviet Union rejects U.S. plan for UN atomic-energy control |
| Mar 12, 1947 |
Truman proposes Truman Doctrine, which was to aid Greece and Turkey in resisting communist expansion |
| Mar 15, 1947 |
The Truman Doctrine is passed by the U.S. Congress, granting $400 million in aid to Greece and Turkey to battle Communist terrorism. President Harry S. Truman implements the act on May 22. |
| Apr 02, 1947 |
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves the trusteeship of Pacific Islands formerly controlled by Japan to the United States. |
| Apr 25, 1947 |
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is established by President Harry Truman along the Little Missouri River and scenic badlands of North Dakota. |
| Apr 15, 1947 |
Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball's barrier against colored players when he debuts at first base for Branch Rickey's Brooklyn Dodgers. |
| Jun 05, 1947 |
Secretary of State George C. Marshall proposes aid extension to European nations for war recovery, known as the Marshall Plan, which would lead to Congressional approval of $12 billion over the following four years. |
| Jun 20, 1947 |
President Harry S. Truman vetoes the Taft-Hartley Labor Act that would have curbed strikes, only to be overridden by Congress on June 23. |
| Jun , 1947 |
Marshall Plan for European recovery proposed—a coordinated program to help European nations recover from ravages of war (By the time it ended in 1951, this “European Recovery Program” had cost $13 billion.) |
| Aug 15, 1947 |
India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain |
| Oct 14, 1947 |
U.S. Air Force pilot Chuck Yeager becomes first person to break the sound barrier |
| , 1947 |
Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers. |
| , 1947 |
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl published. |
