1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Seven (Item)
In North Florida, the coast was hit by abnormally high tides, after previously experiencing above normal tides for more than a week. The storm spawned a tornado in Jacksonville that was on the ground for about 0.75 mi (1.21 km). The twister crossed a wartime housing project, a trailer park, and a business section of town. Twenty-eight trailers were flipped over or smashed against each other, while the dwellings in the housing project were deroofed. The walls and interiors of some stores in a four block area were damaged. Trees and automobiles also suffered damage. Overall, the tornado left $100,000 in damage, 40 people homeless, and at least 13 injured persons.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Eight
A low pressure area detached from a cold front and developed into a tropical depression on October 8, about 710 mi (1,140 km) southwest of Flores Island in the Azores. Moving slowly northeastward, the cyclone strengthened, despite relatively cool air and sea surface temperatures, with sustained winds reaching 60 mph (95 km/h) later that day. Early on October 9, the system curved east-northeastward. The following day, a ship observed a barometric pressure of 1,001 mbar (29.6 inHg), the lowest pressure associated with the storm. By early on October 11, the system was absorbed by an extratropical cyclone about 150 mi (240 km) west-southwest of Flores Island.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine (King)
A tropical depression was detected off the coast of Nicaragua on October 8. The depression drifted northward, becoming Tropical Storm King the next day. The tropical storm then passed over the western tip of Cuba, producing a peak wind gust of 57 mph (92 km/h). King strengthened over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico to attain hurricane status on October 11. After brushing the Florida Keys, the hurricane made landfall near Cape Sable, Florida on October 12 with winds of 90 mph (140 km/h) and a central pressure of about 975 mbar (28.79 inHg).


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine (King)
The hurricane moved offshore near Pompano Beach and later turned back to the west, toward the Southeastern United States. The storm strengthened as it turned to the west, and on October 15, King made its final landfall near the Georgia–South Carolina state line as a Category 2 hurricane. After moving inland, King quickly weakened to a tropical storm and then a tropical depression early on October 16, before dissipating over Alabama later that day.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine (King)
The hurricane was noted for the first time hurricane seeding was conducted in the Atlantic basin by the United States Weather Bureau through an operation called Project Cirrus. A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress dropped 80 lb (36 kg) of dry ice onto the storm from 500 ft (150 m) above its cloudtop after it had moved 350 mi (560 km) off Jacksonville, Florida. Shortly afterward, the storm reversed course and headed for Savannah. The scientists conducting the experiment believed they had caused this change, but a 1906 hurricane followed a similar path.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine (King)
An airport in south Florida recorded peak winds of 80 mph (130 km/h). The hurricane dropped 5–13 in (130–330 mm) of rain across central and southern part of the state, including in Hialeah where the storm produced 3.6 in (91 mm) in a one-hour period and over 6 in (150 mm) in a 75-minute period. The flooding rains left many neighborhoods in up to six feet of water due to a previously wet summer, and left over 2,000 Miami-Dade County residents homeless.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine (King)
The flooding also closed Route 1 from Miami to Fort Lauderdale, as well as a highway to Everglades City. The hurricane spawned a tornado in both Coral Gables and Miami, one of which destroyed three warehouses. Following the passage of the hurricane, Hialeah mayor Henry Milander declared a state of emergency and restricted access to the city. In Miami, many residents had to use boats and rafts to survey the damage and look for survivors, due to the flooding. Winds in Georgia peaked at 85 mph (135 km/h) in Savannah.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine (King)
Elsewhere in the state, the storm caused $500,000 in damage, mainly due to a tornado that touched down near Hinesville. Tides 12 ft (3.7 m) above normal were reported from Georgia to South Carolina. The high tides in Charleston, South Carolina, caused minor beach erosion and isolated street flooding, and one person was killed there by a falling tree. In North Carolina, the high tides caused minor flooding. Overall, the hurricane caused about $20 million in damage.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ten (Love)
The tenth and final tropical storm of the season likely developed from a tropical wave just north of the Leeward Islands early on October 17. The storm, designated as "Love" in real time by the United States Air Force, moved west-northwestward and re-curved to the northwest, avoiding landfall in the Leeward Islands, the Greater Antilles, and the Bahamas. Around 06:00 UTC on October 18, Love intensified into a Category 1 hurricane, shortly before beginning to move northward. Early the following day, the cyclone strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane while re-curving to the north-northeast.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ten (Love)
Upon reaching Category 3 intensity around 12:00 UTC on October 19, Love became the second major hurricane of the season. About six hours later, the storm attained maximum sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h), estimated based on averaging-out sustained wind speeds by a reconnaissance aircraft. On October 19, Hurricane Love became the first storm to be flown into at the low-levels by the 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ten (Love)
Around 12:00 UTC on October 20, the hurricane passed close to Bermuda. The island reported sustained winds of 100 mph (160 km/h) and gusts up to 126 mph (203 km/h). Winds downed many tree limbs and damaged crops, especially bananas and tomatoes. Winds also toppled electrical and telephone wires, leaving Hamilton without those services for several days. Ten buildings were destroyed, though little damage occurred to structures with Bermuda's standard building codes. The hurricane sank 11 boats in the vicinity of the island. Overall, 10 people were injured and damaged totaled over $1 million.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ten (Love)
Late on October 20, a reconnaissance aircraft flight observed a barometric pressure of 961 mbar (28.4 inHg), the lowest in association with the hurricane. Early the following day, Love weakened to a Category 2 hurricane. The cyclone then accelerated and curved east-northeastward late on October 21. At 00:00 UTC on October 22, the storm weakened to a Category 1 hurricane and transitioned into an extratropical cyclone about six hours later while situated about 575 mi (925 km) southeast of Newfoundland. The remnants were soon absorbed by a larger extratropical storm.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
Several other tropical depressions developed throughout the season. The first formed over the Bay of Campeche near the southeast coast of Mexico by June 13. By the following day, the depression either dissipated over moved rapidly northeastward ahead of a cold front and was last noted in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. On September 1, another tropical depression formed offshore The Carolinas from a low pressure area that detached from a frontal system. The depression moved northward and merged with another frontal system on the following day.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
A tropical wave developed into a tropical depression south of the Capo Verde Islands on September 15. The depression tracked slowly west-northwestward for several days, before turning northeastward on September 23. Thereafter, the depression began moving erratically, with multiple small cyclonic loops from September 24 to September 28, before curving northward and then northeastward. By September 30, the depression became extratropical while well southwest of the Azores. The next tropical depression developed from a low which formed along either a trough or decaying front to the northeast of the Lesser Antilleson October 25.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
However, the depression transitioned into an extratropical cyclone by the following day. The final tropical cyclone of the season developed just north of Martinique on November 28. The depression moved westward and then curved northwestward, passing near the eastern tip of the Dominican Republic on November 30. Early the following day, the depression was absorbed by a cold front to the northeast of the Turks and Caicos Islands.


1947 Atlantic hurricane season, Storm names
This was the first season in which the Air Weather Service began assigning names to tropical cyclones using the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet. However, the use of these names were limited to internal communications between weather centers and aircraft, not in public bulletins. The names are also not listed in HURDAT. Names that were not assigned are marked in gray. The following names were used:


1947 Auburn Tigers football team
The 1947 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1947 college football season. It was the Tigers' 56th overall and 15th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Carl M. Voyles, in his fourth year, and played their home games at Cliff Hare Stadium in Auburn, the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery and Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. They finished the season with a record of two wins and seven losses (2–7 overall, 1–5 in the SEC).


1947 Auckland City mayoral election
The 1947 Auckland City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1947, elections were held for the Mayor of Auckland plus other local government positions including twenty-one city councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1947 Australian Championships
The 1947 Australian Championships was a tennis tournament that took place on outdoor Grass courts at the White City Tennis Club, Sydney, Australia from 18 January to 27 January. It was the 35th edition of the Australian Championships (now known as the Australian Open), the 10th held in Sydney, and the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. The singles titles were won by Australians Dinny Pails and Nancye Wynne Bolton.


1947 Australian Championships, Finals, Men's Singles
Dinny Pails defeated  John Bromwich  4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6


1947 Australian Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
John Bromwich /  Adrian Quist defeated  Frank Sedgman /  George Worthington 6–1, 6–3, 6–1


1947 Australian Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Thelma Coyne Long /  Nancye Wynne Bolton defeated  Mary Bevis /  Joyce Fitch 6–3, 6–3


1947 Australian Championships, Finals, Mixed Doubles
Nancye Wynne Bolton /  Colin Long defeated  Joyce Fitch /  John Bromwich 6–3, 6–3


1947 Australian Championships – Men's Singles
Dinny Pails defeated John Bromwich 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 8–6 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1947 Australian Championships.


1947 Australian Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Dinny Pails is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1947 Australian Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Nancye Bolton defeated Nell Hopman 6–3, 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1947 Australian Championships.


1947 Australian Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Nancye Bolton is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1947 Australian Grand Prix
The 1947 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula Libre motor race held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia on 6 October 1947. The race, which had 22 starters, was held over 38 laps of the six kilometre circuit, for a total race distance of 241 kilometres.


1947 Australian Grand Prix
It was the twelfth Australian Grand Prix and the first to have been held after the conclusion of World War II. Racing in Australia resumed in 1946, but it took until 1947 for a group, in this case the Australian Sporting Car Club, to take on the running of the Grand Prix. Police opposition to racing at Mount Panorama led to the postponement of the race from Easter to October.


1947 Australian Grand Prix
The race, a handicap event as was the tradition in the immediate post-war period, was won by Bill Murray racing his MG TC. Murray took the lead on the last lap of the race after a tyre failure on Ray Mitchell's Jeep/Ford Special caused the race leader to slow dramatically. Mitchell limped home for fourth position. Future Grand Prix stars also passed Mitchell, second was taken by Dick Bland in his Mercury Special. Bland would claim two more podiums over the four years but a win would be elusive.


1947 Australian Grand Prix
Third was taken by Lex Davison driving a 7.6 litre Mercedes-Benz SSK 38/250. Davison would go on to become the Grand Prix's most prolific winner, even though his career would be cut short by his death at Sandown in 1965, Davison would win the race four times. Davison also completed the race in the shortest time, a prelude to the future of the race over the next decade and a half.


1947 Australian Grand Prix
Alf Barrett (Alfa Romeo Monza) started the race from scratch, 37 minutes after the first starter, Les Burrows (MG J2). Barrett retired on lap 29 with valve trouble, having earlier set the fastest lap of the race at 3 minutes 6 seconds. He also achieved the fastest speed of 123.5 mph through the flying quarter-mile.


1947 Australian Grand Prix
The Under 1500cc Championship was awarded to Alf Najar and the Over 1500cc Championship to Lex Davison, both titles being decided on net race time, disregarding handicaps.


1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash
On February 15, 1947, an Avianca Douglas DC-4 registered C-114 crashed into Mount El Tablazo en route from Barranquilla to Bogotá, Colombia, killing all 53 people on board.


1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash
Mount El Tablazo was shrouded in fog when, at 12:18 local time, the aircraft crashed into it at an elevation of about 10,500 feet. The cause of the crash was determined to be pilot error, with the crew deviating from the designated airway and flying below a safe altitude.


1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash
At the time, the crash was the worst commercial airline crash in history,   eventually matched by the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 near Baltimore three months later. Several Colombian professional soccer players from Barranquilla perished in the crash, including Romelio Martínez, after whom Barranquilla's municipal stadium was renamed years later.


1947 Avon by-election
The 1947 Avon by-election was a by-election held during the 28th New Zealand Parliament in the Christchurch electorate of Avon. The by-election occurred following the death of MP Dan Sullivan and was won by John Mathison.


1947 Avon by-election, Background
Dan Sullivan, who was first elected to represent Avon for the Labour Party in 1919, died on 8 April 1947. This triggered the Avon by-election, which occurred on 28 May 1947.


1947 Avon by-election, Background
John Mathison was the candidate for the Labour Party. He was selected over five other aspirants; Nurse A. Mackwell, A. J. Jones, Archie Grant, George Manning and Alan Williams.


1947 Avon by-election, Background
Robert Alexander McDowell was the candidate for the National Party and John Ramby Robertson was an independent candidate. Robertson was a member of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) but his nomination was refused endorsement by DLP leader John A. Lee. Robertson had stood unsuccessfully as a DLP candidate for the Christchurch City Council in 1944.


1947 BAA Finals
The 1947 BAA Finals was the championship round of playoffs following the inaugural Basketball Association of America (BAA)'s 1946–47 season. The Philadelphia Warriors of the Eastern Division faced the Chicago Stags of the Western Division for the inaugural championship, with Philadelphia having home court advantage. Hall of Fame inductee Joe Fulks played for the Warriors in the series.


1947 BAA Finals, Background
Philadelphia was not the Eastern Division champion but advanced to the championship round by winning a four-team playoff among the Eastern and Western Division runners-up. Meanwhile, the Eastern and Western Division champions, Washington Capitols and Cleveland Rebels, played one long series to determine the other finalist, a best-of-seven series that Chicago won 4–2. In the runners-up bracket, Philadelphia and New York from the East had first eliminated St. Louis and Chicago from the West, then faced each other, all in best-of-three series. The format was repeated in 1948, and generated another champion from the runners-up bracket.


1947 BAA Finals, Background
The five games of the final series were played in seven days, with no days off between consecutive games in the same city (twice). Division champions Washington and Chicago had played the six games of their semifinal series from April 2 to 13, although they too took no days off between consecutive games in the same city (twice). In total, the entire playoff tournament lasted a total of 20 days.


1947 BAA Finals, Background
This would be the Stags only appearance in the Finals; the franchise would fold three years later. It would be another 44 years before a Chicago club played for a pro basketball championship, when the Chicago Bulls won the 1991 NBA Finals.


1947 BAA Finals, Series summary, Game 1
Around 7,900 people attended Game 1. The Warriors led at halftime 34–20. Joe Fulks then scored 29 points in the second half, including 21 in the fourth quarter. Angelo Musi, a guard out of Temple University, scored 19 points himself for Philadelphia as well. The Stags took an astounding 129 shots, but only knocked down 26 of them, a 20.2 shooting percentage which made it easy for the Warriors to win, 84–71.


1947 BAA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
Fulks was not the scorer he was in Game 1, but he did not have to be, because five other Warrior players scored in double figures, including 18 points from forward Howie Dallmar and 16 from guard Jerry Fleishman. Chicago did take a brief 69-68 lead until Philadelphia center Art Hillhouse came alive in the fourth quarter. He scored 7 out of the last 10 points for the Warriors, en route to a second Philadelphia win, 85–74.


1947 BAA Finals, Series summary, Game 5
With less than a minute remaining, Howie Dallmar snapped an 80–80 tie by nailing a jump shot to seal the very first championship for the Warriors.


1947 BAA draft
The 1947 BAA draft was the inaugural draft of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), which later became the National Basketball Association (NBA). The fledgling BAA held a joint draft with the established National Basketball League (NBL). Both leagues wanted to control salaries by stamping out competitive bidding by assigning exclusive rights to the team selecting a player. The NBL had already signed 11 players, whom they did not feel should be exposed to the draft. The players included college stars Jack Smiley, Ralph Hamilton, Harry Boykoff, John Hargis, Frank Brian, and Charlie Black. As a trade-off, the BAA teams were allowed to select players before the NBL.


1947 BAA draft
The draft was held on July 1, 1947, before the 1947–48 season. The nine remaining BAA teams along with the Baltimore Bullets who joined from the American Basketball League, took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players. In the first round of the draft, the teams selected in reverse order of their win–loss record in the previous season, while the Bullets were assigned the tenth pick, the last pick of the first round. Both the Pittsburgh Ironmen and Toronto Huskies participated in this draft, but they folded before the season opened.


1947 BAA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
The first selection of the draft, Clifton McNeely from Texas Wesleyan University, did not play in the BAA. Instead, McNeely opted for a high school coaching career in Texas. The fourth pick, Walt Dropo, also did not play in the BAA and opted for a professional baseball career instead, eventually playing 13 seasons in the Major League Baseball (MLB). The 7th and 10th picks, Jack Underman and Larry Killick, also never played in the BAA. Three players from this draft, Harry Gallatin, Andy Phillip and Jim Pollard, have been inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame.


1947 BAA draft, Draft selections and draftee career notes
Wataru Misaka, selected by the New York Knicks, made the team's final roster and became the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball, just months after the Major League Baseball color line had been broken by the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson. Misaka was cut after playing only three games with the team.


1947 BAA draft, Other picks
The following list includes other draft picks who have appeared in at least one BAA/NBA game.


1947 BAA draft, Notable undrafted players
These players were not selected in the 1947 draft, but played at least one game in the NBA.


1947 BAA playoffs
The 1947 BAA playoffs was the postseason tournament that followed the inaugural Basketball Association of America 1946–47 season. After its 1948–49 season, the BAA merged with the older National Basketball League to create the National Basketball Association or NBA. The tournament concluded with the Philadelphia Warriors defeating the Chicago Stags, 4 games to 1, in the BAA Finals.


1947 BAA playoffs
The six qualified teams all began tournament play on Wednesday, April 2, and the Finals concluded on Tuesday, April 22. Philadelphia and Chicago played 10 and 11 games in the span of 21 days but their final series was compact, five games in seven days.


1947 BAA playoffs, Bracket
There were no byes. Western and Eastern champions Chicago and Washington immediately played a long semifinal series with Washington having home-court advantage. Chicago won the sixth game in Washington one day before Philadelphia concluded its two short series with other runners-up.


1947 BAA playoffs, First Round, (E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W2) St. Louis Bombers
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1947 BAA playoffs, First Round, (E3) New York Knicks vs. (W3) Cleveland Rebels
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1947 BAA playoffs, BAA Semifinals, (E1) Washington Capitols vs. (W1) Chicago Stags
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1947 BAA playoffs, BAA Semifinals, (E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (E3) New York Knicks
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1947 BAA playoffs, BAA Finals: (E2) Philadelphia Warriors vs. (W1) Chicago Stags
This was the first playoff meeting between these two teams.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash
The 1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 Crash occurred on 11 January 1947 when Douglas C-47A G-AGJX of British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) crashed into a hill at Stowting, Kent, in southeast England, killing five people outright, with a further three dying from injuries received. The aircraft had been operating a scheduled international flight to West Africa via France. Poor weather caused the aircraft to attempt to divert. After attempts to land at a number of French airports, the pilot decided to return to the United Kingdom as he was running short of fuel. The aircraft crashed while attempting to land at Lympne Airport.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Aircraft
The accident aircraft was Douglas C-47A G-AGJX, c/n 12014. The aircraft was built in 1942 and served with the United States Army Air Forces as 42-92236. It was later transferred to the Royal Air Force as FL604. On 7 July 1944, it was sold to BOAC and registered G-AGJX. At the time of the accident, the aircraft had flown for 3,898 hours. It had been overhauled the previous month, and a new certificate of airworthiness had been issued on 31 December 1946.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
The aircraft was operating a scheduled international flight from London Heathrow to West Africa, with a stopover at Bordeaux. Both captain and first officer were operating their first operational flight since the previous summer.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
The aircraft took off from Heathrow at 09:48 GMT. At 12:09, the aircraft was 4th in line to land at Bordeaux. At 12:28, a weather report for Bordeaux was transmitted to the aircraft. This stated "Visibility 1500 metres, 10/10 60–100 metres, WSW 20 km, Q.F.E. 1007.6". The direction of landing was given as 235°. By 12:30, the aircraft was next in line to land. At 1240, priority was given to a Royal Air Force Avro York, which was flying on only three engines. The aircraft was ordered to fly a circuit of the airfield while the York landed.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
At 1254, the York landed, but had to backtrack along the runway because the perimeter track was unserviceable. At 12:58, the captain asked for the weather at Toulouse. At 12:59, the weather at Toulouse was sent to the aircraft. This stated "Ceiling 300 metres, visibility 2 km, wind E 10 km". With this report, the captain was informed that he was next in line to land at Bordeaux. The captain then told air traffic control that he was diverting because the weather was below the minimum conditions permissible and asked for the weather at Toulouse.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
In evidence given to the enquiry, this was corroborated by the crew of British European Airways Dakota G-AGZX, which confirmed that the Toulouse weather was asked for. However, the radio operator recorded in his logbook "1300 hrs, set course for London". The aircraft turned on a heading back to England but then changed course for Paris. At 13:08, the weather at Bordeaux had deteriorated and the Q.G.O. message was sent to the aircraft, indicating that it was now prohibited from landing at Bordeaux.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
The listed alternates for Bordeaux were Toulouse and Marignane, although the aircraft was not carrying airfield information for either. At 13:13, a message was sent by radio to Air Traffic Control (ATC) at Gloucester that the aircraft was returning to London. Pieces of paper found in the wreckage of the aircraft stated "E.T.A. London 15:18" and "E.T.A. Le Bourget 14:43". At 13:30, the aircraft changed course for Le Bourget. The captain then contacted Le Bourget and asked for the weather report.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
Gloucester were not informed of the change in plan until 14:06 when a message was sent that the aircraft was diverting to Le Bourged as the fuel reserve was inadequate to reach London. Some time between 14:10 and 14:15, the captain reported to Gloucester that his endurance was 1 hour 20 minutes and his position was . E.T.A.at Le Bourget was 14:45. At 14:14, Gloucester contacted ATC at Uxbridge and reported that the aircraft was diverting to Le Bourget short of fuel, and requested that the message was passed on to Orly Airport. Orly contacted Le Bourget and requested that the aircraft be given priority for landing.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
At 14:34, the captain called Le Bourget and gave his E.T.A. as 14:40, with an endurance of only 45 minutes. At 14:45, Le Bourget suggested that the aircraft land at Cormeilles. Le Bourget had a thunderstorm at the time. The aircraft was not carrying any information about Cormeilles, although BOAC had been informed of the airfield's suitability as an alternative landing site in the Paris area in a translation of a French notice to airmen dated 21 October 1946.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
The radio operator was unable to raise Cormeilles by radio, partly because he was using the wrong callsign of HTU (Morse · · · ·  —  · · —  · — ) instead of HXA (Morse · · · ·  —  · · —  · ). Cormeilles was handling a de Havilland Dragon Rapide at the time, and could only handle one aircraft at a time by radio. The Dragon Rapide was G-AGWC, which was on a flight from Basle Airport, Switzerland and was also short of fuel. At 15:07, Cormeilles tried to make contact with the aircraft.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
At 15:14, contact was established and the captain erroneously stated that his endurance was five minutes. At 15:15, a Q.D.M. was asked for from Cormeilles, which was given as 219°. Cormeilles reported that the Q.S.A. was 1. The report concluded that the aircraft had set course for England at or shortly after 15:00.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
On entering the cockpit, a steward was told that the aircraft may divert to RAF Manston, which was equipped with FIDO. At 15:24, the aircraft contacted RAF Manston and asked for the weather report. Manston had difficulty communicating with the aircraft, which should have been communicating via Uxbridge ATC. It was not until 15:45 that Manston was able to locate the aircraft's position, which was then 9 miles (14 km) south east of Cap Gris Nez. At 15:52, the captain told Lympne that he had only 25 minutes fuel remaining.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
A PAN call was made at 15:58, followed by an SOS call at 16:02, giving the aircraft's position as . A further SOS call was made between 16:03 and 16:04 was abruptly curtailed. This was caused by the trailing aerial hitting the ground and breaking off some 2 miles (3.2 km) before the aircraft crashed.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, The flight
The SOS had been received by both Manston and Uxbridge and lifeboats from Deal, Dungeness and Ramsgate were called out. A Belgian Dakota was asked to keep a lookout. Two Avro Ansons from RAF Thorney Island were also despatched to join the search.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Accident and aftermath
While attempting to land at Lympne, at 16:06, the aircraft crashed into Barley Hill, Hammond's Farm, Stowting, Kent. The aircraft struck the ground at a shallow angle and then bounced for 50 yards (46 m) before crashing into trees. Due to the empty fuel tanks, there was no post-crash fire. The forward fuselage as far back as the cabin door was torn open. The starboard side of the fuselage was also torn open when the aircraft swung violently to port. The tail of the aircraft was largely undamaged. All seats were torn from their anchorages in the floor of the aircraft, although seatbelts remained fastened. Two crew and three passengers were killed in the crash, which was the first for BOAC since 1944.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Accident and aftermath
The alarm was raised by a telephone call to police at Ashford from an officer at Lyminge, which was received at 16:20, followed a few minutes later by another call from an officer at Folkestone. At 17:12, the wreckage was reported as having been located. Villagers from Stowting assisted in the rescue. Ambulances from Ashford, Canterbury, Folkestone and Hythe attended. The injured were taken to Willesborough Hospital. The first of the injured arrived at hospital at 18:00 and all the dead and injured had been extracted from the wreckage of the aircraft by 19:00.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Accident and aftermath
One of the injured crew died on 12 January. Among the injured was Tom Horabin, MP. Another of the injured crew was transferred to the Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, where he died on 14 January. The death of a passenger on 15 January brought the final toll to eight killed.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Accident and aftermath
An inquest was opened on 13 January at Ashford. It was adjourned until 3 February. After a further adjournment, it concluded on 28 May 1947. A verdict of "accidental death" was returned on each of the victims.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Investigation
A preliminary investigation into the accident was opened on 13 January by the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The investigation was chaired by Lord Nathan, who stated that he was considering whether or not a public enquiry should be held into the accident. In its 16 January 1947 issue, Flight magazine called for a public enquiry to be held. That day, it was announced that a Public Inquiry would be held.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Investigation
The Public Inquiry opened on 23 January. Air Commodore Vernon Brown was in charge. He stated that the object of the inquiry was not to lay blame, but to discover facts. It was a normal Accidents Investigation Branch inquiry into an accident, with the exception that it was not being held in camera on the instructions of Lord Nathan. There would be no cross-examination of witnesses. The French authorities had co-operated by providing relevant evidence and Max Hymans, head of the Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile represented the French Government along with other officials.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Investigation
The inquiry was closed on 27 January, concluding that mechanical failure was not the cause of the accident. Liaison between British and French authorities was an area of concern. On 29 January, Edward Smith MP asked in Parliament why the inquiry was taking place when not all the survivors were fit enough to give evidence. In a written answer, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Civil Aviation George Lindgren replied that statements had been taken from nearly all survivors and that it was felt to be in the public interest to proceed without delay.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Investigation
On 14 February, the inquiry was reopened to hear new evidence. The final report into the accident was published on 7 May. It was established that there was nothing mechanically wrong with the aircraft at the time it crashed, although the engines were operating at idle power.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Investigation
A number of issues were raised, including the rostering of the crew, the captain's failure to ensure that he had all necessary navigational information, the captain's decision to divert to Le Bourget instead of returning straight to England, the inability of Cormeilles to handle two aircraft at once, and the captain's decision to return to England being made too late. Five recommendations were made as a result of the investigation.


1947 BOAC Douglas C-47 crash, Investigation
These were in relation to crewing, crew route familiarisation, provision of route information to crews, the ability of airfields to handle more than one aircraft at a time by radio and the introduction of new systems of working between the United Kingdom and France in respect of the control of air traffic and the hand-over of flights between the two countries. The latter was reported as already being under consideration at the time the report was published.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident
On 2 August 1947, Star Dust, a British South American Airways (BSAA) Avro Lancastrian airliner on a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, crashed into Mount Tupungato, in the Argentine Andes. An extensive search operation failed to locate the wreckage, despite covering the area of the crash site, and the fate of the aircraft and its occupants remained unknown for over 50 years, giving rise to various conspiracy theories about its disappearance.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident
In the late 1990s, pieces of wreckage from the missing aircraft began to emerge from the glacial ice. It is now believed that the crew became confused as to their exact location while flying at high altitudes through the (then poorly understood) jet stream. Mistakenly believing they had already cleared the mountain tops, they started their descent when they were in fact still behind cloud-covered peaks, and Star Dust crashed into Mount Tupungato, killing all aboard and burying itself in snow and ice.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident
The last word in Star Dust's final Morse code transmission to Santiago airport, "STENDEC", was received by the airport control tower four minutes before its planned landing and repeated twice; it has never been satisfactorily explained.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Background
The aircraft, an Avro 691 Lancastrian 3, was built as constructor's number 1280 for the Ministry of Supply to carry 13 passengers, and first flew on 27 November 1945. Its civil certificate of airworthiness (CofA) number 7282 was issued on 1 January 1946. It was delivered to BSAA on 12 January 1946, was registered on 16 January as G-AGWH and given the individual aircraft name "Star Dust".


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Background
Star Dust carried six passengers and a crew of five on its final flight. The captain, Reginald Cook, was an experienced Royal Air Force pilot with combat experience during World War II as were his first officer, Norman Hilton Cook, and second officer, Donald Checklin. Reginald Cook had been awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) and the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). The radio operator, Dennis Harmer, also had a record of wartime as well as civilian service. Iris Evans, who had previously served in the Women's Royal Naval Service ("Wrens") as a Chief Petty Officer was the flight attendant.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Background
Star Dust's last flight was the final leg of BSAA Flight CS59, which had started in London on an Avro York named Star Mist on 29 July 1947, landing in Buenos Aires on 1 August. The passengers were one woman and five men of Palestinian, Swiss, German and British nationality. One was a UK diplomatic courier, a King's Messenger. Marta Limpert, a German émigré, was the only passenger known for certain to have initially boarded Star Mist in London before changing aircraft in Buenos Aires to continue on to Santiago with the other passengers.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Disappearance
Star Dust left Buenos Aires at 1:46 PM on 2 August and was apparently uneventful until the radio operator (Harmer) sent a routine message in Morse code to the airport in Santiago at 5:41 PM, announcing an expected arrival of 5:45 PM. However, Star Dust never arrived, no more radio transmissions were received by the airport, and intensive efforts by both Chilean and Argentine search teams, as well as by other BSAA pilots, failed to uncover any trace of the aircraft or of the people on board. The head of BSAA, Air Vice Marshal Don Bennett, personally directed an unsuccessful five-day search.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Disappearance
A report by an amateur radio operator who claimed to have received a faint SOS signal from Star Dust initially raised hopes that there might have been survivors, but all subsequent attempts over the years to find the vanished aircraft failed.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Disappearance
In the absence of any hard evidence, numerous theories arose —including rumours of sabotage (compounded by the later disappearance of two other aircraft also belonging to British South American Airways); speculation that Star Dust might have been blown up to destroy diplomatic documents being carried by a passenger; or even the suggestion that Star Dust might have been taken or destroyed by a UFO (an idea fuelled by unresolved questions about the flight's final Morse code message).


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Discovery of wreckage and reconstruction of the crash
In 1998, two Argentine mountaineers climbing Mount Tupungato—about 60 mi (100 km) west-southwest of Mendoza, and about 50 mi (80 km) east of Santiago—found the wreckage of a Rolls-Royce Merlin aircraft engine, along with twisted pieces of metal and shreds of clothing, in the Tupungato Glacier at an elevation of 15,000 ft (4,600 m).


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Discovery of wreckage and reconstruction of the crash
In 2000, an Argentine Army expedition found additional wreckage—including a propeller and wheels (one of which had an intact and inflated tyre)—and noted that the wreckage was well localised, a fact which pointed to a head-on impact with the ground, and which also ruled out a mid-air explosion. Human remains were also recovered, including three torsos, a foot in an ankle boot and a manicured hand. By 2002, the bodies of five of the eight British victims had been identified through DNA testing.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Discovery of wreckage and reconstruction of the crash
A recovered propeller showed that the engine had been running at near-cruising speed at the time of the impact. Additionally, the condition of the wheels proved that the undercarriage was still retracted, suggesting controlled flight into terrain rather than an attempted emergency landing. During the final portion of Star Dust's flight, heavy clouds would have blocked visibility of the ground.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Discovery of wreckage and reconstruction of the crash
It has therefore been suggested that, in the absence of visual sightings of the ground due to the clouds, a large navigational error could have been made as the aircraft flew through the jet stream—a phenomenon not well understood in 1947, in which high-altitude winds can blow at high speed in directions different from those of winds observed at ground level. If the airliner, which had to cross the Andes mountain range at 24,000 feet (7,300 m), had entered the jet-stream zone—which in this area normally blows from the west and south-west, resulting in the aircraft encountering a headwind—this would have significantly decreased the aircraft's ground speed.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Discovery of wreckage and reconstruction of the crash
Mistakenly assuming their ground speed to be faster than it really was, the crew may have deduced that they had already safely crossed the Andes, and so commenced their descent to Santiago, whereas in fact they were still a considerable distance to the east-north-east and were approaching the cloud-shrouded Tupungato Glacier at high speed. Some BSAA pilots, however, have expressed scepticism at this theory; convinced that Cook would not have started his descent without a positive indication that he had crossed the mountains, they have suggested that strong winds may have brought down the craft in some other way. One of the pilots recalled that "we had all been warned not to enter cloud over the mountains as the turbulence and icing posed too great a threat."


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Discovery of wreckage and reconstruction of the crash
A set of events similar to those that doomed Star Dust also caused the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in 1972 (depicted in the film Alive), though there were survivors from that crash because it involved a glancing blow to a mountainside rather than a head-on collision.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Discovery of wreckage and reconstruction of the crash
Star Dust is likely to have flown into a nearly vertical snow field near the top of the glacier, causing an avalanche that buried the wreckage within seconds and concealed it from searchers. As the compressed snow turned to ice, the wreckage would have been incorporated into the body of the glacier, with fragments emerging many years later and much farther down the mountain. Between 1998 and 2000, about ten per cent of the total expected wreckage emerged from the glacier, prompting several re-examinations of the accident. More debris is expected to emerge in future, not only as a result of normal glacial motion, but also as the glacier melts.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, Discovery of wreckage and reconstruction of the crash
A 2000 Argentine Air Force investigation cleared Captain Cook of any blame, concluding that the crash had resulted from "a heavy snowstorm" and "very cloudy weather", as a result of which the crew "were unable to correct their positioning".


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, STENDEC
The last Morse code message sent by Star Dust was "ETA SANTIAGO 17.45 HRS STENDEC". The Chilean Air Force radio operator at the Santiago airport described this transmission as coming in "loud and clear" but very fast; as he did not recognise the last word, he requested clarification and heard "STENDEC" repeated twice in succession before contact with the aircraft was lost.. This word has not been definitively explained and has given rise to much speculation.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, STENDEC
The staff of the BBC television series Horizon—which presented an episode in 2000 on the Star Dust disappearance—received hundreds of messages from viewers proposing explanations of STENDEC. These included suggestions that the radio operator, possibly suffering from hypoxia, had scrambled the word DESCENT (of which STENDEC is an anagram); that STENDEC may have been the initials of some obscure phrase or that the airport radio operator had misheard the Morse code transmission despite it reportedly having been repeated multiple times.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, STENDEC
The Horizon staff concluded that, with the possible exception of some misunderstanding based on Morse code, none of these proposed solutions was plausible. It has also been suggested that WWII pilots used this seemingly obscure abbreviation when an aircraft was in hazardous weather and was likely to crash, meaning "Severe Turbulence Encountered, Now Descending Emergency Crash-landing". It is also known that all the crew including the flight attendant had prior WWII air service experience. However, this theory does not match with the rest of the message, which was reporting the flight's estimated arrival time.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, STENDEC
The simplest explanation put forward to date is that the spacing of the rapidly sent message was misheard or sloppily sent. In Morse code, determining accurate spacing between characters is vital to properly interpret the message; STENDEC uses exactly the same dot/dash sequence as SCTI AR (the four-letter code for Los Cerrillos airport Santiago, "over"). SCTI AR is a transmission that would have been expected to occur in the given context.


1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident, STENDEC
Alternatively, the Morse spelling for STENDEC is one character off from instead spelling VALP, the call sign for the airport at Valparaiso, 110 kilometers north of Santiago.


1947 BYU Cougars football team
The 1947 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1947 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled a 3–7 record (1–5 against conference opponents), finished seventh in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 182 to 168.


1947 Balkan Cup
The 1947 Balkan Cup, officially called the Balkan and Central European Championship, was played between May and October 1947 between Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Hungary. It was Hungary's first participation in the tournament (hence the name change), in which it won all the matches.


1947 Ball State Cardinals football team
The 1947 Ball State Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented Ball State Teachers College (later renamed Ball State University) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach John Magnabosco, the team compiled a 5–1–2 record.


1947 Baltimore Colts season
The 1947 Baltimore Colts season was their inaugural season in the AAFC. In their first season as a franchise, they finished last in their division, winning only two games.


1947 Baltimore Colts season
The team's statistical leaders included Bud Schwenk with 2,236 passing yards, Bus Mertes with 321 rushing yards, and Billy Hillenbrand with 702 receiving yards and 60 points scored.


1947 Baltimore mayoral election
The 1947 Baltimore mayoral election saw the election of Thomas D'Alesandro Jr.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1947 followed yet another round of reform. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) continued to vote by mail but the Hall of Fame Committee had revised the procedures for that election and reduced its historical jurisdiction relative to the Old-Timers Committee. The BBWAA now considered major league players retired no more than 25 years. The reform seemed to work, as it elected four: Mickey Cochrane, Frank Frisch, Lefty Grove, and Carl Hubbell.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
In the wake of the successful BBWAA election, and perhaps in deference to those critics who believed that the 21 selections by the Old-Timers Committee in the previous two years had been too many in such a short time, the Hall of Fame Committee did not meet in 1947 to make further selections from among the players of the era before 1922, or to add names to the Roll of Honor. It was believed, with some optimism, that further revisions in the election process were currently unnecessary.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
The new members of the Hall were formally inducted in Cooperstown, New York, on July 21, 1947, along with the previous year's 11 selections by the Old-Timers Committee, with National League president Ford Frick presiding. Ed Walsh, elected in 1946, was the only inductee to attend the ceremony; all four 1947 inductees were still living, as were four of the 1946 selectees.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Reform
After the January 1946 BBWAA election failed to elect any inductees, capping a seven-year period in which only one player had been elected, the Hall of Fame Committee concluded that the wide field of candidates from 1900 to the present was making it impossible for any single candidate to gain votes on 75% of all ballots. In response, the Committee selected at its April 1946 meeting eleven inductees, including most of the popular candidates from the era between 1900 and 1918; there was even some support on the committee for removing the BBWAA from the selection process entirely. There was a great deal of criticism regarding the committee's decision in this regard, as they had been understood to only have the capacity to select players from the 19th century; many observers believed the committee was infringing upon the BBWAA's jurisdiction over players of the 20th century.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Reform
The committee met again in December 1946, and formally revealed its previously unannounced decision that the jurisdictions of the BBWAA would no longer be defined by the fixed year 1900 receding into the past but by a fixed length of time from the present day, initially set at 25 years. Players who retired more than 25 years ago would be considered only by the Old-Timers Committee.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Eligibility revisions
The committee also revised the two-stage method by which the BBWAA election had been conducted in 1946. That year's election, which saw every candidate do less well on the final ballot than on the nominating ballot, led to the initial vote again becoming the main election. Whereas the 1946 system required a second ballot before electing a candidate, now a second runoff election featuring the top 20 candidates, with the potential to select no more than one player, would be held only if no candidate received votes from 75% of the writers in the first election. There was also no longer any minimum number of ballots required to make the election valid.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Eligibility revisions
The Hall of Fame Committee also instituted a change in the rules regarding eligibility of voters. Previously, all members of the BBWAA were permitted to cast ballots; however, it would now be necessary that a writer have been a BBWAA member for ten years before becoming eligible to vote. This resulted in fewer than half the BBWAA members casting ballots, and a 39% reduction in the number of ballots from the previous year.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Eligibility revisions
Members of the BBWAA now had the authority to select any players active in 1922 or later, provided they had not appeared in a major league game in 1946. Just as in the elections prior to 1946, voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. If no candidate received votes on 75% of the ballots, the top 20 candidates would advance to the runoff election, with the vote totals from the first ballot not being revealed until the runoff was over.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Eligibility revisions
In addition to many candidates becoming ineligible due to length of retirement, some players who had served in World War II and who had received votes in the 1945 and 1946 elections had now become ineligible once again as a result of appearing in major league games in 1946. Also, the previous year's creation of the Roll of Honor had reduced the incentive to vote for managers, as there was a question of whether they were to be considered for this separate honor.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Eligibility revisions
The reduction of the field of eligible candidates was considerable; the players elected by the Old-Timers Committee in 1946 had received 37% of the vote in the last BBWAA election, and had included 4 of the top 5 candidates. Players now ineligible due to retirement prior to the cutoff point accounted for an additional 14% of the 1946 vote, and players returning from WWII had received another 2%. Because less than half of the previous year's votes had been cast for those still eligible, hopes had increased that new inductees might at last be elected.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Election results
A total of 161 ballots were cast, with 1,559 individual votes for 39 specific candidates, an average of 9.68 per ballot; 121 votes were required for election. The results were announced in January 1947. For the first time in three elections and five years, the election was successful, electing four new inductees to the Hall; it was the largest group of inductees since the initial selections in 1936, and no runoff was necessary. The new system was hailed as a great success, and would be used with relatively minor revisions in the ensuing years.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Election results
The number of players receiving votes (39) was the lowest for any election yet, and barely half of the previous year's total (76). Very few players received votes who had not appeared in past voting, suggesting that with the new rules in effect, many voters focused on the previous year's results; with only weeks to complete their ballots, there was perhaps a limited effort to look for new candidates who had retired in the years between 1922 and 1945.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Election results
With precise historical records scarce, and little time to seek them, there may also have been some uncertainty regarding particular candidates as to whether they had retired before or after 1922. Chief Bender, who received 72 votes, had played his last regular season in 1917; he was technically still eligible due to a single inning pitched in 1925, though it is unknown whether voters were aware of this.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Election results
Bender had been - along with Mordecai Brown, an earlier figure who was more clearly now ineligible - one of only two pre-1920 candidates who received over 10% of the 1946 vote without being selected later by the Old-Timers Committee. Besides Bender, 4 other votes in the 1947 election also went to candidates retired slightly before 1922. With a reduced number of eligible voters, fewer candidates were named on only 1 or 2 ballots.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Election results
The trend of the past several years toward earlier players was now completely reversed; whereas players retired for well over 20 years had been receiving 60-70% of the vote, the 1947 election saw players retired for less than 13 years receive 73% of the vote. The top 9 candidates were all active in 1934 or later, and those who played their last season in the 1920s received only 16% of the vote.


1947 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, BBWAA election, Election results
The four candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics:


1947 Baylor Bears football team
The 1947 Baylor Bears football team was an American football team that represented Baylor University in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1947 college football season.


1947 Baylor Bears football team
In its first season under head coach Bob Woodruff, the team compiled a 5–5 record (1–5 against conference opponents), finished in last place in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 138 to 128. The team played its home games at Municipal Stadium in Waco, Texas. James W. Griffin was the team captain.


1947 Baylor Bears football team
The 1947 season featured great backs across the Southwest Conference. Baylor lost games to SMU (No. 3 in the final AP Poll) led by halfback Doak Walker; Texas (No. 5 in the final AP Poll) led by quarterback Bobby Layne; and Rice (No. 18 in the final AP Poll) led by quarterback Tobin Rote. It won against an Arkansas team led by halfback Clyde Scott who was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.


1947 Belgian Grand Prix
The 1947 Belgian Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 29 June 1947. The race was also known as the European Grand Prix.


1947 Belgian Grand Prix, Classification
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1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team
The 1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Bethune Cookman College as a member of the Southeastern Athletic Conference (SEAC) during the 1947 college football season. In their second season under head coach Bunky Matthews, the team compiled a 10–2 record, shut out eight of twelve opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 331 to 66. The team won the SEAC championship and was also ranked No. 2 among the nation's smaller black college football teams by the Pittsburgh Courier using the Dickinson Rating System. The team played its home games in Daytona Beach, Florida.


1947 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team
Bethune Cookman had a total enrollment of approximately 800 students in the fall of 1947.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season
The 1947 Big Nine Conference football season was the 52nd season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Nine Conference (also known as the Western Conference and the Big Ten Conference) and was a part of the 1947 college football season.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season
The 1947 Big Ten champion was Michigan. The Wolverines compiled a perfect 10–0 record, outscored its opponents by a combined total of 394 to 53, and defeated the USC Trojans by a score of 49 to 0 in the 1948 Rose Bowl game.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season
Michigan halfback Bob Chappuis led the conference with 1,395 yards of total offense, which was also the fourth best in the country. Chappuis also finished second in the voting for the 1947 Heisman Trophy, trailing Johnny Lujack by a tally of 742 votes to 555 votes, with both finishing ahead of Doak Walker and Bobby Layne.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season
Wisconsin finished in second place in the conference, led by sophomore halfback Jug Girard. Girard, a triple-threat man who also returned two punts for touchdowns, was the first conference player selected in the 1948 NFL Draft, being chosen by the Green Bay Packers with the seventh pick in the first round.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Results and team statistics
KeyAP final = Team's rank in the final AP Poll of the 1947 seasonAP high = Team's highest rank in the AP Poll throughout the 1947 seasonPPG = Average of points scored per gamePAG = Average of points allowed per gameMVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, September 20
On September 20, 1947, Iowa opened its season with a non-conference victory.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, September 27
On September 26 and 27, 1947, the Big Nine schools played one conference game and seven non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in five wins and two losses, bringing the conference's record in non-conference games to 6-3.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 4
On October 4, 1948, the Big Nine schools played three conference games and three non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in three wins, bringing the conference's record in non-conference games to 9-3.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 11
On October 11, 1947, the Big Nine football teams played two conference games and five non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in one win, three losses and one tie, bringing the conference's record in non-conference games to 10-6-1.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 18
On October 18, 1947, the Big Nine football teams played three conference games and three non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in three wins, bringing the conference's record in non-conference games to 13-6-1.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, October 25
On October 25, 1947, the Big Nine football teams played three conference games and three non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in one win and two losses, bringing the conference's record in non-conference games to 14-8-1.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 1
On November 1, 1947, the Big Nine football teams played four conference games and one non-conference game. The non-conference game resulted in a win, bringing the conference's record in non-conference games to 15-8-1.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 8
On November 8, 1947, the Big Nine football teams played four conference games and one non-conference game. The non-conference game resulted in a win, bringing the conference's record in non-conference games to 16-8-1.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 15
On November 15, 1947, the Big Nine football teams played three conference games and three non-conference games. The non-conference games resulted in two wins and a loss, bringing the conference's record in non-conference games to 18-9-1.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Regular season, November 22
On November 22, 1947, the Big Nine football teams played four conference games. Iowa, which opened the season early on September 20, had a bye week.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, Season overview, Bowl games
On January 1, 1948, Michigan defeated USC, 49-0, in the 1948 Rose Bowl. The 49-point margin was the worst defeat in the history of the USC football program, and Michigan's 491 yards of total offense set a Rose Bowl record. The Wolverines threw four touchdown passes, and Jack Weisenburger ran for three touchdowns. Michigan completed 17 of 27 passes for 272 passing yards in the game.


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, All-conference players
The following players were picked by the Associated Press (AP), the United Press (UP) and/or the International News Service (INS) as first-team players on the 1947 All-Big Ten Conference football team:


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, All-Americans
Only two Big Ten players, both of them halfbacks for the Michigan squad, were selected as first-team players on the 1947 College Football All-America Team. They are:


1947 Big Nine Conference football season, 1948 NFL Draft
The following Big Nine players were among the first 100 picks in the 1948 NFL Draft:


1947 Birthday Honours
The 1947 King's Birthday Honours were appointments by many of the Commonwealth Realms of King George VI to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made "on the occasion of the Celebration of His Majesty's Birthday." They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 6 June 1947.


1947 Birthday Honours
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged by honour, with classes (Knight, Knight Grand Cross, etc.) and then divisions (Military, Civil, etc.) as appropriate.


1947 Birthday Honours, United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Royal Victorian Order, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, 4th class (MVO)
At this time the two lowest classes of the Royal Victorian Order were "Member (fourth class)" and "Member (fifth class)", both with post-nominal letters MVO. "Member (fourth class)" was renamed "Lieutenant" (LVO) from the 1985 New Year Honours onwards.


1947 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The 1947 King's Birthday Honours in New Zealand, celebrating the official birthday of King George VI, were appointments made by the King on the advice of the New Zealand government to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by New Zealanders. They were announced on 12 June 1947.


1947 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour.


1947 Bluefield State Big Blues football team
The 1947 Bluefield State Big Blues football team was an American football team that represented Bluefield State College during the 1947 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach S. Walker, the team compiled a 3–6 record and outscored opponents by a total of 85 to 74.


1947 Bolivian general election
General elections were held in Bolivia on 5 January 1947, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new National Congress.


1947 Boston Braves season
The 1947 Boston Braves season was the 77th season of the franchise. They finished in third place with an 86-68 won-loss record, 8 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.


1947 Boston Braves season, Regular season
On April 15, the Braves played against the Brooklyn Dodgers in Jackie Robinson's first game. Johnny Sain threw the first pitch against Robinson. Behind 3–2, Robinson scored the game-winning run against the Braves. The final score was 5–3 for Brooklyn.


1947 Boston Braves season, Regular season
Bob Elliott became the first third baseman in the history of the National League to win the MVP Award.


1947 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1947 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1947 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1947 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1947 Boston Braves season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1947 Boston College Eagles football team
The 1947 Boston College Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Boston College as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Denny Myers, the team compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 134. The team played its home games at Braves Field in Boston.


1947 Boston Red Sox season
The 1947 Boston Red Sox season was the 47th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished third in the American League (AL) with a record of 83 wins and 71 losses, 14 games behind the New York Yankees, who went on to win the 1947 World Series.


1947 Boston Red Sox season
Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams won the Triple Crown, leading the AL in home runs (32), runs batted in (114), and batting average (.343).


1947 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season
After a memorable 1946 season, the Red Sox added lights to Fenway Park for the first time. 1947 looked like another big year for Boston, but Boo Ferriss, Mickey Harris, and Tex Hughson all had arm trouble, and from 62 wins in 1946 they dropped to 29 in 1947. Boston finished 3rd, 21 less than their American League Championship season a year earlier, 14 games behind the eventual world champion New York Yankees. Joe Dobson was the top winner with 18 wins, and Ted Williams hit .343, with 32 homers and 114 RBIs, to secure his second Triple Crown.


1947 Boston Red Sox season, Regular season
On July 20, Hank Thompson and Willard Brown of the St. Louis Browns played against the Boston Red Sox. It was the first time that two black players appear in a major league game together since 1884.


1947 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1947 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1947 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1947 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1947 Boston Red Sox season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1947 Boston University Terriers football team
The 1947 Boston University Terriers football team was an American football team that represented Boston University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Aldo Donelli, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 196 to 168.


1947 Boston University Terriers football team
Donelli was hired as Boston University's football coach shortly after the close of the 1946 season. He had previously been a head coach in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Rams. His hiring was described by the United Press as "a giant step forward" in Boston University's "march into 'bigtime' football". Donelli remained the head coach at Boston University for 10 years.


1947 Boston Yanks season
The 1947 Boston Yanks season was their fourth in the National Football League. The team improved on their previous season's output of 2–8–1, winning four games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.


1947 Boston Yanks season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1947 Bowling Green Falcons football team
The 1947 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Robert Whittaker, the team compiled a 5–5 record and was outscored by a total of 149 to 134. Wayne Bloker and James Knierim were the team captains.


1947 Brazilian legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on 19 January 1947. The elections were for 19 vacant seats in the Chamber of Deputies, one additional Senator for each state (except Santa Catarina, which elected two), and for all state Governors and legislatures.


1947 Brazilian legislative election
The elections were most notable for the continued growth of the Brazilian Communist Party, which won nearly 10% of the vote in the state elections, becoming the third party in the state of São Paulo (ahead of the UDN) and the single largest party in the federal capital, Rio de Janeiro. The PCB's growing success and its unpopularity amongst the ruling elite led to the party being banned later in 1947 by President Eurico Gaspar Dutra.


1947 British Guiana general election
General elections were held in British Guiana on 24 November 1947. The British Guiana Labour Party emerged as the largest party, winning five of the 14 seats. Voter turnout was 71%.


1947 British Guiana general election, Electoral system
Constitutional changes in 1943 resulted in a 25-member Legislative Council, of which 14 seats were elected, seven held by appointed members and four by members of the appointed Executive Council. The franchise was also changed; with the right to vote was extended to people earning at least $10 a month, although candidates were required to have a monthly income of at least $100. As a result, the electorate increased in size from 9,514 in the 1935 elections to 59,193.


1947 British Guiana general election, Campaign
The elections were contested by the Manpower Citizens' Association (MPCA), the British Guiana Labour Party (BGLP), as well as 31 independents, who included three members of the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) and one from the Women's Political and Economic Organisation. The BGCP contested 13 of the 14 seats, with the MPCA putting forward seven candidates.


1947 British Guiana general election, Campaign
The BGLP campaigned for the introduction of universal suffrage, and creation of a 24-member Legislative Council and self-government within five years, as well as land redistribution and more housebuilding. The MPCA called for the nationalisation of industry and the introduction of land settlement schemes. Grenadian independence campaigner T.A. Marryshow arrived in British Guiana to celebrate the BGLP's anniversary, and also campaigned for the party.


1947 British Guiana general election, Aftermath
Following the elections, the election of Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow in South Georgetown was overturned by an electoral petition that claimed false statements had been made against his opponent Frances Stafford, including that she had kicked an African child and been fined. The subsequent by-election was won by John Carter, who defeated Stafford.


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) season
The 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season was their second in the All-America Football Conference. The team matched their previous output of 3-10-1. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC) season
The team's statistical leaders included Bob Hoernschemeyer with 783 passing yards and 702 rushing yards, Saxon Judd with 204 receiving yards, and Mickey Colmer with 60 points scored.


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season
On April 15, Jackie Robinson was the opening day first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first black player in Major League Baseball. Robinson went on to bat .297, score 125 runs, steal 29 bases and be named the first African-American Rookie of the Year. The Dodgers won the National League title and went on to lose to the New York Yankees in the 1947 World Series. This season was dramatized in the movie 42.


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Regular season
Due to the suspension of Leo Durocher for a year for "conduct detrimental to baseball", coach Clyde Sukeforth managed the first 2 games of the season on an emergency basis, but declined to manage for the full season, so Burt Shotton took over as manager for the rest of the season.


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Regular season
The Dodgers had a home attendance of 1.8 million paying fans, a National League record at the time. On road, the Dodgers drew 1.9 million paying fans, also a National League record at that time.


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1947 World Series, Game 1
September 30, 1947, at Yankee Stadium in New York City


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1947 World Series, Game 2
October 1, 1947, at Yankee Stadium in New York City


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1947 World Series, Game 3
October 2, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1947 World Series, Game 4
October 3, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1947 World Series, Game 5
October 4, 1947, at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1947 World Series, Game 6
October 5, 1947, at Yankee Stadium in New York City


1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season, 1947 World Series, Game 7
October 6, 1947, at Yankee Stadium in New York City


1947 Brown Bears football team
The 1947 Brown Bears football team was an American football team that represented the Brown University during the 1947 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Rip Engle, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 185 to 139. The team played its home games at Brown Stadium in Providence, Rhode Island


1947 Brownlow Medal
The 1947 Brownlow Medal was the 20th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Victorian Football League (VFL) home and away season. Bert Deacon of the Carlton Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-three votes during the 1947 VFL season.


1947 Bucknell Bison football team
The 1947 Bucknell Bison football team was an American football team that represented Bucknell University as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its first season under head coach Harry Lawrence, the team compiled a 2–7 record. Edward J. Stec and Don Davidson were the team captains.


1947 Bucknell Bison football team
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium on the university campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.


1947 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (I)
The first of two 1947 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name:  I Gran Premio del General Juan Perón, also known as the I Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires) was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Retiro street circuit in Buenos Aires on February 8–9, 1947. The scheduled competitions opened on February 8 with two preliminary rounds of the  Mecánica Argentina – Fuerza Limitada and Mecánica Argentina – Fuerza Libre classes for a combined final which determined the qualification for the February 9, Formula Libre main event.


1947 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (II)
The second of two 1947 Buenos Aires Grand Prix (official name: I Gran Premio de Eva Duarte Perón, also known as the II Gran Premio Ciudad de Buenos Aires) was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Retiro street circuit in Buenos Aires on February 15–16, 1947. Competitions opened on February 15 with two preliminary rounds of the Mecánica Argentina – Fuerza Limitada and Mecánica Argentina – Fuerza Libre classes for a combined final which determined the qualification for the February 16, Formula Libre main event.


1947 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season
The 1947 Buffalo Bills season was their second in the All-America Football Conference. The team improved on their previous output of 3-10-1, winning eight games. Despite the improvement, they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive season.


1947 Buffalo Bills (AAFC) season
The team's statistical leaders included George Ratterman with 1,840 passing yards, Chet Mutryn with 868 rushing yards and 73 points scored, and Al Baldwin with 468 receiving yards.


1947 Buffalo Bulls football team
The 1947 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University at Buffalo as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its ninth and final season under head coach Jim Peele, the team compiled an 8–1 record.


1947 Buffalo Bulls football team
The team was led by Bill Rudick. Coach Peelle rated Rudick as his best all-around player. Rudick played on offense where he was known as an excellent blocking back and for his "hard-hitting style" of carrying the ball and on defense for his "jarring tackles".


1947 Bulgarian Cup
The 1947 Bulgarian Cup was the 7th season of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). In the tournament entered the 10 winners of regional cup competitions. Levski Sofia won the competition, beating Botev Plovdiv 1–0 in the final at the Yunak Stadium in Sofia.


1947 Bulgarian Cup Final
The 1947 Bulgarian Cup Final was the 7th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army), and was contested between Levski Sofia and Botev Plovdiv on 1 June 1947 at Yunak Stadium in Sofia. Levski Sofia won the final 1–0.


1947 Bulgarian Republic Football Championship
Statistics of Bulgarian Republic Football Championship in the 1947 season.


1947 Bulgarian Republic Football Championship, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Levski Sofia won the championship.


1947 Burmese general election
General elections were held in Burma on 9 April 1947 to form the basis of a constituent assembly that would design a constitution once independence from the United Kingdom had been achieved. They were the first elections in Burma since its separation from India under the British Raj. Voter turnout was 49.8%. However, Aung San was assassinated three months later, resulting in U Nu becoming the first Prime Minister of Burma.


1947 Burmese general election, Background
The elections were among a number of provisions agreed on 27 January 1947 between Burmese nationalist Aung San on a visit to London and British Prime Minister Clement Attlee guaranteeing Burma's independence from the UK within a year.


1947 Burmese general election, Campaign
In 56 non-communal constituencies, candidates from the Anti- Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL) ran unopposed. U Saw, leader of the Patriot's Party, accused the AFPFL of intimidation and corruption during the election campaign and boycotted the election, as did Ba Sein and his party, accusing the AFPFL of being a "stooges" of British imperialism. Reasons given for the low turnout included the instability left by the Japanese occupation of Burma and the struggle for independence. Other candidates in the election included a few independents and communists. The election was certified as free and fair.


1947 Burmese general election, Aftermath
On 19 July 1947, Aung San was assassinated along with six other members of the party and the leadership of the AFPFL was taken over by U Nu. A constitution was approved on 24 September 1947 and independence granted on 4 January 1948.


1947 Butler Bulldogs football team
The 1947 Butler Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Butler University as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1947 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Tony Hinkle, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (1–3 against MAC opponents) and finished in third place in the MAC. The team played its home games at the Butler Bowl in Indianapolis.


1947 CCNY Beavers football team
The 1947 CCNY Beavers football team was an American football team that represented the City College of New York (CCNY) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their eleventh season under Harold J. Parker, the Beavers team compiled a 2–5–1 record.


1947 CCUNC Owls football team
The 1947 CCUNC Owls football team was an American football team that represented represented the Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina or CCUNC (now known as the University of North Carolina at Charlotte) as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In their first season under head coach Marion Woods, the team compiled a 1–3 record.


1947 Cal Aggies football team
The 1947 Cal Aggies football team represented the Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture in the 1947 college football season. The team was known as either the Cal Aggies or California Aggies, and competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1947 Cal Aggies football team
The Aggies were led by eighth-year head coach Vern Hickey. They played home games at A Street Field on campus in Davis, California. The Aggies finished the season as co-champion of the FWC, with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5, 3–1 FWC). They were outscored by their opponents 116–123 for the 1947 season.


1947 Cal Aggies football team, NFL Draft
No Cal Aggies players were selected in the 1948 NFL Draft.


1947 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The 1947 Cal Poly Mustangs football team represented California Polytechnic State University during the 1947 college football season. Cal Poly competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).


1947 Cal Poly Mustangs football team
The team was led by 11th-year head coach Howie O'Daniels and played home games at Mustang Stadium in San Luis Obispo, California. They finished the season with a record of one win and nine losses (1–9, 0–5 CCAA), ending with an eight-game losing streek. Overall, the Mustangs were outscored by an average score of 33–10, scoring only 97 points while giving up 332.


1947 Cal Poly Mustangs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly Mustangs were selected in the 1948 NFL Draft.


1947 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team
The 1947 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team represented Cal Poly Voorhis Unit during the 1947 college football season. Cal Poly San Dimas played as an independent in 1947.


1947 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team
This was the first year of intercollegiate play for Cal Poly San Dimas. The team was led by first-year head coach Bob Ashton, in his only year as head coach. The Broncos finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie (4–4–1). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 124–180 for the season.


1947 Cal Poly San Dimas Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Cal Poly San Dimas players were selected in the 1948 NFL Draft.


1947 Calgary Stampeders season
The 1947 Calgary Stampeders finished in 2nd place in the W.I.F.U. with a 4–4 record. They were defeated in the W.I.F.U. Finals by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.


1947 California Golden Bears baseball team
The 1947 California Golden Bears baseball team represented the University of California in the 1947 NCAA baseball season. The Golden Bears played their home games at Evans Diamond. The team was coached by Clint Evans in his 18th season at California.


1947 California Golden Bears baseball team
The Golden Bears won the inaugural College World Series, defeating the Yale Bulldogs two games to none in the best of three championship series.


1947 California Golden Bears football team
The 1947 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1947 college football season. head coach Pappy Waldorf, the team compiled an overall record of 9–1	and 5–1 in conference.


1947 Cambodian general election
General elections were held in Cambodia on 21 December 1947. The Democratic Party won 44 of the 75 seats.


1947 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
The 1947 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby  was won by the selection of Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final 18-4 the selection of Capital.


1947 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Results, Final
Provincia R. J. Frigerio (Pucará), J. Santiago (Hindú), R. del Molino Torres cap. (C.A.S.I. ), P. Bereciartúa (Pucará), L. Caffarone (Olivos), R. Giles (Pucará), G. Ehrman (Pucará), J. Lockwood (Old Georgian), R. Aldao (C.A.S.I. ), B. Grigolón (Hindú), A. González Bonorino (Olivos), J. S. Morganti (S.I.C. ), A. Guyot (C.A.S.I. ), C. Swain (Old Georgian), F. Petersen (Curupaytí)  Capital   :D.A. Forrester (Belgrano), P. Torres García (Obras S.), R. D. H. Brown cap. (Belgrano), J. Sansot (C.U.B.A., A. Fernández Moores (C.U.B.A., R. Ross (Belgrano), E. Holmberg (C.U.B.A., J. O'Farrell (C.U.B.A., R. MacKay (GEBA), S. Racimo (GEBA), H. Crippa (Obras S.), L. Maurette (C.U.B.A., F. Elizalde (C.U.B.A., H. Achával (C.U.B.A., R. Lucotti (Belgrano).


1947 Campeonato Carioca
The 1947 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on August 3, 1947 and ended on December 28, 1947. It was organized by FMF (Federação Metropolitana de Futebol, or Metropolitan Football Federation). Eleven teams participated. Vasco da Gama won the title for the 7th time. no teams were relegated.


1947 Campeonato Carioca, System
The tournament would be disputed in a double round-robin format, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1947 Campeonato Paulista
The 1947 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão, organized by the Federação Paulista de Futebol, was the 46th season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Palmeiras won the title for the 11th time. no teams were relegated and the top scorer was Corinthians's Servílio with 20 goals.


1947 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
The championship was disputed in a double-round robin system, with the team with the most points winning the title.


1947 Cannes Film Festival
The 2nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 25 September 1947. The new building that was meant to host the festival, the Palais du Festival, was still not ready, and the festival was held amid many technical and financial problems. In 1947, the entire jury of the Festival were French. Six awards were given to films of different categories.


1947 Cannes Film Festival, Jury
The following persons were selected as the jury for the feature and short films:


1947 Cannes Film Festival, Short films
The following short films competed for the Grand Prix du court métrage:


1947 Cannes Film Festival, Awards
The following films and people received the 1947 awards:Feature Films


1947 Cape Sable hurricane
The 1947 Cape Sable hurricane, sometimes known informally as Hurricane King, was a moderate hurricane that caused catastrophic flooding in South Florida and the Everglades in mid-October 1947. The eighth tropical storm and fourth hurricane of the 1947 Atlantic hurricane season, it first developed on October 9 in the southern Caribbean Sea and hence moved north by west until a few days later it struck western Cuba. The cyclone then turned sharply to the northeast, accelerated, and strengthened to a hurricane, within 30 hours crossing the southern Florida peninsula. Across South Florida, the storm produced widespread rainfall up to 15 inches (380 mm) and severe flooding, among the worst ever recorded in the area, that led to efforts by the United States Congress to improve drainage in the region.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane
Once over the Atlantic Ocean on October 13, the storm made history when it was the first to be targeted for modification by government and private agencies; dry ice was spread by airplanes throughout the storm in an unsuccessful effort to weaken the hurricane, though changes in the track were initially blamed upon the experiment. On the same day as that of the seeding, the cyclone slowed dramatically and turned westward, making landfall on the morning of October 15 south of Savannah, Georgia.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane
Across the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, the small hurricane produced tides up to 12 feet (3.7 m) and significant damage to 1,500 structures, but the death toll was limited to one person. The system dissipated the next day over Alabama, having caused $3.26 million in losses along its path.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Meteorological history
In early October 1947, the origins of Hurricane Nine were detected north of Panama in the Intertropical Convergence Zone. On October 9 at 0600 UTC, a minimal tropical storm was estimated to have formed with maximum sustained winds near 40 miles per hour (64 km/h); thereafter it moved north by west. By October 10, the storm accelerated and began strengthening steadily, reaching a peak intensity of 65 mph (105 km/h) before striking land just before 0600 UTC on October 11 south of Pinar del Río in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Meteorological history
The center of the storm then began turning to the northeast before passing near Batista Field, which recorded wind gusts of up to 57 mph (92 km/h). Six hours after leaving northern Cuba, the storm rapidly became a hurricane, equivalent to Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Just after 00 UTC on October 12, the hurricane struck Florida just north of Cape Sable, and just before 1200 UTC it left the Miami metropolitan area near Pompano Beach—the same area that had been hit by the 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane one month previous—with winds of 85 mph (137 km/h). Unusually, the hurricane strengthened over land as it passed over South Florida, a phenomenon also observed in Tropical Storm Fay (2008), which struck the same region.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Meteorological history
After leaving South Florida, the hurricane passed north of the Bahamas while maintaining its intensity, although a lack of weather observations near its eye prevented forecasters from appraising its exact location and movement. Early on October 13, the hurricane slowed substantially and began turning to the north; by afternoon, the cyclone had shifted course and turned westward, toward the Southeastern United States. Early on October 14, a reconnaissance aircraft penetrated the storm but only reported winds of up to 55 mph (89 km/h).


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Meteorological history
As the storm continued moving west, another mission that entered the center around 00 UTC on October 15 reported hurricane-force winds. At 12 UTC that day, the storm struck 15 miles (24 km) south of Savannah, Georgia, with winds of 85 mph (137 km/h). At the time, the coverage of hurricane-force winds was small, extending about 20 miles (32 km) in all directions from the eye. The storm weakened slowly as it crossed inland areas of Georgia, but by 00 UTC on October 16 it weakened to a tropical storm, dissipating 18 hours later over Alabama.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Preparations
By October 12, the U.S. Weather Bureau issued hurricane warnings from the Miami metropolitan area to Vero Beach.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Impact, Florida
Upon striking southernmost Florida, the cyclone produced insignificant wind damage of $75,000 (1947 USD), largely due to its having struck an area hit by the more powerful 1947 Fort Lauderdale hurricane in September. Peak winds in Florida were estimated to have reached 95 mph (153 km/h) around Cape Sable, the area where the storm made landfall,  though these were not officially accepted as the maximum sustained winds. At the Dry Tortugas, wind instruments reported readings up to 84 mph (135 km/h) before failing due to "friction from lack of oil"; higher winds were believed to have occurred thereafter.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Impact, Florida
Elsewhere in South Florida, the U.S. Weather Bureau Air Station at Miami International Airport reported sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h),  while the Weather Bureau Office in downtown Miami recorded peak winds of 62 mph (100 km/h). Between the two stations, each 7 mi (11 km) apart, the difference in atmospheric pressure was 3 mb (0.09 inHg), but the lowest pressure was not below 995.3 mb (29.39 inHg).


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Impact, Florida
As the storm center passed just north of Fort Lauderdale, the city at 0700 UTC on October 12 reported a pressure of 982.1 mb (29 inHg) that was "still falling" at the time. The eye of the storm by 0830 UTC passed over the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse, which reported calm winds for an hour—the second time in less than a month in which the eye of a hurricane passed over or near the lighthouse, the other having occurred on September 17.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Impact, Florida
Region-wide, the hurricane produced significant rainfall totals of 5 inches (130 mm) to 12 in (300 mm)—and, in the interior, locally as high as 15 in (380 mm)—causing severe flooding. The highest measured rainfall total in 24 hours in South Florida was 14.2 in (360 mm) in northeastern Broward County. At a weather observation site in Hialeah, 1.32 in (34 mm) of rain fell in as little as 10 minutes.


1947 Cape Sable hurricane, Impact, Florida
In all, as much as 6 in (150 mm) fell in just 1¼ hour in the city; due to saturated ground preceding the arrival of the storm, much of the area flooded easily, leaving parts of the city submerged under 6 feet (1.8 m) of water. Similarly, "waist deep" depths were reported in nearby Miami Springs, Opa-locka, rural western sections of Pompano Beach, and many other cities of the Miami metropolitan area. In Boca Raton, homes in the historic Old Floresta district that housed Army Air Field soldiers were flooded in up to 8 in (200 mm) of water.