In 1947 he moved to the US, on a fellowship at Cornell University and thence joined the faculty there as a physics professor in 1951 without a PhD.

Informal discussions with colleagues and friends stimulated a greater interest, which was reinforced by Friedrich Hayek's powerful book The Road to Serfdom, by my attendance at the first meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society in 1947, and by discussions with Hayek after he joined the university faculty in 1950.

After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, it soon joined the Commonwealth of Nations and strongly supported independence movements in other colonies, like the Indonesian National Revolution.

For the 1947 elections, anti-Yoshida forces left the Liberal Party and joined forces with the Progressive Party to establish the new Democratic Party ( Minshuto ).

However, his interest in politics arose again when he assisted his former commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Robson, in retaining his seat of Vaucluse at the 1947 state election for the newly-formed Liberal Party of Australia, which Askin then joined.

Robert L. Garner joined the World Bank in 1947 as a senior executive and expressed his view that private business could play an important role in international development.

In 1947, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, and in 1950 he joined the ranks of Alpha Chi Sigma.

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

Schmidt joined the Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) in 1946, and from 1947 to 1948 was leader of the Sozialistischer Deutscher Studentenbund, the student organisation of the SPD.

In Italy, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party broke away from the Italian Socialist Party in 1947, when this latter joined the Soviet-funded Italian Communist Party to prepare the decisive general election of 1948.

from the University of South Carolina in 1947 after only 21 months of study, and joined a law practice in Charleston.

In 1947, Peres joined the Haganah, the predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces.

Bangladesh, which was part of British India until 1947, joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1972 after its establishment as an independent nation in 1971.

After the collapse of the Soviet-backed Kurdish Mahabad Republic in Iran in early 1947, Ibrahim Ahmad, previously the Sulaymaniyah representative of the Iranian KDP ( from now on referred to as KDP-I ), joined the newly formed Iraqi KDP.

It is available to persons of Indian origin anywhere in the world as long as they have never been citizens of Pakistan or of Bangladesh ( a reservation excluding Muslims who joined Pakistan during or after the 1947 partition ).

Following independence in 1947, he joined the latter's government and became one of Prime Minister Nehru's principal lieutenants, first as Railways Minister ( 1951 – 56 ), and then in a variety of other functions, including Home Minister.

In 1947, the Athens Library joined the Marathon County Library.

In 1947, McQueen joined the United States Marine Corps and was quickly promoted to Private First Class and assigned to an armored unit.

Asch joined the faculty in 1947 and served until 1966, while Köhler came to Swarthmore in 1935 and served until his retirement in 1958.

After leaving the RAF in 1945, he joined BOAC, flying for the company in Cairo before joining BEA in 1947.

After Indian independence – and partition – in 1947 and under the Tripartite Agreement, six Gurkha regiments joined the post-independence Indian Army.

She joined the Labour Party in 1947, and spoke at the 1948 Labour party conference in Scarborough.

When Robinson joined the Dodgers in 1947 and traveled with them during their first road trip, he was heckled by fans in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Eve joined him in November 1945 and gave birth to Christopher on 10 May 1946 and Rionagh in December 1947.

During this project the band also started collaborating with Valeriu Sepi ( born 1947 ), who eventually joined the band.

In 1947 a major oil field was discovered near Edmonton.

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.

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.