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October–November – Great Fires of 1947: Forest fires in Maine consume more than 200,000 acres of wooded land statewide, including over 17,000 acres on Mount Desert Island alone. 16 persons are killed and more than 1,000 homes destroyed in the blazes, with total property damage exceeding $23 million.
Vaughn Monroe had four songs on the top singles list, the most of any artist in 1947. Eddy Howard had three songs on the top singles list. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1947 according to retail sales.
Eduardo Paolozzi.I was a Rich Man's Plaything, 1947, Tate Gallery. I was a Rich Man's Plaything is a 1947 collage by Eduardo Paolozzi.The work was assembled with cuttings from American magazines and advertisements, mounted on card.
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The 1947 World Series was watched by an estimated 3.9 million people (many watching in bars and other public places). This marked television's first mass audience. October 5 The first telecast of a presidential address from the White House.
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Beginning in 1947, the programs were recorded and made available via transcriptions to stations outside of the regular ABC network. [6] A related program, The Abbott and Costello Children's Show, was broadcast on ABC beginning December 6, 1947 and ending March 26, 1949. It was sustaining [1] and featured child performers and included quizzes ...