147 notable events from 1947 — air crashes, wars and massacres. Page 1 of 2.
- Ed Gein
Jan 1, 1947–Jan 1, 1957 · United States · Massacre
- Black Dahlia
Jan 9, 1947 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Partition of India
Aug 15, 1947 · India · War & armed conflict
- 1948 Palestine war
Nov 30, 1947–Jul 20, 1949 · Lebanon · War & armed conflict
- Kashmir conflict
from Oct 22, 1947 · India · War & armed conflict
- Texas City disaster
Apr 16, 1947 · United States · Maritime disaster
- February 28 incident
Feb 27, 1947–May 16, 1947 · Taiwan · Massacre
- Operation Vistula
Apr 28, 1947–Jul 31, 1947 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
Nov 30, 1947–May 14, 1948 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Portella della Ginestra massacre
May 1, 1947 · Italy · Massacre
- Murder of Elizabeth Short
Jan 1947 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Tito–Stalin split
Jan 1, 1947 · War & armed conflict
- Carroll Cole
Jan 1, 1947–Jan 1, 1980 · United States · Attack (other)
- Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting
Jun 24, 1947 · United States · Aviation accident
- Violence against Muslims in India
1947 · Riot & unrest
- Michigan Murders
Jun 17, 1947 · Murder & homicide
- Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck
Jan 1, 1947–Jan 1, 1949 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Operation Big Bang
Apr 18, 1947 · Germany · Bombing & explosion
- Malagasy Uprising
Mar 29, 1947–Feb 1949 · Madagascar · War & armed conflict
- The Sergeants affair
Jul 12, 1947–Jul 31, 1947 · Israel · Murder & homicide
- Rohingya conflict
from 1947 · Myanmar · War & armed conflict
- 1947 Jammu massacres
Oct 1947–Nov 1947 · India · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Hollister riot
Jul 6, 1947 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Maury Island incident
Jun 21, 1947 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Krupp trial
Dec 8, 1947–Jul 31, 1948 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident
Aug 2, 1947 · Argentina · Aviation accident
- Rawalpindi Massacres
Mar 1947 · India · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Rincón Bomba massacre
Oct 30, 1947 · Argentina · Massacre
- Mitholz ammunition depot explosion
Dec 19, 1947 · Switzerland · Bombing & explosion
- Bengali language movement
Jan 1, 1947–Jan 1, 1956 · Bangladesh · War & armed conflict
- Gumma Coffee Incident
1947 · Japan · Incident
- 1947 Amritsar train massacre
Sep 22, 1947 · India · Massacre
- Haifa Oil Refinery massacre
Dec 30, 1947 · Israel · Massacre
- Mỹ Trạch massacre
Nov 29, 1947 · Vietnam · Massacre
- Typhoon Kathleen
Sep 10, 1947–Sep 15, 1947 · Natural disaster
- Balad al-Shaykh massacre
Dec 31, 1947 · Israel · Massacre
- Lai Teck
Mar 6, 1947 · War & armed conflict
- William Dale Archerd
Jan 1, 1947–Jan 1, 1966 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash
Jan 26, 1947 · Denmark · Aviation accident
- Flight 105 UFO sighting
Jul 4, 1947 · United States · Aviation accident
- Kanagawa tax office officer martyrdom case
Jun 23, 1947 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- Rawagede massacre
Dec 9, 1947 · Indonesia · Massacre
- 1947 Poonch rebellion
Oct 1947 · War & armed conflict
- General Leclerc's aviation accident
Nov 28, 1947 · Algeria · Aviation accident
- Trial of Erich von Manstein
Jan 1, 1947 · War & armed conflict
- Everson v. Board of Education
Feb 10, 1947 · United States · Crime & justice
- Caroline Grills
Jan 1, 1947–Jan 1, 1953 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 605
May 30, 1947 · United States · Aviation accident
- Murder of Elvira Orlandini
Jun 5, 1947 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Hachikō Line derailment
Feb 25, 1947 · Japan · Rail accident
- 1947 Cádiz explosion
Aug 18, 1947 · Spain · Bombing & explosion
- Twin Falls saucer hoax
Jul 11, 1947 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- United Air Lines Flight 608
Oct 24, 1947 · United States · Aviation accident
- Pan Am Flight 121
Jun 19, 1947 · Syrian Arab Republic · Aviation accident
- 1947 Gilgit rebellion
Aug 1, 1947–Nov 16, 1947 · Pakistan · War & armed conflict
- 1947 strikes in France
Apr 25, 1947–Dec 9, 1947 · France · War & armed conflict
- 1947 Casablanca massacre
Apr 7, 1947–Apr 8, 1947 · Morocco · Massacre
- 1947 anti-Jewish riots in Aleppo
from Nov 30, 1947 · Syrian Arab Republic · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Hamburg rubble murderer
Jan 20, 1947–Feb 12, 1947 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Berthold Wehmeyer
Apr 23, 1947 · Murder & homicide
- 1947 Kamoke train massacre
Sep 24, 1947 · Pakistan · Massacre
- United Air Lines Flight 521
May 29, 1947 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1947 anti-Jewish riots in Aden
Dec 4, 1947 · Yemen · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Shubaki family assassination
Nov 19, 1947 · Palestine · Murder & homicide
- 1947 Dutch coup plot
Apr 24, 1947 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Fajja bus attacks
Nov 30, 1947 · Israel · Terrorism
- The Wreck of the Red Arrow
Feb 18, 1947 · United States · Rail accident
- Mergosono massacre
Jul 31, 1947 · Indonesia · Massacre
- Great Fire of Iida
Apr 20, 1947 · Japan · Fire
- Standon Farm School shooting
Feb 15, 1947 · United Kingdom · Shooting
- Battle of Muzaffarabad
Oct 22, 1947 · Pakistan · War & armed conflict
- Acre Prison break
May 4, 1947 · Israel · Attack (other)
- 1947 Centralia mine disaster
Mar 25, 1947 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- James Morelli
Jan 1, 1947 · Murder & homicide
- 1947 Oregon Beechcraft Bonanza crash
Oct 28, 1947 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1947 Jerusalem riots
Dec 2, 1947–Apr 1948 · Palestine · Riot & unrest
- 1947 Thai coup d'état
Nov 7, 1947–Nov 8, 1947 · Thailand · War & armed conflict
- Irgun bombing of police headquarters in Haifa
Sep 29, 1947 · Israel · Bombing & explosion
- Bernhard Prigan
Jan 1, 1947–Jan 1, 1952 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Gay Gibson
Oct 18, 1947 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- 1947 Muroran Main Line collision
Mar 31, 1947 · Japan · Rail accident
- Ballantynes fire
Nov 18, 1947 · New Zealand · Fire
- Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 410
Jun 13, 1947 · United States · Aviation accident
- Camp Mountain rail accident
May 5, 1947 · Australia · Rail accident
- Irmgard Swinka
Jan 1, 1947–Jan 1, 1948 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- 1947 New York City smallpox outbreak
1947 · United States · Epidemic & disease
- Al-Khisas raid
Dec 18, 1947 · Israel · Massacre
- 1947 Yogyakarta Dakota incident
Jul 29, 1947 · Indonesia · Aviation accident
- Karlslust dance hall fire
Feb 8, 1947 · Germany · Fire
- 1947 Columbus mid-air collision
Apr 22, 1947 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1947 Korangi Creek crash
Dec 27, 1947 · Pakistan · Aviation accident
- 1947 Wisconsin earthquake
May 6, 1947 · United States · Earthquake
- Albenga maritime disaster
Jul 16, 1947 · Maritime disaster
- 1947 Avianca Douglas DC-4 crash
Feb 15, 1947 · Colombia · Aviation accident
- Dugald rail accident
Sep 1, 1947 · Canada · Rail accident
- Explosion of the Ocean Liberty
Jul 28, 1947 · France · Industrial & structural disaster
- Tămădău affair
Jan 1, 1947 · Scandal & controversy
- 1947 Egyptian cholera epidemic
from Sep 21, 1947 · Egypt · Epidemic & disease
- 3 March affair
Mar 3, 1947 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Pan Am Flight 923
Oct 26, 1947 · United States · Aviation accident