1947 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1947 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Events
- January - One of the most severe winters on record in the UK.
- January 1 - The government nationalises the coal industry in the UK. [1]
- 2 January - British coins ceased to made from silver. [1]
- 20 February - Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma appointed the last Governor-General of India. [1]
- 15 June - Restrictions on foreign travel imposed during World War II lifted. [2]
- July 10 - Princess Elizabeth announces engagement to Philip Mountbatten (previously known as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark).
- August 14 and 15- Pakistan [3] and India [4] gain independence from the UK, remaining Commonwealth Realms under King George VI.
- September - Cambridge University votes to allow women to become full students. [2]
- November 16 - The British Army begins to withdraw troops from Palestine.
- November 19- Philip Mountbatten created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, and Baron Greenwich, with the style His Royal Highness.
- November 20- The Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George VI marries the Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, London.
- November 25 - New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
[edit] Unknown dates
- Cambridge University begins to admits women as full students.
- Discovery of the pion, a subatomic particle, by Cecil Frank Powell at the University of Bristol. [5]
- Discovery of the kaon, a subatomic particle, by George Rochester and C. C. Butler
- Edward Victor Appleton wins the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer". [6]
- Robert Robinson wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids" [7]
- The Friends Service Council wins the Nobel Peace Prize. [8]
[edit] Births
- January 6 - Sandy Denny, singer (died 1978)
- 8 January - David Bowie, singer
- January 8 - Jenny Boyd, model
- January 30 - Les Barker, poet
- January 30 - Steve Marriott, musician (The Small Faces) (d. 1991)
- February 20 - Peter Osgood, footballer (d. 2006)
- March 7 - Matthew Fisher, singer-songwriter, and producer
- June 6 - David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
- July 7 - Richard Beckinsale, actor
- July 7 - Rob Townsend,rock drummer (Family)
- July 17 - The Duchess of Cornwall (nèe Camilla Parker Bowles), the 2nd wife of Charles, Prince of Wales
- July 19 - Brian May, guitarist (Queen)
- August 28 - Emlyn Hughes, footballer (died 2004)
- September 17 - Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- September 30 - Marc Bolan, musician (died 1977)
- October 5 - Brian Johnson, singer
[edit] Deaths
- May 16 - Frederick Hopkins, biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b. 1861)
- December 1 - Aleister Crowley, occultist (b. 1875)
- December 1 - G. H. Hardy, mathematician (b. 1877)
- December 14 - Stanley Baldwin, former Prime Minister (b. 1867)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b The Lost Decade Timeline, BBC
- ^ CIA World Factbook entry on Pakistan
- ^ CIA World Factbook entry on India
- ^ Lattes, C. M. G., Muirhead, H., Occhialini, G. P. S. & Powell, C. F. Processes involving charged mesons. Nature, 159, 694 - 697, (1947).
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Physics 1947
- ^ The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1947
- ^ The Nobel Peace Prize 1947
