Timeline Tuesday 30 December 1947

Events on Tuesday 30 December 1947 3

• 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.
• 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.