* 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

Besides Dick Tracy, Capp parodied many other comic strips in Li ' l Abner — including Steve Canyon, Superman ( at least twice ; first as " Jack Jawbreaker " in 1947, and again in 1966 as " Chickensouperman "), Mary Worth, Peanuts, Rex Morgan, M. D., Little Annie Rooney and Little Orphan Annie ( in which Punjab became " Punjbag ," an oleaginous slob ).

* December 10 – Mary Bonaparte, pretender to the French imperial throne ( d. 1947 )

They had seven children ( five sons and two daughters ): Eliza Arabella Garfield ( 1860 – 63 ); Harry Augustus Garfield ( 1863 – 1942 ); James Rudolph Garfield ( 1865 – 1950 ); Mary Garfield ( 1867 – 1947 ); Irvin M. Garfield ( 1870 – 1951 ); Abram Garfield ( 1872 – 1958 ); and Edward Garfield ( 1874 – 76 ).

When Simon moved to England in 1964 he met Kathleen Mary " Kathy " Chitty ( born 1947 ) on 12 April 1964 at the very first English folk club he played, the Railway Inn Folk Club in Brentwood, Essex, where Chitty was working part-time selling tickets.

Dame Mary Claire Hogg, DBE ( b. 15 January 1947 )

More information can be found in the book A Brief History of Lititz Pennsylvania by Mary Augusta Huevener, published in 1947.

* Mary K. Greer ( born 1947 ) internationally renowned tarot scholar and practitioner

Piru has been used for shooting countless film and television productions over the years, including Desert Fury ( 1947 ) starring Lizabeth Scott, John Hodiak and Burt Lancaster, with Mary Astor and Wendell Corey.

* Mary Lou Turner, Country music singer born in Hazard on June 13, 1947.

* Mary Emma Woolley ( 1863 – 1947 ), President of Mount Holyoke College from 1900 – 1937

* Mary L. Cleave ( born 1947 ), space shuttle astronaut.

The church of St Mary, founded in the 13th century and with its present form by the 15th century, was damaged but not destroyed in the war and repaired by 1947.

Four of his early novels were made into films: Snowbound ( 1948 ) from The Lonely Skier ( 1947 ), Hell Below Zero ( 1954 ) from The White South ( 1949 ), Campbell's Kingdom ( 1957 ) from the book of the same name ( 1952 ), and The Wreck of the Mary Deare ( 1959 ) also from the book of the same name ( 1956 ).

1, # 2 ( May 1947 ); it involved dope-dealing protagonist Mary Kennedy nearly getting stabbed in the eye " by a junkie with a hypothermic needle " in her dream sequence ).

He and his wife had five children, Christopher Joseph McCarthy ( April 30, 1940 – April 30, 1940 ), Eleanor McCarthy Howell ( born October 30, 1947 ), Mary Abagail McCarthy ( April 29, 1949 – July 28, 1990 ), Michael Benet McCarthy ( born April 5, 1952 ) and Margaret Alice McCarthy Brown ( born July 17, 1956 ).

* November 18 – situation comedy Mary Kay and Johnny debuts on Dumont network ( 1947 – 1950 ).

They had two children: a son, Niven Terence Busch born December 2, 1944, and daughter, Mary Kelly Busch born September 12, 1947.

On 28 February 1922, Princess Mary married Henry Charles George, Viscount Lascelles ( 9 September 1882 – 23 May 1947 ), the elder son of Henry Lascelles, 5th Earl of Harewood, and Lady Florence Bridgeman, daughter of Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford of Weston Park.

Mary Kay and Johnny debuted on the DuMont Television Network on Tuesday, November 18, 1947.

She had taken a dislike to her son's companion, Mary Eyre Wallis ( the daughter of the noted engineer Barnes Wallis ), and, when Harry announced their engagement in October 1947, his mother set out to sabotage the union.

) Their families were not entirely happy with their engagement, but Dick and Mary were married in June, 1947, in London.

William's granddaughter, Mary Augusta Sanderson, who died in 1947, was the last descendant to live in Maynard.

The musical toured the U. S. from October 3, 1947, starting in Dallas, Texas with Mary Martin as Annie and John Raitt as Frank.

Her mother was Gladys Virginia Stewart ( 1891 – 1947 ), an American, daughter of millionaire John Henry Stewart from Virginia, a diplomat who served as American Consul in Antwerp, Belgium, and his wife Mary Virginia Ramsay Harding.