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Events from the year
1947 in the
United Kingdom
.
Contents
1
Incumbents
2
Events
2.1
Undated
3
Publications
4
Births
5
Deaths
6
References
7
See also
Incumbents
Monarch
-
George VI of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister
-
Clement Attlee
,
Labour
Events
January -
One of the most severe winters on record
in the UK.
1 January - The government
nationalises
the coal industry in the UK.
[
1
]
2 January -
British coins
ceased to made from silver.
[
1
]
20 February -
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
appointed the last
Governor-General of India
.
[
1
]
15 March - Widespread flooding as the exceptionally
harsh winter
ends in a thaw.
[
2
]
3 April - The private healthcare firm
BUPA
founded.
[
1
]
18 April - In
the largest non-nuclear single explosive detonation in history
, the
Royal Navy
set off 6,800
tonnes
of surplus
ammunition
in an attempt to destroy
Heligoland
,
Germany
.
May - The
Conservative Party
publishes its
Industrial Charter
.
15 June - Restrictions on foreign travel imposed during
World War II
lifted.
[
3
]
10 July -
Princess Elizabeth
announces engagement to
Philip Mountbatten
(previously known as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark).
14 August and 15 August-
Pakistan
[
4
]
and
India
[
5
]
gain independence from the UK, remaining
Commonwealth Realms
under King George VI.
24 August - First
Edinburgh Festival
of the Arts opens.
[
2
]
September -
Cambridge University
votes to allow women to become full students.
[
3
]
16 November - The
British Army
begins to withdraw troops from
Palestine
.
18 November -
Tommy Lawton
, 28-year-old centre-forward, becomes Britain's first £20,000 footballer in a move from
Chelsea
to
Notts County
.
[1]
19 November - Philip Mountbatten created
Duke of Edinburgh
, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich, with the style
His Royal Highness
.
20 November -
The Princess Elizabeth
, daughter of
King George VI
marries the
Duke of Edinburgh
at
Westminster Abbey
,
London
.
[
1
]
25 November -
New Zealand
ratifies the
Statute of Westminster
and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the
United Kingdom
.
29 November - The
United Nations
approves the
Partition Plan for Palestine
thus ending the
British Mandate of Palestine
.
[
1
]
December
Edward Victor Appleton
wins the
Nobel Prize in Physics
"for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer".
[
6
]
Robert Robinson
wins the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
"for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids"
[
7
]
The
Friends Service Council
wins the
Nobel Peace Prize
.
[
8
]
Undated
Discovery of the
pion
, a subatomic particle, by
Cecil Frank Powell
at the
University of Bristol
.
[
9
]
Discovery of the
kaon
, a subatomic particle, by
George Rochester
and C. C. Butler.
Publications
Malcolm Lowry
's novel
Under the Volcano
.
Compton Mackenzie
's novel
Whisky Galore
.
Births
6 January -
Sandy Denny
, singer (died
1978
)
8 January
David Bowie
, singer
Jenny Boyd
, model
30 January
Les Barker
, poet
Steve Marriott
, singer and musician (
Small Faces
,
Humble Pie
) (died
1991
)
20 February -
Peter Osgood
, footballer (died
2006
)
7 March -
Matthew Fisher
, singer-songwriter and producer
25 March -
Elton John
, musician
23 April -
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey
, Member of Parliament
8 May -
John Reid
, politician
2 July -
Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton
, politician
6 June -
David Blunkett
, former
Home Secretary
7 July -
Richard Beckinsale
, actor
Rob Townsend
, rock drummer (
Family
)
17 July -
The Duchess of Cornwall
(née Camilla Parker Bowles), the 2nd wife of
Charles, Prince of Wales
23 July -
David Essex
, actor and singer
19 July -
Brian May
, guitarist (
Queen
)
23 August -
Willy Russell
, playwright
28 August -
Emlyn Hughes
, footballer (died
2004
)
16 September -
Roger Millward
, English rugby league footballer and coach
17 September -
Tessa Jowell
,
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
30 September -
Marc Bolan
, musician (died
1977
)
5 October -
Brian Johnson
, singer
1 December -
Bob Fulton
, English-Australian rugby league footballer and coach
Deaths
16 May -
Frederick Hopkins
, biochemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
(born
1861
)
1 December
Samuel Courtauld
, art collector (born
1876
)
Aleister Crowley
, occultist (born
1875
)
G. H. Hardy
, mathematician (born
1877
)
14 December -
Stanley Baldwin
,
former Prime Minister
(born
1867
)
References
^
a
b
c
d
e
f
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-141-02715-0.
^
a
b
Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
. London: Century Ltd. pp. 396–397.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2.
^
a
b
The Lost Decade Timeline, BBC
^
Pakistan
entry at
The World Factbook
^
India
entry at
The World Factbook
^
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947
^
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947
^
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947
^
Lattes, C. M. G., Muirhead, H., Occhialini, G. P. S. & Powell, C. F. Processes involving charged mesons. Nature, 159, 694 - 697, (1947).
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Related links
Up to date as of November 16, 2009
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947
The Nobel Peace Prize 1947
The Lost Decade Timeline, BBC
- BBC - BBC Four - The Lost Decade Timeline
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