* 1947 – King George II of Greece ( b. 1890 )

However, his next films, The Great Dictator ( 1940 ), a parody on Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini that ended in a dramatic speech criticising the blind following patriotic nationalism, and Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947 ), which criticised war and capitalism, as well as his first European film A King in New York ( 1957 ), which ridiculed the U. S. House Un-American Activities Committee, were more clearly political and caused controversy.

* 1947 – King Michael of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

* Powicke, F. M. ( 1947 ), King Henry III and the Lord Edward: The Community of the Realm in the Thirteenth Century, Oxford: Clarendon Press.

From 1947, they infliltrated the southern mountains to build support for former King Zog.

The position of prime minister is not outlined in any Canadian constitutional document and is mentioned only in passing in Schedule B of the Constitution Act, 1982, and the Letters Patent issued in 1947 by King George VI.

In 1947, King Michael I was forced by the Communists to abdicate and leave the country, Romania was proclaimed a republic, and remained under direct military and economic control of the USSR until the late 1950s.

Soviet occupation following World War II led to the formation of a communist People's Republic in 1947, and the abdication of King Michael, who went into exile.

Many of these hit records were issued on new independent record labels, such as Savoy ( founded 1942 ), King ( founded 1943 ), Imperial ( founded 1945 ), Specialty ( founded 1946 ), Chess ( founded 1947 ), and Atlantic ( founded 1948 ).

This was in 1947 when the King, accompanied by Queen Elizabeth ( later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ), Princess Elizabeth ( later Elizabeth II ) and Princess Margaret were travelling to South Africa.

* 1947 – Stephen King, American author

films include The Captive Heart ( 1947 ), Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ), King Rat ( 1965 ), Danger Within ( 1958 ), The Secret War of Harry Frigg ( 1968 ).

On 3 January 1947, King received Canadian citizenship certificate number 0001.

Prime Minister of Canada | Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first person to take the Oath of Citizenship ( Canada ) | Oath of Citizenship, from Chief Justice of Canada | Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret, in the Supreme Court of Canada | Supreme Court, 3 January 1947

* September 26 – King Christian X of Denmark ( d. 1947 )

* November 11 – Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy ( d. 1947 )

In 1947, King George VI issued letters patent allowing the viceroy to carry out almost all of the monarch's powers in his or her stead.

The governor general is required by both the Constitution Act ( previously the British North America Act ), 1867, and the letters patent issued in 1947 by King George VI.

Nickolas won the first America's Polka King award in 1947.

" F. M. Powicke offered a more positive perspective in his extensive work on Edward I in King Henry III and the Lord Edward ( 1947 ) and The Thirteenth Century ( 1953 ).

In 1947, the King and his family toured Southern Africa.

As the 1947 Letters Patent issued by King George VI permit the Governor General of Canada to exercise almost all of the monarch's powers in respect of Canada, the viceroy is expected to continue to act as the personal representative of the monarch, and not any regent, even if the monarch is a child or incapacitated.

In 1947 the Norwegian people, by public subscription, purchased the Royal Yacht Norge for the King.

Victor Emanuel III ( Italian: Vittorio Emanuele III ; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947 ) was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy ( 29 July 1900 – 9 May 1946 ).

From 1920 to 1935, and again from 1947 to 1959, the inhabitants of the Saarland used postage stamps issued specially for the territory ; see postage stamps and postal history of the Saar for details.

A patent for such a device was issued to New York restaurateur Juvenico Maldonado in 1950, based on his patent filing of 1947 ( U. S. Patent No. 2, 506, 305 ).< ref >

In 1947, Ryan X-13 Vertijet, a tailsitter design, was ordered by the US Navy, who then further issued a proposal in 1948 for an aircraft capable of vertical takeoff and landing ( VTOL ) aboard platforms mounted on the afterdecks of conventional ships.

After considering various specifications for such an advanced jet bomber in late 1946, the Air Ministry issued a request in January 1947 for an advanced jet bomber that would be at least the equal of anything the U. S. or the USSR had.

As a further insurance measure against both radical designs failing, in July 1947 the Air Ministry issued Specification B. 9 / 48 written around Vickers-Armstrongs ' more conservative design, later named Valiant ; work began in April 1948.

The Bank issued its inaugural loan of $ 250 million ($ 2. 6 billion in 2012 dollars ) to France in 1947 to finance infrastructure projects.

Commencing operations on 25 June 1946, it approved its first loan on 9 May 1947 ( US $ 250M to France for postwar reconstruction, in real terms the largest loan issued by the Bank to date ).

Though the monarch retains all executive, legislative, and judicial power in and over Canada, the governor general is permitted to exercise most of this, including the Royal Prerogative, in the sovereign's name ; some as outlined in the Constitution Act, 1867, and some through various letters patent issued over the decades, particularly those from 1947 that constitute the Office of Governor General of Canada ; they state: " And We do hereby authorize and empower Our Governor General, with the advice of Our Privy Council for Canada or of any members thereof or individually, as the case requires, to exercise all powers and authorities lawfully belonging to Us in respect of Canada.

The OPA was abolished effective May 29, 1947, by the General Liquidation Order issued March 14, 1947, by the OPA Administrator.

On 29 January 1947, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal issued a joint directive creating the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project ( AFSWP ) to control the military aspects of nuclear weapons.

In the interim, on April 15, 1947, Council of Ministers issued a decree # 493-192, ordering the Mikoyan OKB to build two prototypes for a new jet fighter.

In August 1947, the specifications for the project, now named " Regulus ," were issued: Carry a warhead, to a range of, at Mach 0. 85, with a circular error probable ( CEP ) of 0. 5 % of the range.

The ENIAC patent, issued in 1964 was filed on June 26, 1947, and granted February 4, 1964, but the public disclosure of design details of EDVAC in the First Draft ( which were also common to ENIAC ) was later cited as one cause for the 1973 invalidation of the ENIAC patent.

Frederick Viehe applied for various patents on the use of transformers for building digital logic circuits in place of relay logic beginning in 1947, issued through 1960, and assigned to IBM, working in his home laboratory.

* " Electronic Relay Circuit " ( The patent notes " My invention relates to electric circuits employing relays ...") filed May 28, 1947, issued January 31, 1961.

") filed May 29, 1947, issued July 11, 1961.

* The Royal Conservatory of Music ; founded in 1886 as the Toronto Conservatory of Music ; reconstituted by a Royal Charter issued in 1947 by King George VI

Between October 1947 and March 1948 the Soviet Union rejected the candidacy of 12 nominations for governor, at which point the Tripartite Powers ( United States, United Kingdom, and France ) issued a note to Moscow and Belgrade on March 20, 1948 recommending that the territory be returned to Italian sovereignty.