WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1947
Find out what all happened June to December 1947

The Constitution of the Republic of China goes into effect. (25. December 1947)

Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. (14. August 1947)

The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated. (6. December 1947)

Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948). (6. November 1947)

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. (26. July 1947)

Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed. (16. September 1947)

Captain Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, the Glamorous Glennis, faster than the speed of sound - over the high desert of Southern California - and becomes the first pilot and the first airplane to do so in level flight. (14. October 1947)

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

The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. (5. October 1947)

The Philippine Air Force is established. (1. July 1947)

The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time. (30. September 1947)

RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube. (15. September 1947)

Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine. (29. November 1947)

Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America. (7. August 1947)

Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. (2. December 1947)

The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years. (20. October 1947)

Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi. (15. August 1947)

The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath. (17. November 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)

The Constituent Assembly of Italy approves the Constitution of Italy. (22. December 1947)