1947

India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain
Dead Sea Scrolls discovered
Princess Elizabeth of Britain and Prince Philip of Greece married
Truman Doctrine challenges Soviet expansion
Harry Truman becomes the 1st American President to visit Canada
Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for the 1st, and only, time
Levittown founded
Chuck Yeager becomes first person to break the sound barrier
Jackie Robinson joins the Brooklyn Dodgers
Scott introduces "Weed and Feed" fertilizer/weed killer for lawns
Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl
James Michener's South Pacific
Invention of the transistor
TV show - "The Howdy Doody Show"
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Kareem Abdul Jabbar born
Alphonse Capone, Henry Ford, Baron Georg von Trapp, and Ettore Bugatti die