1947 - online puzzles

1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.

It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Events

January

January – February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom : The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century, it causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, this is mainly remembered in terms of the effects on the railway networks.

January 1

British coal mines are nationalised.

Nigeria gains limited autonomy, before gaining independence in 1960.

The Canadian Citizenship Act comes into effect.

January 3 – Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time.

January 10 – The United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste.

January 15 – Elizabeth Short, an aspiring actress nicknamed the " Black Dahlia ", is found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles (the case remains unsolved to this day ).

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