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1947 in the United States

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1947
in
the United States

Decades:
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Events from the year 1947 in the United States.

President Truman on opening day of the baseball season, 1947

Incumbents

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Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) (until January 3)
Joseph William Martin Jr. (R-Massachusetts) (starting January 3)
Alben W. Barkley (D-Kentucky) (until January 3)
Wallace H. White Jr. (R-Maine) (starting January 3)

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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October 14: Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1
Girls sunbathing at Cabrillo Beach, California, Dec. 28, 1947

Ongoing

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Births

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January

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Andrea Martin
Jill Eikenberry
Jonathan Banks
Glynn Turman

February

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Farrah Fawcett
Dan Quayle
Edward James Olmos

March

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Rob Reiner
Mitt Romney
Glenn Close

April

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Tom Clancy
David Letterman
James Woods

May

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Richard Jenkins
Ken Westerfield

June

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Robert Englund
Jimmie Walker
Richard Lewis

July

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Larry David
O. J. Simpson
Albert Brooks
Arnold Schwarzenegger

August

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Cindy Williams
Barbara Bach

September

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Stephen King
Meat Loaf

October

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Hillary Clinton
Richard Dreyfuss

November

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Joe Mantegna
Joe Walsh
Dwight Schultz

December

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Gregg Allman
Vincent Matthews

Undated

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Deaths

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January–June

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July–December

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See also

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References

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