WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1947
Find out what all happened September to December 1947

New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom. (25. November 1947)

Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. (25. November 1947)

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

United States of America and Islamic Republic of Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time. (20. October 1947)

In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built. (2. November 1947)

First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber. (17. December 1947)

Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists. (24. October 1947)

The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time. (1. October 1947)

Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077. (15. September 1947)

William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor. (16. December 1947)

King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania. (30. December 1947)

The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath. (17. November 1947)

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded. (30. October 1947)

The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London. (20. November 1947)

1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel. (30. November 1947)

The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces. (18. September 1947)

Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of Real Madrid C.F., staged its first football match. (14. December 1947)

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

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

The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories. (23. December 1947)