What is 1947?
{{Year nav|1947}} {{Year in various calendars|1947}} '''1947''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXLVII]]) was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1947th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1947}}. == Events == * [[February 28 incident]] in [[Taiwan]] was an affair in which large numbers of people protested against the government, in which thousands were killed by the regime's forces. * [[April 15]] – [[Jackie Robinson]], an African-American, plays first base for the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] major-league [[baseball]] team, ending the sport's unofficial rule against blacks playing. * [[June 26]] - [[Sindh]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour. * [[June 29]] - [[Balochistan (Pakistan)]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour. * [[July 2]] - [[North-West Frontier Province]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour. * [[July 19]] - [[Punjab (Pakistan)]] province joins Pakistan, after the majority voted in favour. * [[July 22]] – The former [[Bangladesh#History|East Bengal]] province joins Pakistan on the basis of a Muslim-majority region the people had voted in to join the cause for Pakistan, according to the Partition Plan, based on the [[Two-nation theory]]. It later becomes the present day People's Republic of Bangladesh, since 1971. * [[August 14]] – [[Pakistan]] is Created from [[British India]] ,end of the [[British Raj]]. * [[August 15]] – [[India]] gains independence from [[Britain]]. == Births == * [[January 1]] - [[Jon Corzine]], American politician * [[January 8]] – [[David Bowie]], British singer (d. [[2016]]) * [[January 22]] – [[Vladimir Oravsky]], Swedish author * [[February 18]] - [[Dennis DeYoung]], American keyboardist ([[Styx (band)|Styx]]) * [[March 3]] - [[Jennifer Warnes]], American singer * [[March 8]] – [[Carole Bayer Sager]], American actress and singer * [[March 24]] - [[Alan Sugar]], British [[businessman]] * [[March 24]] - [[Chris