* 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

Among the most significant films produced during this period were David Lean's Brief Encounter ( 1945 ) and his Dickens adaptations Great Expectations ( 1946 ) and Oliver Twist ( 1948 ), Carol Reed's thrillers Odd Man Out ( 1947 ) and The Third Man ( 1949 ), and Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946 ), Black Narcissus ( 1946 ) and The Red Shoes ( 1948 ).

Memorable films from post-war England include David Lean's Great Expectations ( 1946 ) and Oliver Twist ( 1948 ), Carol Reed's Odd Man Out ( 1947 ) and The Third Man ( 1949 ), and Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946 ), Black Narcissus ( 1946 ) and The Red Shoes ( 1948 ), Laurence Olivier's Hamlet, the first non-American film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture and Kind Hearts and Coronets ( 1949 ) directed by Robert Hamer.

In 1947, Boston Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey and Yankees GM Larry MacPhail verbally agreed to trade DiMaggio for Ted Williams, but MacPhail refused to include Yogi Berra .< ref >

Her sisters had all died, " Red Ellen " Wilkinson died in 1947, George Bernard Shaw died in 1950, and she did not take well to widowhood.

1947 saw two subsequently-outstanding films in production, Oliver Twist, directed by David Lean and Powell and Pressburger's Oscar-winning The Red Shoes, a landmark in British film-making, in part largely due to the creative cinematography of Jack Cardiff and his innovative use of the new technique of Technicolor.

The Red and White Flag song was introduced in 1947 by Ibu Sud.

In 1947, however, Warner served as a " friendly witness " for the House Un-American Activities Committee ( HUAC ), thereby lending support to allegations of a " Red " infiltration of Hollywood.

The CHLA went on to function as a more general civil rights group ; its numbers declined strongly after it was targeted by the FBI during the Second Red Scare ( 1947 – 1957 ).

They worked together under the name of " The Archers " and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel ( 1941 ), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ), A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946, also called Stairway to Heaven ), Black Narcissus ( 1947 ), The Red Shoes ( 1948 ), and The Tales of Hoffmann ( 1951 ).

* The Red House ( 1947 )

Local organizations include a Red Cross chapter, and the Schützenbruderschaft St. Sebastian Balve, founded in 1947.

In 1947, an independent member of the Legislative Assembly, René Chaloult, demanded a new provincial flag to displace the unpopular ( amongst some segment of the population of Quebec ) Canadian Red Ensign and replace the unpopular and completely unused Quebec blue ensign in the province.

In 1941, Prime Minister Robert Menzies stated that there should be no restrictions on private citizens using the Blue Ensign on land, and in 1947 Prime Minister Ben Chifley reaffirmed this position, but it wasn't until the passage of the Flags Act 1953 that the restriction on civilians flying the Blue Ensign was officially lifted, after which use of the Red Ensign on land became a rarity.

He is best known for his series of film collaborations with Michael Powell, in a multiple-award-winning partnership known as The Archers and produced a series of classic British films, notably 49th Parallel ( 1941 ), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp ( 1943 ), A Matter of Life and Death ( 1946, also called Stairway to Heaven ), Black Narcissus ( 1947 ), The Red Shoes ( 1948 ), and The Tales of Hoffmann ( 1951 ).

Russell later appeared in the more popular films Calcutta ( 1947 ) with Alan Ladd and the two with John Wayne, Angel and the Badman ( 1947 ) and Wake of the Red Witch ( 1948 ).

Ted Williams later matched this mark in the AL, winning in 1942 and 1947 with the Boston Red Sox.

Blake as Little Beaver. In 1944, Blake began playing a Native American boy, " Little Beaver ," in the Red Ryder Western series at the studios of Republic Pictures ( now CBS Radford Studios ), appearing in twenty-three of the movies until 1947.

On April 22, 1947, Red was censored by NBC two minutes into his radio show.

* Two Plus Two Equals Red, Time Magazine, Monday, 30 Jun 1947

* Carlton " Pudge " Fisk ( b. 1947 ), Hall of Fame catcher with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox

Although its first rumblings came in 1947 with the trial and conviction of the " Hollywood Ten ", the so-called Red Scare was truly gathering steam in the year 1950 with the espionage-related arrests of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the trial of Alger Hiss.

Red Ryder Comics consisted of reprints of the newspaper strip until issue # 47 ( June 1947 ), when it began producing original material.

* Order of the Red Banner, five times ( 25 July 1920, 11 May 1921, 22 February 1930, 3 November 1944, 6 November 1947 )