WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1947
Find out what all happened January to June 1947

Texas City Disaster: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600. (16. April 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 International Monetary Fund begins financial operations. (1. March 1947)

Bernard Baruch coins the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union. (16. April 1947)

The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement. (6. April 1947)

Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar. (29. March 1947)

KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood, California. (22. January 1947)

An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111. (25. March 1947)

Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos becomes Prime Minister of Greece. (24. January 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)

Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line. (15. April 1947)

The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism. (12. March 1947)

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is founded. (23. February 1947)

Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II. (1. April 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 State of Prussia ceases to exist. (25. February 1947)

Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to prove that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia. (28. April 1947)

Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia. (10. February 1947)

Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time. (3. January 1947)

In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America. (21. February 1947)