* 1947 – The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.

* 1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor

* 1947 – Mike Worboys, British mathematician

* 1947 – André Weinfeld, French and American Film Director / Producer

* 1947 – Alex Briley, American singer ( Village People )

* 1947 – Tom Clancy, American author

* 1947 – Woody Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist

* 1947 – Antonin Kratochvil, Czech-American photographer

* 1947 – Dan Lauria, American actor

* 1947 – David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host

* 1947 – Wayne Northrop, American actor

* 1947 – In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.

* 1947 – Leslie Grantham, English actor

* 1947 – Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer and composer

* 1947 – Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer

* 1947 – Manousos Manousakis, Greek director and producer

* 1947 – Mats Odell, Swedish politician

* 1947 – Barbara Bach, American actress

* 1947 – Peter Krieg, German director, producer, and writer ( d. 2009 )

* 1947 – John Morrison, New Zealand cricketer

* 1947 – Gavin Pfuhl, South African cricketer ( d. 2002 )

* 1947 – Harry Reems, American actor

* 1947 – Tony Dell, Australian cricketer

* 1874 – Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor ( d. 1947 )

* 1947 – Roy Hodgson, English footballer and manager

However, his next films, The Great Dictator ( 1940 ), a parody on Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini that ended in a dramatic speech criticising the blind following patriotic nationalism, and Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947 ), which criticised war and capitalism, as well as his first European film A King in New York ( 1957 ), which ridiculed the U. S. House Un-American Activities Committee, were more clearly political and caused controversy.

* 1947 – King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

* Powicke, F. M. ( 1947 ), King Henry III and the Lord Edward: The Community of the Realm in the Thirteenth Century, Oxford: Clarendon Press.

In 1947, the King issued letters patent granting his Canadian governor general permission to exercise all those powers belonging to the monarch in respect of Canada and, at the Imperial Conference of 1949, the decision was reached to use the term member of the Commonwealth instead of Dominion to refer to the non-British member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.

From 1947, they infliltrated the southern mountains to build support for former King Zog.

The position of prime minister is not outlined in any Canadian constitutional document and is mentioned only in passing in Schedule B of the Constitution Act, 1982, and the Letters Patent issued in 1947 by King George VI.

In 1947, King Michael I was forced by the Communists to abdicate and leave the country, Romania was proclaimed a republic, and remained under direct military and economic control of the USSR until the late 1950s.

Soviet occupation following World War II led to the formation of a communist People's Republic in 1947, and the abdication of King Michael, who went into exile.

Many of these hit records were issued on new independent record labels, such as Savoy ( founded 1942 ), King ( founded 1943 ), Imperial ( founded 1945 ), Specialty ( founded 1946 ), Chess ( founded 1947 ), and Atlantic ( founded 1948 ).

This was in 1947 when the King, accompanied by Queen Elizabeth ( later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ), Princess Elizabeth ( later Elizabeth II ) and Princess Margaret were travelling to South Africa.

* 1947 – Stephen King, American author

films include The Captive Heart ( 1947 ), Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ), King Rat ( 1965 ), Danger Within ( 1958 ), The Secret War of Harry Frigg ( 1968 ).

On 3 January 1947, King received Canadian citizenship certificate number 0001.

Prime Minister of Canada | Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first person to take the Oath of Citizenship ( Canada ) | Oath of Citizenship, from Chief Justice of Canada | Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret, in the Supreme Court of Canada | Supreme Court, 3 January 1947

* September 26 – King Christian X of Denmark ( d. 1947 )

* November 11 – Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy ( d. 1947 )

In 1947, King George VI issued letters patent allowing the viceroy to carry out almost all of the monarch's powers in his or her stead.

The governor general is required by both the Constitution Act ( previously the British North America Act ), 1867, and the letters patent issued in 1947 by King George VI.

Nickolas won the first America's Polka King award in 1947.

" F. M. Powicke offered a more positive perspective in his extensive work on Edward I in King Henry III and the Lord Edward ( 1947 ) and The Thirteenth Century ( 1953 ).

In 1947, the King and his family toured Southern Africa.

As the 1947 Letters Patent issued by King George VI permit the Governor General of Canada to exercise almost all of the monarch's powers in respect of Canada, the viceroy is expected to continue to act as the personal representative of the monarch, and not any regent, even if the monarch is a child or incapacitated.

In 1947 the Norwegian people, by public subscription, purchased the Royal Yacht Norge for the King.

Victor Emanuel III ( Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III ; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947 ) was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy ( 29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946 ).