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 ").

In 1947, David Brown Limited bought the company under the leadership of managing director Sir David Brown — its " post-war saviour ".

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 ).

Other events fell on the same day coincidentally, such as the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 — shortly after which Newfoundland recognized July 1 as Memorial Day to commemorate the Newfoundland Regiment's heavy losses during the battle — and the enactment of the Chinese Immigration Act in 1923 — leading Chinese-Canadians to refer to July 1 as Humiliation Day and boycott Dominion Day celebrations until the act was repealed in 1947.

It has been estimated that about half of the Earth's mature tropical forests — between 7. 5 million and 8 million km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 2. 9 million to 3 million sq mi ) of the original 15 million to 16 million km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( 5. 8 million to 6. 2 million sq mi ) that until 1947 covered the planet — have now been destroyed.

Not only were Chandler's novels turned into major noirs — Murder, My Sweet ( 1944 ; adapted from Farewell, My Lovely ), The Big Sleep ( 1946 ), and Lady in the Lake ( 1947 )— he was an important screenwriter in the genre as well, producing the scripts for Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia ( 1946 ), and Strangers on a Train ( 1951 ).

You Bet Your Life debuted in October 1947 on radio on ABC ( which aired it from 1947 – 49 ), sponsored by costume jewelry manufacturer Allen Gellman ; and then on CBS ( 1949 – 50 ), and finally NBC, continuing until May 1961 — on radio only, 1947 – 1950 ; on both radio and television, 1950 – 1960 ; and on television only, 1960-1961.

He also attempted to gain the favor of the Garde — renamed the Haitian Army ( Armée d ' Haïti ) in March 1947 — by promoting Lavaud to brigadier general and by seeking United States military assistance.

He was selected for six consecutive All-Star Games from 1949 to 1954, was the recipient of the inaugural MLB Rookie of the Year Award in 1947, and won the National League Most Valuable Player Award in 1949 — the first black player so honored.

City Island Ballpark in Daytona Beach, Florida — the baseball field that became the Dodgers ' de facto spring training site in 1947 — was renamed Jackie Robinson Ballpark in 1989.

* 1947 — Held by Pashtuns in the Tribal Agencies to choose between joining India or Pakistan.

After the war, CMF units continued to form the bulk of the peacetime army, although the creation of standing infantry units — such as the Royal Australian Regiment — from 1947, meant that the regular army grew in importance.

As a critic of both fascism and what he called the culture industry, his writings — such as Dialectic of Enlightenment ( 1947 ), Minima Moralia ( 1951 ) and Negative Dialectics ( 1966 )— strongly influenced the European New Left.

ru: Арабо-израильская война ( 1947 — 1949 )

* 1947: Best Direction — All My Sons

The famines continued until independence in 1947, with the Bengal Famine of 1943 – 44 — even though there were no crop failures — killing 1. 5 million to 3 million Bengalis during World War II.

* The One Million Liter Sphere, the “ Eight Ball ” ( 1947 – 48 )

* Eight Preludes for Piano ( 1947 – 1948 )

* Eight Orders of Lenin ( 1933, 1945, 1947, January 1949, December 1949, 1953, 1958, 1968 )

Eight years later, on November 15, 1947, the District of Columbia and the five southern counties of Maryland became the Archdiocese of Washington ( D. C .), resulting in the present-day Archdiocese of Baltimore, which consists of the City of Baltimore and nine counties of central and western Maryland.

1947 Commodore Eight Convertible

* Eight Orders of Lenin ( 22 February 1941, 2 January 1942, 21 February 1945, 29 May 1945, 20 July 1947, 24 June 1948, 20 July 1957, 20 July 1967 )

: Freshman Eight: 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012

* The Last Li ' l Eight Ball story from New Funnies # 128 ( August 1947 )

* " The Caper With Eight Diamonds " ( November 23, 1947 )

After Colorado left in 1947 to join the Big Six Conference ( later the Big Eight Conference ) the MSC became popularly known as the Skyline Conference or Skyline Six while the Big Six took over the Big Seven name.

* Eight time NHL all-star game participant ( 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 )

* Eight for Eternity ( 1947 )

In his first season as head coach in 1947, Wilkinson led Oklahoma to a 7 – 2 – 1 record and a share of the conference championship, the first of 13 consecutive Big Six / Seven / Eight Conference titles.

The term " first-class cricket " was formally defined by the then Imperial Cricket Conference ( ICC ) in May 1947 as a match of three or more days duration between two sides of eleven players officially adjudged first-class ; the governing body in each country to decide the status of teams.

A season ( 1947 – 1948 ) was played with 21 teams for political reasons.

Starting in 1947, the Soviets, also with the help of German teams, launched sub-orbital V-2 rockets and their own variant, the R-1, including radiation and animal experiments on some flights.

He played on seven Ryder Cup teams: 1937, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, and 1959, and captained the team in 1951, 1959, and 1969.

It came back in 1946, adding teams in Visalia, San Jose and Ventura by 1947.

Six teams – the Belleville Stags, the Centralia Cubs, the Marion Indians, the Mattoon Indians or East Frankfort White Sox, the Mount Vernon Braves, and the West Frankfort Cardinals – began operating as the Class D Illinois State League in 1947.

It is one of four Pennsylvania teams to have won the tournament since its inception in 1947.

With one exception between 1934 until 1979, 33 drivers started the 500 ; 1947 saw 30 cars start due to a strike by certain teams affiliated with the ASPAR drivers, owners and sponsors association.

The Bloomfield Cardinals replaced both teams in 1947.

In 1947, a team from Toledo, Ohio joined the league, and the following year the IHL expanded significantly, with teams in four additional U. S. cities.

He played on three Ryder Cup teams: 1947, 1949, and 1951.

The AAFC, which formed in 1946, was more proactive in signing black players ; in 1946, the Cleveland Browns signed Marion Motley and Bill Willis, and by the time the AAFC merged with the NFL in 1950, six of the league's eight teams had signed black players, most by the league's second season in 1947.

The league first year, 1947 – 48, featured five teams in an eight-game schedule — the Milwaukee Harnischfegers ( which won he round robin schedule with an 8-0 record ), Peoria Cats, Milwaukee Allen-Bradleys, Akron Goodyear Wingfoots, and Fort Wayne General Electrics.

They were founded in 1947 and run a range of senior, youth and mini rugby teams.

In fact, before this game the only playoff game the team had ever played in was a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1947 after the two teams finished tied for the Eastern Division championship.

Varied Penrith teams had played for many years between 1912 and 1966 in the Western Districts League under the control of the Western Suburbs RLFC, in the Parramatta competition after Parramatta was admitted to the NSWRL in 1947, and also in a second-tier Sydney competition introduced by the NSWRL in 1962.

He played on the U. S. Ryder Cup teams in 1937 and 1947 and was non-playing captain of the team in 1965.

He played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a second baseman on three teams, primarily the Chicago White Sox, from 1947 through 1965.

Barry's Trojan teams enjoyed unprecedented successes on the USC campus, winning Pacific Coast Conference titles in basketball in 1930, 1935 and 1940 — along with eight southern division titles between 1930 and 1940 — and conference crowns in baseball in 1930, 1932, 1935, 1936, 1939, 1946, 1947, 1948 and 1949.

Schwartz signed Larson to a contract to play for one of the Browns minor league teams in 1947, with Larsen receiving a $ 850 signing bonus ($ in current dollar terms ).

James William " Jim " Plunkett ( born December 5, 1947 ) is a former American football quarterback who played college football for Stanford University, where he won the Heisman Trophy, and professionally for three National Football League teams: the New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders.

Most notable are the Syracuse Nationals, a NBA team which played seventeen seasons in Syracuse ( 1947 – 1963 ) before moving to Philadelphia to become the Philadelphia 76ers, and two different Major League Baseball teams: the Syracuse Stars of the National League in 1879, which didn't finish their first season, and the Syracuse Stars of the American Association in 1890.

Latvia's Dinamo Rīga team was one of eleven teams which played in the first Soviet championship tournament in the winter of 1946 / 1947.

In 1947 – 48, East Stirlingshire won the Scottish League Division ‘ C ’ ( a division mainly composed of the reserve sides of top division teams ), recording 18 victories in only 22 league games.