WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JUNE 1947
Find out what all happened May to June 1947

Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. (24. June 1947)

Saab produces its first automobile. (10. June 1947)

Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano; 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded. (1. May 1947)

Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe. (5. June 1947)

Cold War: in an effort to fight the spread of Communism, the U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs an act into law that will later be called the Truman Doctrine. The act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece, each battling an internal Communist movement. (22. May 1947)

The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley Act. (23. June 1947)

The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published. (25. June 1947)