| January 1 | Benelux agress to work related issues |
| January 1 | Britain nationalizes its coal industry |
| January 1 | WTTG TV channel 5 in Washington, D.C. (MET) begins broadcasting |
| January 2 | Mahatma Gandhi begins march for peace in East-Bengali |
| January 3 | 1st opening session of Congress to be televised |
| January 3 | William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee |
| January 4 | "Park Avenue" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 72 performances |
| January 4 | "Show Boat" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 417 performances |
| January 6 | Ray Lindwall smashes 100 vs. England in MCG Test |
| January 7 | Australia vs. England at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Australia since 1882 |
| January 8 | General George Marshall becomes Secretary of State |
| January 8 | Toronto Maple Leaf rookie Howie Meeker scores 5 goals in a game |
| January 9 | Roger Sessions' 2nd Symphony, premieres in SF |
| January 9 | "Street Scene" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 148 performances |
| January 10 | British stop ships Independence and In-Gathering from landing in Israel |
| January 10 | "Finian's Rainbow" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 725 performances |
| January 10 | Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard |
| January 16 | Vincent Aurial elected president of France |
| January 17 | Muiden Netherlands ammunition factory explodes, 16 die |
| January 18 | Detroit Tigers sell Hank Greenberg to Pirates (for $25-35,000) |
| January 18 | "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City after 831 performances |
| January 18 | Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, kills 400 |
| January 19 | SS Himera runs aground at Athens, kills 392 |
| January 20 | Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, becomes deputy director of CIA |
| January 21 | Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel |
| January 21 | "Sweethearts" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 288 performances |
| January 22 | 1st commercial TV station west of Mississippi opens, Hollywood CA |
| January 22 | KTLA TV channel 5 in Los Angeles, California (IND) begins broadcasting |
| January 24 | NFL adds 5th official (back judge) and allows sudden death in playoffs |
| January 26 | KLM Dakota crashes near Copenhagen, 22 die |
| January 28 | "Bay Psalm" book auctioned for a record $151,000 |
| January 29 | Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," premieres in New York City |
| February 1 | Aleide de Gasperi forms Italian government of christian-dems and communists |
| February 1 | Dmitri Shostakovich named professor at conservatory of Leningrad |
| February 1 | NV United Dutch Fokker's Aircraft established |
| February 3 | 1st black reporter in Congressional press gallery (Percival Prattis) |
| February 3 | -81 degrees F (-63 degrees C), Snag Yukon (North American record) |
| February 3 | Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket |
| February 5 | Bolewet Beirut becomes president of Poland |
| February 6 | Compton and Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket |
| February 7 | Arabs and Jews reject British proposal to split Palestine |
| February 8 | Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51) |
| February 8 | KSD (now KSDK) TV channel 5 in St. Louis, Missouri (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| February 9 | Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia |
| February 10 | Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia |
| February 10 | Netherlands Radio Union forms |
| February 10 | Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland |
| February 10 | WW II peace treaties signed |
| February 12 | Daytime fireball and meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia |
| February 12 | Record 100.5-kg sailfish caught, C W Stewart, Galapagos Islands |
| February 15 | "Toplitzky of Notre Dame" closes at Century Theater New York City after 60 performances |
| February 16 | Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres |
| February 17 | Dutch RC bishops publish manifest against "godless communism" |
| February 17 | Voice of America begins broadcasting to U.S.S.R. |
| February 18 | 24 die in a train crash in Gallitzin Pa |
| February 18 | Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Telephone," premieres in New York City |
| February 19 | CBS radio premiere of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 3" |
| February 20 | Chemical mixing error causes explosion that destroys 42 blocks in Los Angeles |
| February 20 | Lord Mountbatten appointed as last viceroy of India |
| February 21 | 1st broadcast of 1st U.S. TV soap opera "A Woman to Remember" |
| February 21 | 1st instant developing camera demonstrated in New York City, by E H Land |
| February 21 | Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champ |
| February 23 | General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews |
| February 27 | Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized |
| February 28 | Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan |
| March 1 | International Monetary Fund begins operation |
| March 4 | WWJ (now WDIV) TV channel 4 in Detroit, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| March 6 | XB-45, 1st U.S. 4-engine jet bomber, makes 1st test flight, Muroc, California |
| March 9 | U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill |
| March 9 | U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
| March 12 | Belgian government of Huysmans resigns |
| March 12 | "Chocolate Soldier" opens at Century Theater New York City for 69 performances |
| March 12 | President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism |
| March 13 | 19th Academy Awards - "Best Years of Lives," De Havilland, March win |
| March 13 | "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 581 performances |
| March 15 | John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy |
| March 16 | Convair Liner, 1st U.S. twin-engine pressurized airplane, tested |
| March 19 | Belgian government of Spaak, forms |
| March 19 | Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek conquers Jenan |
| March 20 | 180-metric ton blue whale (record) caught in South Atlantic |
| March 21 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur |
| March 21 | President Truman signs Executive Order 9835 requiring all federal employees to have allegiance to the United States |
| March 21 | Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand vs. England at Christchurch |
| March 22 | President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty |
| March 24 | Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the presidency |
| March 24 | John D Rockefeller, Jr. donates New York City East River site to the U.N. |
| March 25 | 9th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Holy Cross beats Oklahoma 58-47 |
| March 25 | Agreement of Linggadjati ratified in Batavia |
| March 25 | Coal mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois, claims 111 |
| March 25 | Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. New Zealand, Christchurch) |
| March 29 | "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 111 performances |
| April 1 | 1st Jewish immigrants to Israel disembark at Port of Eilat |
| April 2 | Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome |
| April 3 | "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck New York City for 108 performances |
| April 4 | Convention on International Civil Aviation goes into effect |
| April 4 | Largest group of sunspots on record |
| April 4 | U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization forms |
| April 6 | 11th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 281 |
| April 6 | 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne and Patricia Neal win |
| April 8 | Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed |
| April 9 | Atomic Energy Commission confirmed |
| April 9 | Baseball suspends Brooklyn Dodger Leo Durocher for 1 year |
| April 9 | Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300 |
| April 10 | Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in major league baseball (Dodgers) |
| April 10 | King Frederik IX of Denmark crowned |
| April 11 | Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball |
| April 15 | Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut |
| April 15 | Operations begin at Radio Netherlands World radio |
| April 16 | Explosions and fire on French ship Grandcamp |
| April 16 | Lens to provide zoom effects demonstrated in New York City |
| April 16 | Massive explosion and fire kills 522 in Texas City, Texas |
| April 17 | Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit |
| April 19 | 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39 |
| April 19 | AAU record for a 25' rope climb is set in 4.7 seconds |
| April 19 | French ship explodes in Texas City harbor, kills about 522 |
| April 19 | Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2 |
| April 19 | Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39) |
| April 20 | Frederik IX becomes king of Denmark |
| April 22 | 1st NBA Championship: Philadelphia Warriors beat Chicago Stags, 4 games to 2 |
| April 25 | Lou Thesz beats Whipper Watson in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ |
| April 25 | Trial against WW II mayor of Amsterdam Edward Vonte begins |
| April 26 | "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London |
| April 27 | Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out United States |
| April 28 | Thor Heyerdahl and Kon-Tiki sail from Peru to Polynesia |
| April 30 | Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover |
| May 1 | Cleveland Indians abandon League Park to play all games at Municipal Stad |
| May 1 | Lt General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, ends term as 2nd head of CIA |
| May 1 | Radar for commercial and private planes 1st demonstrated |
| May 1 | Rear Admiral Roscoe H Hillenkoetter, USN, becomes 3th director of CIA |
| May 2 | Eugene O'Neill's "Moon for the Misbegotten," premieres in New York City |
| May 3 | 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8 |
| May 3 | Japan forms a constitutional democracy |
| May 5 | Mississippi Valley flooding kills 16 and causes $850M in damage |
| May 5 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Penn Warren (All the King's Men) |
| May 7 | General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution |
| May 7 | "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC |
| May 7 | Paraguayian government unleashes contra revolt |
| May 8 | A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon |
| May 10 | 73rd Preakness: Doug Dodson aboard Faultless wins in 1:59 |
| May 10 | "Chocolate Soldier" closes at Century Theater New York City after 69 performances |
| May 11 | BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire in Akron, Ohio |
| May 11 | Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy |
| May 13 | Senate approved the Taft-Hartley Act limiting the power of unions |
| May 17 | "Street Scene" closes at Adelphi Theater New York City after 148 performances |
| May 18 | A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error |
| May 22 | 1st U.S. ballistic missile fired |
| May 22 | "Truman Doctrine" goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece |
| May 23 | PC Hooft prize forms for literature |
| May 25 | Coal dust explosion rocks Centralia Coal Co's Mine #5 killing 111 |
| May 31 | 79th Belmont: Ruperto Donoso aboard Phalanx wins in 2:29.6 |
| May 31 | Communists grab power in Hungary |
| May 31 | Eastern DC-4 crashes between Ft. Deposit and Perryville Md, kills 53 |
| May 31 | Italian government of Gasperi forms |
| June 1 | OPA, which issued WW II rationing coupons, disbands |
| June 1 | Photosensitive glass developed |
| June 2 | Hungarian premier Ferenc Nagy resigns |
| June 2 | "Louisiana Lady" opens at Century Theater New York City for 4 performances |
| June 3 | British viceroy of India lord Mountbatten visits Pakistan |
| June 4 | House of Representatives approves Taft-Hartley act |
| June 4 | "Louisiana Lady" closes at Century Theater New York City after 4 performances |
| June 5 | Secretary of State George C. Marshall outlines Marshall Plan |
| June 6 | Treaty drawn for establishment of International Patent Institute |
| June 11 | WW II sugar rationing finally endd in U.S., began May 28, 1942 |
| June 12 | Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Champ |
| June 13 | 1st night game at Fenway Park (Red Sox 5, White Sox 3) |
| June 15 | 1st night game at Detroit Briggs Stadium (Tigers 4, Athletics 1) |
| June 15 | 47th U.S. Golf Open: Lew Worsham shoots a 282 at St. Louis CC in MO |
| June 16 | 1st network news-Dumont's "News from Washington" |
| June 16 | Pravda denounces Marshall Plan |
| June 17 | 1st round-the-world civil air service leaves New York City |
| June 17 | Earnest Reuter becomes mayor of Berlin |
| June 17 | Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline |
| June 18 | Cincinnati Red Ewell Blackwell no-hits Boston Braves, 6-0 |
| June 19 | 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca |
| June 20 | President Truman vetoes Taft-Hartley Act |
| June 22 | Ewell Blackwell just misses pitching back-to-back no-hitters (9th inn) |
| June 23 | Compton and Bill Edrich make 370 stand for 3rd wkt vs. South Africa |
| June 23 | Truman's veto of Taft-Hartley Act overridden by congress |
| June 24 | 29th PGA Championship: Jim Ferrier at Plum Hollow CC Detroit |
| June 24 | Jackie Robinson swipes home for 1st of 19 times in his career |
| June 24 | Jim Ferrier wins PGA golf tournament |
| June 25 | 1st edition of Anne Frank's "The Back of House" published |
| June 25 | Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Tami Mauriello |
| June 25 | Tennis shoe introduced |
| June 27 | 98 degrees F (36.8 degrees C) in De Bilt Netherlands |
| June 27 | WRC TV channel 4 in Washington D.C. (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| June 28 | "Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) by Red Ingle with Jo Stafford hits #1 |
| June 29 | 2nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson |
| June 29 | Yankees beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak |
| July 1 | 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched |
| July 1 | British Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office |
| July 2 | Military coup discovered in France |
| July 3 | 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, New York City |
| July 3 | Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL |
| July 3 | Soviet Union doesn't partake in Marshall Plan |
| July 4 | 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62) |
| July 5 | 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64) |
| July 5 | "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" closes at Martin Beck New York City after 108 performances |
| July 5 | Larry Doby signs with Cleveland Indians-1st black player in AL |
| July 8 | 14th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 2-1 at Wrigley Field, Chicago |
| July 8 | Demolition begins for United Nations HQ in New York City |
| July 9 | Britain's Princess Elizabeth and Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement |
| July 9 | Spain votes for Franco monarchy |
| July 10 | 200 die when train derails and fell into a river in Canton, China |
| July 10 | Cleveland Indian Don Black no-hits Philadelphia A's, 3-0 |
| July 16 | Bobo Newsom wins 200th game, 1st as a Yankee and Yankees 18th straight In nightcap Vic Rashi extends streak to 19 |
| July 18 | British seize "Exodus 1947" ship of Jewish immigrants to Palestine |
| July 18 | King George VI signs Indian Independence Bill |
| July 18 | President Truman signs Presidential Succession Act |
| July 18 | Tigers shut out Yankees 2-0, end 19 game win streak |
| July 18 | U.S. begins administering Trust Territory of Pacific Islands |
| July 20 | 1st political action of Netherlands Army on Java and Sumatra |
| July 21 | Indonesia begins 1st political election |
| July 22 | -8 degrees F (-13 degrees C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record) |
| July 23 | 1st (U.S. Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island |
| July 25 | U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense |
| July 25 | U.S. Department of Army created |
| July 26 | Department of Defense forms |
| July 26 | National Security Act establishes CIA |
| July 27 | Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak |
| July 28 | Iuliu Maniu's Boer party becomes forbidden in Romania |
| July 29 | Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia |
| July 30 | Cincinnati Reds 16 game win streak ends, losing to New York Giants 5-4 |
| August 1 | "Medium and The Telephone" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 211 performances |
| August 1 | Valleivogels soccer team forms in Scherpenzeel |
| August 5 | Netherlands ceases political action in Indonesia, due to United Nations pressure |
| August 6 | 1st performance of Villa-Lobos' "Bachianas Brasilieras No 8" |
| August 7 | Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef |
| August 14 | India granted independence within British Commonwealth |
| August 14 | Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 |
| August 14 | Pakistan gains independence from Britain |
| August 15 | India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan |
| August 15 | Pakistan, formerly West Pakistan, declares independence from UK |
| August 16 | Ralph Kiner becomes 1st Pirate to hit 3 consecutive home runs |
| August 18 | Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 |
| August 19 | J Arens and D van Dorpen synthetise vitamin A |
| August 20 | Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time |
| August 20 | Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph |
| August 21 | 1st Little League World Series Maynard Midgets of Williamsport Pennsylvania win |
| August 22 | 14th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Chi Bears 0 (105,840) |
| August 23 | President Truman's daughter, Margaret's 1st public singing concert |
| August 25 | Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speed record, 1,047 kph |
| August 26 | 1st black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (Hit a home run on 1st at bat) |
| August 29 | Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier |
| August 31 | Hungarian Communist Party wins election |
| August 31 | New York Giants set season record for home runs by a club 183 (en route to 221) |
| September 1 | New York Giants 183-185 home run of year breaks Yankee mark of 182 in 1936 |
| September 3 | Philadelphia A's Bill McCahan no-hits Washington Senators, 3-0 |
| September 3 | Yankees get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2 |
| September 7 | Battles between Hindus and Moslems in New Delhi |
| September 8 | British government sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis |
| September 12 | Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th home run in 4 games |
| September 13 | WPVI TV channel 6 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| September 14 | 61st U.S. Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61) |
| September 14 | 67th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Frank A Parker (46 26 61 60 63) |
| September 15 | 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh |
| September 15 | Yankees clinch pennant #15 |
| September 16 | John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH |
| September 17 | Jackie Robinson is named Rookie of Year by Sporting News |
| September 17 | James Forrestal sworn in as 1st U.S. Secretary of Defense |
| September 17 | U.S. Department of Defense forms |
| September 18 | National Security Act, passes |
| September 18 | USAF (U.S. Air Force) forms |
| September 19 | Jackie Robinson is named 1947 "Rookie of Year" |
| September 22 | Dodgers clinch NL pennant |
| September 26 | Happy Chandler announces Ford and Gillette to sponsor World Series |
| September 27 | "Sweethearts" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 288 performances |
| September 29 | Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY |
| September 29 | Former Yank manager Joe McCarthy signs to manage Red Sox |
| September 29 | Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828) |
| September 30 | New York Yankees beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised |
| October 1 | 1st helicopter air mail and express service |
| October 1 | NHL Pension Society founded |
| October 1 | U.S. control of Haitian customs and governmental revenue ends |
| October 1 | William Wister Haines' "Command Decision," premieres in New York City |
| October 2 | "Music in My Heart" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City for 124 performances |
| October 2 | Revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted |
| October 2 | Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer |
| October 3 | 1st telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed |
| October 3 | "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 27 performances |
| October 3 | With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game |
| October 3 | WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (ABC) begins |
| October 5 | 1st Presidential address televised from White House-HS Truman |
| October 5 | Al Gionfriddo makes a great catch off Joe Dimaggio in World Series |
| October 6 | New York Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 3, in 44th World Series |
| October 7 | Larry MacPhail resigns as Yankees General Manager after final game of World Series |
| October 9 | 1st telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane |
| October 9 | "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater New York City for 727 performances |
| October 9 | Julie Styne and Sam Cohn's musical "High Button Shoes," premieres in New York City |
| October 10 | "Allegro" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 318 performances |
| October 10 | Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "Allegro," premieres in New York City |
| October 11 | Brazil and Chile break diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R. |
| October 13 | 1st NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 4-3 at Toronto |
| October 13 | "Kukla, Fran and Ollie" premieres |
| October 14 | Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015) |
| October 14 | Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower |
| October 19 | De Gaulles RPF wins French municipal elections |
| October 20 | HUAC opens hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood |
| October 20 | Radio rights for the World Series sell for $475,000 for 3 years |
| October 20 | Robinson Jeffer's "Medea," premieres in New York City |
| October 21 | Dutch Dakota explodes near Coopenhagen, 16 die |
| October 23 | Husband and wife Dr. Carl Cori and Dr. Gerty Cori are 1st spouses to be awarded joint Nobel Prizes |
| October 23 | NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN |
| October 24 | Series of forest fires $30 million of timber (New England States) |
| October 25 | Bradman scores 156 for SA vs. the Indians, 152 minutes, 22 fours |
| October 25 | Sam Breadon sells Cards to Robert Hannegan and Fred Saigh for $4M |
| October 25 | "Under the Counter" closes at Shubert Theater New York City after 27 performances |
| October 26 | Maharajah of Jammu and Kashmir accedes to India |
| October 27 | WMAR TV channel 2 in Baltimore, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| October 27 | "You Bet Your Life," with Groucho Marx, premieres on ABC radio |
| October 29 | Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherland form Benelux Union |
| October 29 | Trial of art forger Han of Meegeren begins in Amsterdam |
| October 30 | 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva |
| October 30 | Darius Milhauds 3rd Symphony "Hymnus Ambrosianus," premieres in Paris |
| November 1 | 1st Aloha Week Parade held in Hawaii |
| November 1 | Howard Hughes flies "Spruce Goose," a large wooden airplane |
| November 1 | "Medium and The Telephone" closes at Barrymore New York City after 211 performances |
| November 1 | U.N. trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, New Zealand and UK |
| November 2 | 7th Ryder Cup: U.S. wins 11-1 at Portland CC Ore |
| November 2 | Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for 1st (& last) time |
| November 8 | Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA vs. Victoria |
| November 12 | KPO-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR) |
| November 12 | Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentenced |
| November 15 | Bradman scores his 100th 100, 172 vs. Indians at the SCG |
| November 15 | Soccer team GVVV forms in Veenendaal |
| November 16 | 15,000 demonstrate in Brussels against mild sentence of nazis |
| November 19 | 200" mirror arrives at Mount Palomar |
| November 20 | 1st permanent TV installed on seagoing vessel (New Jersey) |
| November 20 | Britain's Princess Elizabeth, marries Duke Philip Mountbatten |
| November 20 | "Meet the Press" makes network TV debut on NBC |
| November 20 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mediator Dei |
| November 20 | U.N. General assembly begins debate on printing their own stamps |
| November 21 | Bill Longson beats Lou Thesz in St. Louis, to become wrestling champ |
| November 23 | French government of Schumann, forms |
| November 23 | Washington Redskin Sammy Baugh passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chi Cards (45-21) |
| November 24 | John Steinbeck's novel "Pearl" published |
| November 24 | Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists |
| November 25 | Future Queen Elizabeth marries Prince Philip in Westminster Abbey |
| November 25 | New Zealand acedes to Statute of Westminster, becomes a dominion |
| November 27 | Joe DiMaggio wins his 3rd MVP, beating Ted Williams by 1 vote |
| November 29 | 35th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Calgary Stampeders, 10-9 |
| November 29 | U.N. General Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews |
| November 30 | Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine |
| November 30 | Day after United Nations decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked |
| December 1 | Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test vs. India at the Gabba |
| December 1 | India cricket all out for 58 vs. Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 |
| December 2 | 13th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lujack, Notre Dame (quarterback) |
| December 3 | Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City |
| December 4 | U.S.S.R. joins International Amateur Athletic Union |
| December 5 | Joe Louis beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
| December 8 | "Caribbean Carnival" opens at International Theater New York City for 11 performances |
| December 10 | U.S.S.R. and Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement |
| December 11 | "Angel in the Wings" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 308 performances |
| December 11 | Bob Hilliard/Carl Sigman's musical "Angel in Wings," premieres in New York City |
| December 11 | Pacific Coast League application for major league status rejected |
| December 12 | United Mine Workers union withdrew from AFL |
| December 13 | "Caribbean Carnival" closes at International New York City after 11 performances |
| December 13 | Maine Turnpike opens to traffic |
| December 14 | Cleveland Browns beat New York Yankees 14-3 in AAFC championship game |
| December 17 | NY struck by a blizzard, resulting with 27" of snow |
| December 17 | WEWS TV channel 5 in Cleveland, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| December 18 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax |
| December 22 | Italian constituent assembly adopts new constitution |
| December 23 | Transistor invented by Bardeen, Brattain and Shockley in Bell Labs |
| December 25 | Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) |
| December 26 | British transfer Heard and McDonald Is (Indian Ocean) to Australia |
| December 26 | "Cradle Will Ruck" opens at Mansfield Theater New York City for 34 performances |
| December 26 | Heavy snow blankets Northeast, buries New York City under 25.8" of snow in 16 hours That same day, LA set a record high of 84 degrees F |
| December 27 | 1st "Howdy Doody Show," (Puppet Playhouse), telecast on NBC |
| December 28 | Chicago Cards beat Philadelphia Eagles 28-21 in NFL championship game |
| December 29 | Ship carrying Jewish immigrants driven away from Palestine |
| December 30 | 36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) |
| December 30 | King Michael of Romania, forced by communists abdicates his throne |
| December 30 | Romanian republic proclaimed |
