* 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

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present.

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present )

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present )

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet the Press ( 1947 – present ).

* November 20 – Meet the Press first network telecast on NBC ( 1947 – present ).

* Meet Mr. Mischief ( 1947 ) ( short ) ( appears on poster )

Successful news magazines have included 60 Minutes, 20 / 20, and Dateline in primetime and Meet the Press ( the US's oldest series, having debuted in 1947 ), Face the Nation and This Week on Sunday mornings.

Brent also played opposite Ruby Keeler in 42nd Street ( 1933 ), Greta Garbo in The Painted Veil ( 1934 ), Ginger Rogers in In Person ( 1935 ), Madeleine Carroll in The Case Against Mrs. Ames ( 1936 ), Jean Arthur in More Than a Secretary ( 1936 ), Myrna Loy in Stamboul Quest ( 1934 ) and The Rains Came ( 1939 ), Merle Oberon in ' Til We Meet Again ( 1940 ), Ann Sheridan in Honeymoon for Three ( 1941 ), Joan Fontaine in The Affairs of Susan ( 1945 ), Barbara Stanwyck in The Purchase Price ( 1932 ), Baby Face ( 1933 ), The Gay Sisters ( 1942 ) and My Reputation ( 1946 ), Claudette Colbert in Tomorrow Is Forever ( 1946 ), Dorothy McGuire in The Spiral Staircase ( 1946 ), Lucille Ball in Lover Come Back ( 1946 ) and Yvonne De Carlo in Slave Girl ( 1947 ).

* Meet Me at Dawn ( 1947 )

Culp was born in Oakland, California, and graduated from Berkeley High School, where he was a pole vaulter, taking second place at the 1947 CIF California State Meet.

All four major English networks and the two largest Spanish networks also carry political talk programs on Sunday mornings ( NBC's Meet the Press, ABC's This Week, CBS ' Face the Nation, Fox's sole news program Fox News Sunday, Univision's Al Punto and Telemundo's Enfoque ); of these programs, Meet the Press holds the distinction of being the longest-running American television program as it has aired since November 6, 1947.