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1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
The Clock's original setting in 1947 was 7 minutes to midnight. It has since been set backward 8 times and forward 18 times. The farthest time from midnight was 17 minutes in 1991, and the nearest is 89 seconds, set in January 2025. [5]
In 1947, the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was voted for. The leaders of the Jewish Agency for Palestine accepted parts of the plan, while Arab leaders refused it. This triggered the 1947–1949 Palestine war and led, in 1948, to the establishment of the state of Israel on a part of Mandate Palestine as the Mandate came to an end.
The Free Territory of Trieste was established. The United States Supreme Court decided Everson v. Board of Education , a landmark ruling which applied the Establishment Clause in the country's Bill of Rights to State law .
1947 Dadaya school strike, strike by students at the Dadaya mission school in Southern Rhodesia. [12] 1947 Huelga de Brazos Caídos, es, calling for electoral reform in Costa Rica. [13] 1947 Sudan rail strike, by rail workers in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan demanding that the Workers' Affairs Association be recognised as their union. [14] [15]
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1947 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) 1947 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1947 disestablishments in the United States (30 C, 14 P)
The Free Territory of Trieste came into existence as the Treaty of Peace with Italy came into general effect. The New York Yankees clinched the American League pennant when the Boston Red Sox were eliminated by losing the first game of a doubleheader to the Chicago White Sox, 6-3. [22]