The Fisher Body division, long controlled by the Fisher brothers under a voting trust even though General Motors owned a majority of its stock, followed an independent course for many years, but by 1947 and 1948 `` resistance had collapsed '' and its purchases from Du Pont `` compared favorably '' with purchases by other General Motors divisions.

In 1947, affidavits were filed with the Commission by various clear-channel stations alleging that extensive interference was being caused to the service areas of these stations during daylight hours, from class 2, stations whose signals were being reflected from the ionosphere so as to create skywave intereference.

Foreseeing the possible threats to safety with the rapid growth of the sport, the industry has been supporting an intense, coordinated educational program with great success since 1947.

This illusion was described in a far-sighted editorial in The New York Herald Tribune, on March 5, 1947, in connection with the submission of the satellite peace treaties to the Senate.

Many of you are familiar, I'm sure, with the story of my early struggles: the fire in January, 1947, that destroyed everything -- even our precious list of subscribers.

In 1947, Poland founded a museum on the site of Auschwitz I and II, which by 2010 had seen 29 million visitors — 1, 300, 000 annually — pass through the iron gates crowned with the infamous motto, Arbeit macht frei (" work makes free ").

It was consolidated with other purchases as the Combined Insurance Co. of America in 1947.

* Brigadoon ( 1947 ), with Frederick Loewe

A later US radio version by the Theatre Guild in 1947 featured Rathbone with Wendy Hiller and Catherine Rowan, his co-star from a contemporary Broadway production.

In 1947, Jackie Robinson signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the color barrier that had prevented talented African American players from entering the white-only major leagues.

The strongest recorded earthquakes in the region occurred on 5 April 1959, with its epicentre at Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye and a recorded intensity of 6. 5 at Barcelonnette, and on 17 February 1947, with its epicentre at Prazzo over the Italian border.

Bartók's music reflects two trends that dramatically changed the sound of music in the 20th century: the breakdown of the diatonic system of harmony that had served composers for the previous two hundred years ( Griffiths 1978, 7 ); and the revival of nationalism as a source for musical inspiration, a trend that began with Mikhail Glinka and Antonín Dvořák in the last half of the 19th century ( Einstein 1947, 332 ).

Pasternak gave his lover a book of Petőfi with the inscription, " Petőfi served as a code in May and June 1947, and my close translations of his lyrics are an expression, adapted to the requirements of the text, of my feelings and thoughts for you and about you.

In a June 5, 1947 speech, comporting with the Truman Doctrine, Marshall announced a comprehensive program of American assistance to all European countries wanting to participate, including the Soviet Union and those of Eastern Europe, called the Marshall Plan.

In England in the late 1940s, Ealing Studios achieved popular success as well as critical acclaim with a series of films known collectively as the " Ealing comedies ", from 1947 to 1957.

The Electricity Act 1947 introduced better retirement benefits for workers in that industry, and a Workers ’ Compensation ( Supplementation ) Act was passed in 1948 that introduced benefits for workers with certain asbestos-related diseases which had occurred before 1948.

In January, 1947, fear of Soviet and American intentions led to a secret meeting of senior cabinet ministers, where it was decided to press ahead with the development of Britain's independent nuclear deterrent, an issue which later caused a split in the Labour Party.

The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best ( 1759 ); Candide: or, The Optimist ( 1762 ); and Candide: or, Optimism ( 1947 ).

Following the 1947 season, the American League countered with a rule change that fixed the distance of an outfield wall for the duration of a season.

The Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947 provided for a distinct Canadian Citizenship, automatically conferred upon most individuals born in Canada, with some exceptions, and defined the conditions under which one could become a naturalized citizen.

Even so, armed Japanese troops remained in China well into 1947, with some noncommissioned officers finding their way into the Nationalist officer corps .< ref > Gillin, Donald G. and Etter, Charles.

Dutch physicists Hendrik B. G. Casimir and Dirk Polder at Philips Research Labs proposed the existence of a force between two polarizable atoms and between such an atom and a conducting plate in 1947, and, after a conversation with Niels Bohr who suggested it had something to do with zero-point energy, Casimir alone formulated the theory predicting a force between neutral conducting plates in 1948 ; the former is called the Casimir-Polder force while the latter is the Casimir effect in the narrow sense.

Considerable research into biological warfare was undertaken throughout the Cold War era ( 1947 – 1991 ) by the U. S., U. K. and U. S. S. R., and probably other major nations as well, although it is generally believed that such weapons were never used.

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

He visited an exhibition of works by Vincent van Gogh which resulted in a study Van Gogh le suicidé de la société Gogh, The Man Suicided by Society, published by K éditeur, Paris, 1947 which won a critics ' prize.

* J. K. Vyskočil, Arnošt z Pardubic a jeho doba, Prag 1947

L. K Advani's life as a politician started in 1947 when he was elected as the Secretary, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Karachi.

The Southern Railway refused permission for some of the K & ESRs carriages to be taken to Lydd in 1947 citing safety reasons.

As an adult, Suraiya initially played secondary roles in K. Asif's Phool ( 1944 ), Mehboob Khan's Anmol Ghadi ( 1946 ), which was written by Aghajani Kashmeri also Kashmiri, and Dard ( 1947 ).

Soldiers of the Raj: The Indian Army 1600 – 1947 ( Coventry, U. K .: National Army Museum, 1997 )

** Free Territory of Trieste, Zone A ( 1947 – 1954, administered jointly with the U. K .)

Members of the 15-man commission included Dr. Luis Alvarez, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Neil Armstrong ( a NASA astronaut and the First man on the Moon ), Richard Feynman, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, Dr. Gerard K. O ’ Neill ( an American physicist and space activist ), Dr. Kathryn D. Sullivan ( a Space Shuttle astronaut and the first American woman to walk in space ), and Brigadier General Charles E. " Chuck " Yeager rocket plane pilot and first man to break the sound barrier ( 1947 ).

* F. A. von Hayek U. K., 1947 – 1961

Davies describes computer projects at the U. K. National Physical Laboratory, from the 1947 design work of Alan Turing to the development of the two ACE computers.

* Playing with Strife, The Autobiography of a Soldier, Lt-Gen. Sir Philip Neame, V. C., K. B. E., C. B., D. S. O., George G Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1947.

George Kenneth " G. K ." Butterfield, Jr. ( born April 27, 1947 ) is the U. S. Representative for, serving since 2004.

* P. K. Abdul Aziz ( born 1947 ), Indian scientist and academic administrator

** Free Territory of Trieste, Zone A ( 1947 – 1954, administered jointly with the U. K .)

* Leaves in the Storm ( 1947 ) ( book of diaries ) ( edited with Stefan K. Schimanski and with a running commentary )

( 1947 ) ( general editor with Stefan K. Schimanski )

Davies describes computer projects at the U. K. National Physical Laboratory, from the 1947 design work of Alan Turing to the development of the two ACE computers.

* Aken, Lucie J N K van, 1947.

Towards the middle of 1947, the Dogra forces were forced to leave due to happenings of 1947 in the princely state of J & K.

* ' Playing with Strife ', The Autobiography of a Soldier, Lt-Gen. Sir Philip Neame, V. C., K. B. E., C. B., D. S. O., George G Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1947, 353 pages, ( written whilst a POW, the best narrative of Vincigliata as Campo PG12, contains a scale plan of Castello di Vincigliata, and photographs taken by the author just after the war )

He later achieved the rank of Jemadar in the post-independence Indian Army, and his unit 1 Sikh was the first to be involved in the Jammu & Kashmir Operations or Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 which began in October 1947 as Indian troops went into action to repel a planned invasion of J & K by raiders from Pakistan.