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e. The Truman Doctrine is an American foreign policy that pledges American "support for democracies against authoritarian threats." [ 1] The doctrine originated with the primary goal of countering the growth of the Soviet bloc during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, [ 2] and further ...
1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
March 5, 1947 (Wednesday) The Judges' Trial began in Nuremberg. 15 German jurists and lawyers stood accused of Nazi war crimes. A sixteenth defendant, Carl Westphal, was indicted but had committed suicide before the trial began. Born: Kent Tekulve, baseball player, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Died: Alfredo Casella, 63, Italian composer, pianist and ...
October–November – Great Fires of 1947: Forest fires in Maine consume more than 200,000 acres of wooded land statewide, including over 17,000 acres on Mount Desert Island alone. 16 persons are killed and more than 1,000 homes destroyed in the blazes, with total property damage exceeding $23 million.
Central Intelligence Agency v. Sims, 471 U.S. 159 (1985) Webster v. Doe, 486 U.S. 592 (1988) The National Security Act of 1947 ( Pub.L. 80-253, 61 Stat. 495, enacted July 26, 1947) was a law enacting major restructuring of the United States government 's military and intelligence agencies following World War II.
January - June. 1 March - Partition of India is finalised by Lord Mountbatten. Boundary Commission under Sir Radcliffe was setup to partition Punjab & Bengal. 15 March – Hindus and Muslims clash in Punjab. 15 March - Lord Mountbatten attempts his first effort to stop the Partition of Bengal & conduct the partition of Muslim majority Kashmir.
This is a timeline of the main events of the Cold War, a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union, its allies in the Warsaw Pact and later the People's Republic of China).
The winter had a lasting effect on Britain's industry; by February 1947 it was already estimated that that year's industrial output would be down by 10 per cent. [5] The effects of the March floods added a further £250–375 million (equivalent to £12.36–18.53 billion in 2023) [16] in damage. [11]