At A Glance

20 April 1947 at a glance

Day of the week
20 April 1947 was a Sunday.
Top Film of 1947
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1947 was Forever Amber.
Bestselling Novel of 1947
“The Miracle of the Bells” by Russell Janney was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1947.
Star sign
The star sign for 20 April is Taurus.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 20 April 1947 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for April is Diamond.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 20 April 1947 was New Moon.

On this day: 20 April

  • 1945 World War II: U.S. troops capture Leipzig, Germany, only to later cede the city to the Soviet Union.
  • 1945 World War II: Führerbunker: On his 56th birthday Adolf Hitler makes his last trip to the surface to award Iron Crosses to boy soldiers of the Hitler Youth.
  • 1946 The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
  • 1949 Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing during the Chinese Civil War.
  • 1961 Cold War: Failure of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of US-backed Cuban exiles against Cuba.

Famous people born on April 20

  • Alexander Zverev, German tennis player (born 1997)
  • Jessica Lange, American actress (born 1949)
  • Andy Serkis, English actor and director (born 1964)
  • Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France, Emperor of French Second Empire (1808–1873)

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Events of 1947 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1947 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • May 22 – Cold War: In an effort to fight the spread of Communism, President Harry S. Truman signs an Act of Congress that implements the Truman Doctrine. This Act grants $400 million in military and economic aid to Turkey and Greece.
  • July 7 – A supposedly downed extraterrestrial spacecraft is reportedly found in the Roswell UFO incident, near Roswell, New Mexico, which will be written about by Stanton T. Friedman and many others.
  • July 26 – Cold War: President Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into law, creating the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council.
More events of 1947 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in the US in 1947

President

Harry S. Truman

Gas (per gallon)

$0.23

Loaf of Bread

$0.12

Average House

$4,900

Weekly Wage

$46

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