WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1947
Find out what all happened February to November 1947

Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II. (1. April 1947)

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

The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. (9. April 1947)

The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States under the National Security Act. (18. September 1947)

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

The Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and 6 of his cabinet and 2 non-cabinet members are assassinated by Galon U Saw. (19. July 1947)

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

Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico. (8. July 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)

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

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)

The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union. (6. July 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 Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations. (30. September 1947)

The Radcliffe Line, the border between Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed. (17. August 1947)

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

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

The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France. (11. July 1947)

In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed the Hoover Dam a second time. (30. April 1947)