Timeline February 1947

Events in February 1947 8

• 1859 – 1947 Pierre Janet (1859-1947) Died 24 February 1947, aged 87 Pierre Janet was a French psychologist and neurologist who pioneered the study of dissociation and traumatic memory. He introduced the term subconscious. He was an important influence on psychiatry and psychotherapy.
• 1893 – 1947 Hans Fallada (1893-1947) Died 5 February 1947, aged 53 Hans Fallada was a German novelist known for Little Man, What Now? and Every Man Dies Alone. His work described ordinary Germans during the Weimar and Nazi eras. He died in Berlin shortly before his final novel was published.
• 1947 – 2009 Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009) Died 25 June 2009, aged 62 Fawcett was an American actress who rose to fame on the television series Charlie's Angels and whose 1976 red swimsuit poster became one of the best-selling posters in history. She later earned critical acclaim for dramatic roles including The Burning Bed. Her death from cancer came the same day as Michael Jackson's.
• 1947 9th Elfstedentocht Winner: Piet Keijzer The first post-war Elfstedentocht was held on 8 February 1947 and symbolised Dutch national recovery. Piet Keijzer won the race. The harsh east wind during this edition earned the stretch between Franeker and Bartlehiem the nickname "de Weg der Martelaren" — the Road of the Martyrs.
• 1947 Paris Peace Treaties signed Allies conclude peace with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and Finland On 10 February 1947, the Allied powers signed peace treaties in Paris with Germany's former wartime allies. The treaties set reparations and border changes, and Italy lost its colonies and ceded territory to Yugoslavia, Greece and France. Finland ceded Petsamo to the Soviet Union.
• 1947 Dior unveils the New Look Christian Dior's first collection transforms postwar fashion Christian Dior presented his first collection in Paris on 12 February 1947. Its cinched waists and full, long skirts were quickly named the New Look. The collection restored Paris as the centre of world fashion after the war.
• 1947 Instant camera demonstrated Edwin Land unveils one-step photography On 21 February 1947, Edwin Land demonstrated his one-step instant photographic process at a meeting of the Optical Society of America in New York. His process could produce a finished print in about a minute. The first Polaroid Land Camera went on sale in 1948.
• 1947 February 28 Incident Uprising in Taiwan is violently suppressed A confrontation over contraband cigarettes in Taipei on 27 February 1947 set off an island-wide uprising against the Kuomintang administration on 28 February. Nationalist troops sent from the mainland crushed it in March, killing thousands of people. The massacre was followed by decades of martial law.