* 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

* 1947 – George VI of the United Kingdom creates Philip Mountbatten the Duke of Edinburgh in preparation for his wedding to George's elder daughter, Princess Elizabeth, the next day.

* 1947 – The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.

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.

Nevertheless, morale was boosted by events such as the marriage of Princess Elizabeth in 1947 and the Festival of Britain.

She was married to Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, with whom she had four children: Princess Beatrix ( born 1938 ), Princess Irene ( born 1939 ), Princess Margriet ( born 1943 ), Princess Christina ( born 1947 ).

** 14 October 1947 – 1 December 1947 ; 14 May 1948 – 30 August 1948: Her Royal Highness Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, Princess Regent

* 1947 – 1952: The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh

The string of notable successes continued as Princess Charlotte in The First Gentleman ( Savoy, 1945 ) opposite Robert Morley as the Prince Regent, Pegeen in Playboy of the Western World ( Bristol Old Vic, 1946 ) and Tess of the d ' Urbervilles ( Bristol Old Vic, 1946, transferring to the Piccadilly Theatre in the West End in 1947 ), which was adapted for the stage by her husband.

As Princess Elizabeth, HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh ( who was created Baron Greenwich on their marriage in 1947 ) made their first joint visit to Greenwich in 1948 for the Duke to receive the Freedom of the Borough.

The title was created for a fourth time on 19 November 1947 by George VI, who bestowed it the next day on his son-in-law Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, when he married Princess Elizabeth.

In 1947, Princess Elizabeth ( as Queen Elizabeth II was then titled ), heir presumptive to King George VI, married Philip Mountbatten.

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.

Later, in November 1947, she allegedly declined to attend the wedding of her niece, The Princess Elizabeth, to Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten to protest the fact that the Duke of Windsor had not been invited.

After her husband's death in 1947, the Princess Royal lived at Harewood House with her elder son and his family.

He was a leading guest at the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Princess Elizabeth ( later Elizabeth II ), daughter of King George VI, married Prince Philip of Greece in November 1947, making that the last marriage between the British and other Royal families.

From 10 November 1947 until 24 November 1947, Rajaji served as Acting Governor-General of India in the absence of the Governor-General Lord Mountbatten, who was on leave in England to attend the marriage of Princess Elizabeth to Mountbatten's nephew Prince Philip.