Red Scare: The “Hollywood Ten” are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
Tag: 1947
2 November 1947
In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the “Spruce Goose”), the largest fixed-wing…
22 October 1947
The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
16 April 1947
An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
18 November 1947
The Ballantyne’s Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
6 November 1947
Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut
30 October 1947
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is founded. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade’]