Historical Events
- 13th Orange Bowl: #10 Rice beats #7 Tennessee, 8-0
- 13th Sugar Bowl: #3 Georgia beats #9 North Carolina, 20-10
- 33rd Rose Bowl: #5 Illinois beats #4 UCLA, 45-14
- Benelux agrees to work related issues
- Britain nationalizes its coal industry
- WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting
Famous Birthdays
- Alexei Ivanovich Bobrov, Russian cosmonaut
- Gary "BB" Coleman, American blues record producer, singer, and guitarist ("If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)"), born in Paris, Texas (d. 1994)
- Jon Corzine, American financial executive and politician (United States Senator from New Jersey, 2001-06; Governor of New Jersey, 2006-10), born in Taylorville, Illinois
- Leonard Thompson, American golfer (3 x PGA Tour, 3 x PGA Champions Tour wins), born in Laurinburg, North Carolina
- Paula Tsui, Hong Kong Canto-pop singer, born in Wuhan, Hubei, China
- Peter Lankhorst, Dutch politician (PPR), born in Zwolle, Netherlands
- Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-8, TM-4, STS 63)
Famous Deaths
- Jesse Reno, American engineer and inventor (created the first escalators), dies at 86
Died in 1947 1947 Highlights
About January 1, 1947
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 77 years, 3 months and 26 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Dog
Star Sign: Capricorn
