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{{Year article header|1947}}
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== Events ==
== Events ==
* [[February 28 incident]] in [[Taiwan]] was an affair in which large numbers of people protested against the government, in which thousands were killed by the regime's forces.
* [[April 15]] – [[Jackie Robinson]], an African-American, plays first base for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] major-league [[baseball]] team, ending the sport's unofficial rule against blacks playing.
* [[April 15]] – [[Jackie Robinson]], an African-American, plays first base for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] major-league [[baseball]] team, ending the sport's unofficial rule against blacks playing.
* [[June 26]] - [[Sindh]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
* [[June 26]] - [[Sindh]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
* [[July 19]] - [[Punjab (Pakistan)]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
* [[July 19]] - [[Punjab (Pakistan)]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour.
* [[July 22]] – The former [[Bangladesh#History|East Bengal]] province joins Pakistan on the basis of a Muslim-majority region the people had voted in to join the cause for Pakistan, according to the Partition Plan, based on the [[Two-nation theory]]. It later becomes the present day People's Republic of Bangladesh, since 1971.
* [[July 22]] – The former [[Bangladesh#History|East Bengal]] province joins Pakistan on the basis of a Muslim-majority region the people had voted in to join the cause for Pakistan, according to the Partition Plan, based on the [[Two-nation theory]]. It later becomes the present day People's Republic of Bangladesh, since 1971.
* [[August 14]] – [[Pakistan]] is granted freedom from [[Britain]], end of the [[British Raj]].
* [[August 14]] – [[Pakistan]] is Created from [[British India]] ,end of the [[British Raj]].
* [[August 15]] – [[India]] gains independence from [[Britain]].
* [[August 15]] – [[India]] gains independence from [[Britain]].
== Births ==
== Births ==
* [[January 1]] - [[Jon Corzine]], American politician
* [[January 1]] - [[Jon Corzine]], American politician
* [[January 8]] – [[David Bowie]], British singer (d. [[2016]])
* [[January 8]] – [[David Bowie]], British singer (d. [[2016]])
* [[February 18]] - [[Dennis DeYoung]], American keyboardist ([[Styx (band)|Styx]])
* [[March 3]] - [[Jennifer Warnes]], American singer
* [[March 8]] – [[Carole Bayer Sager]], American actress and singer
* [[March 8]] – [[Carole Bayer Sager]], American actress and singer
* [[March 24]] - [[Alan Sugar]], British [[businessman]]
* [[March 24]] - [[Alan Sugar]], British [[businessman]]
* [[December 8]] – [[Gregg Allman]], American rock musician ([[The Allman Brothers Band]]) (d. [[2017]])
* [[December 8]] – [[Gregg Allman]], American rock musician ([[The Allman Brothers Band]]) (d. [[2017]])
* [[December 11]] - [[David E. Stone]], American sound editor
* [[December 11]] - [[David E. Stone]], American sound editor
== Deaths ==
== Deaths ==
* [[Emil J. Brach]], American candy manufacturer (b. [[1859]])
* [[Emil J. Brach]], American candy manufacturer (b. [[1859]])
* ''[[Under the Volcano]]'' – [[Malcolm Lowry]]
* ''[[Under the Volcano]]'' – [[Malcolm Lowry]]
* ''[[Who Has Seen the Wind?]] '' – [[W.O. Mitchell]]
* ''[[Who Has Seen the Wind?]] '' – [[W.O. Mitchell]]
== Nobel prizes ==
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] won by [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], [[Gerty Cori]] and [[Bernardo Houssay]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] won by [[Carl Ferdinand Cori]], [[Gerty Cori]] and [[Bernardo Houssay]]