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Events on Wednesday 1 January 1947 3
1947British coal industry nationalisedNational Coal Board takes over the minesOn 1 January 1947, the British coal mines came under public ownership, run by the National Coal Board. It was one of the central nationalisations carried out by the Attlee government. About 1,500 collieries were taken over.
1947 – 1948Broadway DebutAppeared on Broadway, billed as Abbe Marshall, in George Abbott's Barefoot Boy with Cheek (1947) and Michael Todd's As the Girls Go (1948). While performing a calypso number in the latter, she was spotted by Xavier Cugat.
1947 – 1951Tsinghua UniversityStudied electrical engineering at Tsinghua University, one of China's most prestigious institutions. Joined the Communist Party in October 1949, the month Mao proclaimed the People's Republic.