WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1947
Find out what all happened March to December 1947

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

Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee. (10. July 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union. (6. July 1947)

The Supreme Court of Japan is established. (4. August 1947)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thirteen thousand troops sent by the Kuomintang government of China arrive in Taiwan after the 228 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement. (8. March 1947)

The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations. (1. March 1947)

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