WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1947
Find out what all happened August to November 1947

Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948). (6. November 1947)

Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine. (29. November 1947)

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

First case of a computer bug being found: a moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University. (9. September 1947)

A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found for over 50 years. (2. August 1947)

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

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

The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu agrees to allow his kingdom to join India. (26. October 1947)

American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century. (17. November 1947)

Captain Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, the Glamorous Glennis, faster than the speed of sound - over the high desert of Southern California - and becomes the first pilot and the first airplane to do so in level flight. (14. October 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)

The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman. (5. October 1947)

The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years. (20. October 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)

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

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

The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles. (13. November 1947)

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations. (30. September 1947)