WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JULY 1947
Find out what all happened May to July 1947

The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan. (4. July 1947)

The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union. (6. July 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 Roswell incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico. (7. July 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)

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)

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)

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

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

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

Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico. (8. July 1947)

Korean politician Yuh Woon-Hyung is assassinated. (19. 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)

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