Since 1947, a major historical re-enactment commemorating the Declaration's signing has been held within the roofless remains of the Abbey church.

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.

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.

The first major film festival was held in Venice in 1932 ; the other major and oldest film festivals of the world are: Cannes Film Festival ( 1946 ), Festival del film Locarno ( 1946 ), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( 1946 ), Edinburgh International Film Festival ( 1947 ), Melbourne International Film Festival ( 1951 ), Berlin International Film Festival ( 1951 ) and Toronto International Film Festival ( 1976 ).

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 ).

Before he was forced abroad for political reasons, director Jules Dassin made two classic noirs that also straddled the major / independent line: Brute Force ( 1947 ) and the influential documentary-style The Naked City were developed by producer Mark Hellinger, who had an " inside / outside " contract with Universal similar to Wanger's.

" In 1947, he took eleven songs George had written but never used, provided them with new lyrics, and incorporated them into the Betty Grable film The Shocking Miss Pilgrim and he later wrote comic lyrics for Billy Wilder's movie Kiss Me, Stupid -- although most critics believe his final major work was for the 1954 Judy Garland film, A Star Is Born ).

British Shipbuilders was a combination of the major shipbuilding companies including Cammell Laird, Govan Shipbuilders, Swan Hunter, and Yarrow Shipbuilders ; the nationalisation of the coal mines in 1947 created a coal board charged with running the coal industry commercially so as to be able to meet the interest payable on the bonds which the former mine owners ' shares had been converted into.

The 1884 club was the only major league team with black players ( Moses Fleetwood Walker and his brother, Welday Walker ) prior to Jackie Robinson's appearance with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.

Gibson died early in 1947 and thus never played in the majors ; and Paige's brief major league stint came long past his prime as a player.

At the first Special Session of the UN General Assembly held in 1947, Osvaldo Aranha, then president of the Special Session, began a tradition that has remained until today whereby the first speaker at this major international forum is always a Brazilian.

Her first major royal tour occurred when she joined her parents and sister for a tour of South Africa in 1947.

By 1947, he had appeared in over 50 films and had played Indians, Mafia dons, Hawaiian chiefs, Filipino freedom-fighters, Chinese guerrillas, and Arab sheiks, but was still not a major star.

In the 1940s, Provence underwent a cultural renewal, with the founding of the Avignon Festival of theatre ( 1947 ), the reopening of the Cannes Film Festival ( begun in 1939 ), and many other major events.

UNECE was formed in 1947, and their first major act to improve transportation was a joint UN declaration no.

The major postwar far right party was the Austrian National Democratic Party ( NDP ), until it was banned in 1988 for violating Austria's anti-Nazi legislation, Verbotsgesetz 1947.

In 1947 Tarjei Vesaas published a poetry collection Leiken og lynet that led to major debate about the shape and rhythm for Norwegian poetry.

It was through the efforts of Father Alexander Buckler in 1904 that reconstruction of the Mission was undertaken, though major restoration was not possible until 1947 when the Hearst Foundation donated money to pay the for project.

At midnight on 20 July 1947, the Dutch launched a major military offensive called Operatie Product, with the intent of conquering the Republic.

The most famous include two concertos for horn, which are still part of the standard repertoire of most horn soloists ; a Violin Concerto in D minor ; the Burleske for piano and orchestra ; the tone poem Don Quixote for cello, viola and orchestra ; the well-known late Oboe Concerto in D major ; and the Duet-Concertino for bassoon, clarinet and orchestra, which was one of his last works ( 1947 ).

A major eruption occurred in 1947.

Tony Downs Foods Co. has been a major employer since 1947, processing poultry and frozen meals.

But by 1947, there was ferry service to Whidbey Island, a fuel storage facility for the Air Force on the waterfront, and a major rail line for the Great Northern Railway along the city's entire waterfront.

Drilling of the first oil well began at Jebel Dukhan in October 1938 and, over a year later, the well struck oil in the Upper Jurassic limestone which, unlike the Bahraimi strike, was similar to Saudi Arabia ’ s Dammam field discovered three years before .< ref >" The Qatar Oil Discoveries " by Rasoul Sorkhabi < http :// www. geoexpro. com / history / qatardiscoveries ></ ref > Production was halted between 1942 and 1947 because of World War II and its aftermath.

The success of an offshore oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 1947 was soon repeated elsewhere in the world, and by 1970 it was technically feasible to operate in waters 4000 metres deep.

In 1947 Indiana Standard was the first company to drill off-shore, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in 1948 Stanolind Oil invented Hydrafrac, a hydraulic well fracturing process that increased oil production worldwide.

His father, Mohammad-Taqi, was a teacher and Islamic scholar, who opened in 1947 the ' Centre for the Propagation of Islamic Truths ' in Mashhad, in the province of Khorasan, a social Islamic forum which became embroiled in the oil nationalisation movement of the 1950s.

In 1947, Bechtel expanded its oil pipeline activities with its construction of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline in Saudi Arabia.

During private cabinet meetings with President Truman in 1946 and 1947, Forrestal had argued against partition of Palestine on the grounds it would infuriate Arab countries who supplied oil needed for the U. S. economy and national defense.

The 55-gallon oil drum was used to make steelpans from around 1947.

The discovery of significant reserves of oil in 1947 transformed Alberta from one of Canada's poorest provinces to one of the country's richest with resource revenues pouring into the government's treasury.

On 31 December 1947 170 men from the Palmach launched an attack on Balad al-Shaykh, Haifa, in retaliation for the killing of 47 Jews at the Haifa oil refinery.

In 1947, the ESB, needing ever more generation capacity, built the North Wall station on a 7. 5 acre ( 30, 000 m² ) site in Dublin's industrial Port area on the North side of the River Liffey on the site of an old oil refinery.

The deteriorating oil deficit led Perón to court foreign investment in the sector as early as 1947, however, when an oil drilling contract was signed by YPF with U. S. firm Drilexco.

In early 1947 Superior Oil erected a drilling / production oil platform in of water some 18 miles off Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.

While Garden City's population did not experience the spike that other West Texas oil boom towns had seen ( the population peaked at 300 in 1968, many years after the boom had ended ), it did increase the community's commerce, with the number of operating businesses almost doubling from 1947 to 1968.

According to that tale, in 1947, a chef at Angelo's accidentally dropped the pasta into oil instead of water.

* Franz Joseph Emil Fischer ( 1877 – 1947 ), German chemist, worked with oil and coal

In 1947 Picasso, who for many years had been unable to procure oil pastels because of the war conditions, convinced Henri Sennelier, a French manufacturer who specialised in high quality art products, to develop a fine arts version.

In 1947 an even bigger field opened at Leduc, 20 miles ( 32 km ) south of Edmonton, and in 1948 oil mining began at Redwater.

The name was first applied to a 1947 court case between the United States and California over who owned the sea bed, and the associated oil deposits, off the state coast but is now heard rarely in that context.

Founded in 1947 by oil businessman Thomas Slick Jr., SwRI provides contract research and development services to government and industrial clients.

On 1947 February 13, the Imperial Leduc # 1 well struck oil, and the new town of Devon was constructed shortly thereafter by Imperial Oil to accommodate its workers.

Between 1945 and 1947, coal shortages caused GWR to experiment with oil fired 2800 locomotives and 12 of the 2800 class were converted, as were eight of the 2884 class.

6320 was converted to oil firing between 1947 and it was removed in 1949.