Timeline December 1947

Events in December 1947 11

• 1861 – 1947 Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) Died 30 December 1947, aged 86 Alfred North Whitehead was an English mathematician and philosopher. He wrote Principia Mathematica with Bertrand Russell. He later founded process philosophy at Harvard with works such as Process and Reality.
• 1863 – 1947 Arthur Machen (1863-1947) Died 15 December 1947, aged 84 Arthur Machen was a Welsh author of supernatural and horror fiction, including The Great God Pan. His story The Bowmen gave rise to the legend of the Angels of Mons. He influenced later writers of weird fiction such as H. P. Lovecraft.
• 1867 – 1947 Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) Died 14 December 1947, aged 80 Stanley Baldwin was a Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times between 1923 and 1937. He led the government through the General Strike of 1926 and the abdication crisis of 1936. He was later criticised for Britain's slow rearmament.
• 1875 – 1947 Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) Died 1 December 1947, aged 72 Aleister Crowley was an English occultist, writer and mountaineer who founded the religion of Thelema. The press called him the wickedest man in the world. He became a lasting figure in Western esotericism and popular culture.
• 1947 Partition violence and mass migration Communal killings accompany the division of Punjab and Bengal The Radcliffe Line dividing India and Pakistan was published on 17 August 1947, and mass communal violence followed across Punjab and Bengal. Somewhere between several hundred thousand and two million people were killed, and roughly 15 million were displaced. It was one of the largest mass migrations in history.
• 1947 First Indo-Pakistani War begins Fighting erupts over the princely state of Kashmir Tribal forces from Pakistan invaded Jammu and Kashmir on 22 October 1947. Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession to India on 26 October, and Indian troops were airlifted to Srinagar the next day. The war lasted until a UN-brokered ceasefire at the start of 1949.
• 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire premieres Tennessee Williams's play opens on Broadway A Streetcar Named Desire opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on 3 December 1947, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy. It won the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It is regarded as one of the major American plays of the century.
• 1947 – 2017 Gregg Allman (1947-2017) Died 27 May 2017, aged 69 American singer, songwriter and musician who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band, a pioneering force in Southern rock. Known for his distinctive voice and organ playing, he also had a successful solo career. He died of complications from liver cancer.
• 1947 Italian Constitution approved Constituent Assembly adopts the republican constitution The Constituent Assembly of Italy approved the new republican constitution on 22 December 1947. It came into force on 1 January 1948. It replaced the Albertine Statute of the monarchy.
• 1947 King Michael of Romania forced to abdicate Romania proclaimed a People's Republic Under communist pressure, King Michael I abdicated on 30 December 1947. The Romanian People's Republic was proclaimed the same day. Michael went into exile early in 1948.
• 1947 MiG-15 first flight Prototype I-310 The I-310 prototype of the MiG-15 flies for the first time, powered by a Soviet copy of the British Rolls-Royce Nene engine.