What Happened in June 1947

Historical Events

Mountbatten visits Pakistan

Jun 3 British Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan

Supreme Allied Commander and Last Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten

Jun 4 Monte Carlo and Alma Sanders' musical "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater, NYC, after 4 performances
Jun 4 US House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act

The Marshall Plan

Jun 5 US Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the "Marshall Plan" to rebuild Western Europe

General and US Secretary of State George C. Marshall

Jun 6 Treaty drawn up for establishment of International Patent Institute
Jun 10 Saab produces its first automobile

Miracle on 34th St

Jun 11 Perennial Christmas film "Miracle on 34th St" starring John Payne and Maureen O'Hara, directed by George Seaton is released

Jun 11 WW II sugar rationing finally ends in US (began May 28, 1942)
Jun 12 British Amateur Women's Golf, Gullane GC: Babe Didrikson becomes first American to win event; beats England's Jacqueline Gordon 5 & 4
Jun 13 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3)

47th US Men's Open

Jun 15 US Open Men's Golf, St. Louis CC: Lew Worsham defeats Sam Snead by 1 stroke in an 18-hole playoff for his only major title

Jun 16 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington"
Jun 16 Pravda denounces Marshall Plan
Jun 17 Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin
Jun 17 Pan Am Airways' 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves NYC
Jun 18 Cincinnati Reds pitcher Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
Jun 18 Gene Roddenberry survives plane crash in the Syrian Desert while working for Pan American World Airways
Jun 19 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc, California
Jun 20 US President Harry Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act
Jun 22 12" rain in 42 mins (Holt, MO)
Jun 22 Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn)
Jun 23 Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt v South Africa

Taft-Hartley Act

Jun 23 US President Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act, restricting the power of trade unions is overridden by Congress and becomes law

Jun 24 Flying saucers sighted over Mount Rainier by pilot Ken Arnold

Jackie Robinson's First Steal

Jun 24 Future Baseball Hall of Fame infielder Jackie Robinson steals home for first of 19 times in his career as the Brooklyn Dodgers beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2

Jun 24 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Plum Hollow CC: Jim Ferrier becomes first Australian to win a major title; beats Chick Herbert, 2 & 1

Anne Frank's Diary

Jun 25 1st version of Anne Frank's diary "Het Achterhuis" published in The Netherlands

Jewish Victim and Diarist of the Holocaust Anne Frank

Louis KOs Mauriello

Jun 25 Heavyweight boxer Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello

Boxer and World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis

Jun 27 98°F (36.8°C) in De Bilt, Netherlands
Jun 27 WRC TV channel 4 in Washington, D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting
Jun 28 "Tim-Tayshun" ("Temptation") novelty single by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford (billed as Cinderella G. Stump) hits #1
Jun 29 US Open Women's Golf, Starmount Forest CC: American Betty Jameson wins her only US crown, 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Polly Riley and Sally Sessions, both amateurs
Jun 29 Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game winning streak

1947 History

Famous Birthdays

Jun 1 Jan Harvey, British actress (Howards' Way; Family Affairs), born in Penzance, Cornwall, England
Jun 1 Jonathan Pryce, Welsh stage and film actor (Brazil, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Two Popes), born in Carmel, Flintshire, Wales
Jun 1 Ron Dennis, British auto racing owner (McLaren F1 team principal 1989-2001; group chairman until 2016), born in Woking, England
Jun 1 Ronnie Wood, English rock guitarist (Faces; Jeff Beck Group; The Rolling Stones), born in Hillingdon, England
Jun 2 Mark Elder, British opera and symphony conductor (Hallé Orchestra in 1999-2024), born in Hexham, Northumberland, England
Jun 3 Dave Alexander, American rock bassist (The Stooges, 1967-70), born in Whitmore Lake, Michigan (d. 1975)
Jun 3 John Dykstra, American special effects supervisor
Jun 3 Mickey Finn, British rock percussionist (T. Rex), born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England (d. 2003)
Jun 3 Mike Burgmann, Australian racing driver (d. 1986)
Jun 4 Saoul Mamby, American boxer (WBC super lightweight title 1980-82), born in Bronx, NYC, New York (d. 2019)
Jun 4 Toni Wine, American session singer (The Archies; Dawn), and songwriter ("A Groovy Kind of Love"; "Candida"), born in New York City
Jun 4 Viktor Klima, Austrian politician (20th Chancellor of Austria, 1997-2000), born in Schwechat, Austria
Jun 5 David Hare, English playwright and director (Plenty, The Hours, The Reader), born in St. Leonards-on-Sea, England
Jun 5 Eric Molobi, South African activist (ANC), born in Alexandra township, Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2006)
Jun 5 Laurie Anderson, American violinist, composer, and avant-garde artist ("O Superman"; "Let X=X"), born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Jun 5 Tom Evans, British rock guitarist, bass player, and singer-songwriter (Badfinger - "Come and Get It"; "Without You": "Maybe Tomorrow"), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1983)

Jun 6 Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly 1968; silver 100m butterfly, 4×100m medley 1964), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Jun 6 David Blunkett, English blind politician, Home Secretary (2001-4), born in Sheffield, England
Jun 6 Marion Coakes, English equestrian rider (World C'ship gold Individual Jumping 1965; Olympic silver 1968), born in New Milton, England
Jun 6 Robert Englund, American actor (Freddy vs. Jason, A Nightmare on Elm Street), born in Glendale, California
Jun 6 Terry Williams, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (The First Edition - "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)"), born in Hollywood, California
Jun 7 Thurman Munson, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1971, 73–78; World Series 1977, 78; AL MVP 1976; NY Yankees), born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1979)
Jun 8 Annie Haslam, British art-rock singer-songwriter (Renaissance - "Carpet Of The Sun"; "Mother Russia") and painter, born in Bolton
Jun 8 Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist (Nobel 1995), born in South Bend, Indiana
Jun 8 Joan La Barbara, American vocalist and composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 8 Julie Driscoll, English rocker and actress (33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee), born in London
Jun 8 Sara Paretsky, American crime writer (V. I. Warshawski novels), born in Ames, Iowa
Jun 9 John Gurda, American historian (The Making of Milwaukee), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jun 9 Mick Box, British rock guitarist (Uriah Heep), born in Walthamstow, East London, England
Jun 10 Ken Singleton, American baseball player (Orioles), born in Mt Vernon, New York
Jun 11 Glenn Leonard, American R&B singer (Temptations, 1975-83 - "In A Lifetime"; "Power"), born in Washington, D.C.

Jun 11 Henry Cisneros, first Hispanic to serve as mayor of a major U.S. city (San Antonio), later Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton Administration
Jun 11 Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician (Minister of Railways, 2004-09), born in Gopalganj, Bihar, India
Jun 12 Ron Freeman, American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m, bronze 400m 1968), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Jun 13 Danie Schutte, South African underminister of Justice, born in Pretoria, South Africa
Jun 13 Harold Danko, American jazz pianist (Woody Herman's Thundering Herd), and educator (Eastman School), born in Ohio
Jun 13 Jerrold Nadler, American attorney and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in New York City
Jun 13 John Kahn, American acoustic and electric rock bassist (Jerry Garcia), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 996)
Jun 13 Peter Holm, Swedish ex-husband and manager of Joan Collins
Jun 14 Barry Melton, American guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jun 14 Neil Stevens, Canadian Hockey HOF, Lacrosse HOF sportswriter (The Canadian Press), born in Port Dalhousie, Ontario (d. 2022)
Jun 15 Alain Aspect, French physicist (Nobel Prize 2022 for experiments with entangled photons), born in Agen, France [1]
Jun 15 Elliot Randall, American session guitarist (Steely Dan; Carly Simon, Yoko Ono), born in New York City
Jun 15 Lee Purcell, Cherry Point NC, actor (Big Wednesday, Mr Majestyk)
Jun 15 Paul Patterson, British classical composer (Spiders), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
Jun 16 -minu [Hans-Peter Hammel], Swiss columnist and writer, born in Basel, Switzerland

Jun 16 Tom "Bones" Malone, American jazz musician, arranger, and producer (SNL; Blues Brothers), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Jun 17 Christopher Allport, American actor (To Live and Die in L.A.), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2008)
Jun 17 George S. Clinton, American film score (Austin Powers films; Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee; Mortal Kombat movies;), stage, and concert composer, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Jun 17 Gregg Rolie, American rock singer and keyboardist (Santana, 1965-71; Journey, 1973-80; Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band, 2012-present), born in Seattle, Washington
Jun 17 Paul Young, British rock singer and percussionist (Mike + The Mechanics - "All I Need Is A Miracle"), born in Manchester, England (d. 2000)
Jun 17 Rev. Timothy Wright, American gospel singer (Been There Done That), and pastor, born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
Jun 17 Vlastimir Trajković, Serbian avant-garde composer, and educator, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (d. 2017)
Jun 18 Bernard Giraudeau, French actor (L'Annee des Meduses), screenwriter, and director, born in La Rochelle, France (d. 2010)
Jun 18 Douglas Young, British composer, born in London, England
Jun 18 Georgs Pelēcis, Latvian composer (Plaukstošais Jasmīns - Flowering Jasmine), musicologist, and pedagogue, born in Riga, Latvia
Jun 18 Linda Thorson [Robinson], Canadian actress (The Avengers - "Tara", One Life To Live - "Julia"), born in Toronto, Ontario
Jun 19 James T. Walsh, American politician (Rep-R-NY 1989-2009), born in Syracuse, New York
Jun 19 Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer (Butterfly), born in Seinäjoki, Finland

Salman Rushdie (76 years old)

Jun 19 British-Indian novelist (Midnight's Children, Satanic Verses), born in Mumbai, India

Jun 19 Youn Yuh Jung, South Korean actress (Minari), born in Kaesong, Korea
Jun 20 Candace "Candy" Clark, American actress (Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti), born in Norman, Oklahoma
Jun 20 David French, British director (Deep Sleep, Bingo)
Jun 20 Dolores Brooks, American singer (The Crystals - "Then He Kissed Me"; "Da Doo Ron Ron"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Jun 20 Ivo Milazzo, Italian comic book artist
Jun 20 Josef Clemens, German bishop and Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
Jun 21 Chuck Anderson, American jazz and session guitarist, and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 21 Dana Rohrabacher, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California), born in Coronado, California
Jun 21 Joey Molland, British rock guitarist (Badfinger - "No Matter What"; "Day After Day"), born in Liverpool, England
Jun 21 Lex van Delden, Dutch actor (Soldier of Orange), born in Amsterdam (d. 2010)
Jun 21 Meredith Baxter-Birney, American actress (Family Ties; Bridget Loves Bernie), born in South Pasadena, California
Jun 21 Michael Gross, American actor (Family Ties, FBI murders), born in Chicago, Illinois

Shirin Ebadi (76 years old)

Jun 21 Iranian lawyer, human rights activist and 1st Iranian Muslim woman to receive a Nobel Peace Prize (2003), born in Hamadan, Iran

Pete Maravich (1947-1988)

Jun 22 American Basketball HOF guard (5 × NBA All-Star; All-NBA First Team 1976, 77; NBA scoring champion 1977 NO/Utah Jazz; Atlanta Hawks), born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

Jun 22 David L. Lander, American actor (Laverne & Shirley - "Squiggy"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2020)
Jun 22 Howard Kaylan [Kaplan], American rock and roll musician, songwriter (The Turtles - "Happy Together"; Flo and Eddie), and radio personality, born in New York City
Jun 22 Jerry Rawlings, Ghanaian Head of State (1981-93) and President of Ghana (1993-2001), born in Accra, Gold Coast (d. 2020)
Jun 22 Octavia E. Butler, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Wild Seed), born in Pasadena, California (d. 2006)
Jun 23 Bryan Brown, Australian actor (Gorillas in the Mist, Kim, Tai-Pan), born in Sydney, New South Wales
Jun 24 Clarissa Dickson Wright, English celebrity chef (Two Fat Ladies), born in London (d. 2014)
Jun 24 Marianne Delgorge, Dutch singer and actress (Ice Cream Soda), born in Bloemendaal, The Netherlands

Mick Fleetwood (76 years old)

Jun 24 British rock drummer (Fleetwood Mac - "Go Your Own Way"; "Tusk"; "The Chain"), born in Redruth, Cornwall, England

Jun 24 Mike de Albuquerque, British progressive rock bass player (ELO, 1972-74) and guitarist (Sundance), born in Wimbledon, London, England
Jun 24 Peter Weller, American actor (Robocop, Of Unknown Origin), born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Jun 24 Walter Willison, American actor (McDuff the Talking Dog), born in Monterrey Park, California
Jun 25 Jimmie Walker, American comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease), born in The Bronx, New York
Jun 26 Jef Labes, American session and touring keyboard player and arranger (Van Morrison; Jonathan Edwards), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Jun 27 Francisca "Cisca" Beaudoux, actress (2 Under a Cap)
Jun 27 Jim Fuller, American "Godfather of surf guitar" and songwriter (The Safaris - "Wipe Out"), born in California (d. 2017)
Jun 28 Anny Duperey, French film and television actress, born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Jun 28 Mark Helprin, American writer (A Soldier of the Great War), born in Manhattan, New York
Jun 28 Patrick Kincaid, American computer programmer (TODAY) and communications consultant, born in Newberry, Michigan (d. 2020)
Jun 29 Jeff Moss, Australian cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979), born in Melbourne, Australia
Jun 29 Michael Carter, Scottish actor, born in Dumfries, Scotland

Richard Lewis (1947-2024)

Jun 29 American comedian and actor (Anything But Love; Robin Hood: Men in Tights; Curb Your Enthusiasm), born in New York City [1]

Jun 30 Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist (Live in Montreux), born in Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
Jun 30 Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut, born in Chelyabinsk, Russia (d. 2001)

Born in 1947

Famous Weddings

Edward W. Brooke

Jun 7 Future US Senator Edward W. Brooke (27) weds first wife Remigia Ferrari-Scacco

Famous Deaths

Jun 2 Herman Darewski, Polish-British stage and light music composer (The Better 'Ole), and conductor, dies at 64
Jun 6 Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63), dies
Jun 8 Tom O'Brien, American actor (Flying Fool), dies at 56
Jun 9 Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz, Polish politician (President of Poland in-exile 1939-47), dies at 62
Jun 10 Alexander Bethune, Canadian politician (b. 1852)
Jun 11 David I. Walsh, 46th Governor of Massachusetts, dies at 74
Jun 12 Jazeps Medins, Latvian composer, dies at 70
Jun 16 Jean-Francois Capart, Belgian Egyptologist (Memphis), dies at 86