WHAT HAPPENED IN 1947.
Look what happened the 1947.

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

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

The United States Air Force becomes an independent branch of the United States armed forces. (18. September 1947)

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

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

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

The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time. (1. October 1947)

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

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

Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists. (24. October 1947)

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

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded. (30. October 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)

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

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

The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath. (17. November 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)

The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand. (18. November 1947)