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Pages in category "1947 deaths" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,824 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
From April 9–11, 1947, a significant tornado outbreak produced catastrophic effects over portions of the southern Great Plains, in the contiguous United States.The outbreak generated at least 12, and possibly 17 or more, tornadoes, many of which were significant.
1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th ... Paul I becomes King of Greece, aged 45, following the death of his brother, ...
The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston Bay. It was the deadliest industrial accident in U.S. history and one of history's largest non-nuclear explosions .
Mass murder in 1947 (1 C, 5 P) This page was last edited on 23 January 2025, at 05:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...
The oldest president at the time of death was Jimmy Carter, who died at 100 years, 89 days. John F. Kennedy, assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days.
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The West Punjab Government announced other attacks that happened during the 1947 Partition of India. This included the attack of a refugee train in Kamoke carrying Sikh-Hindu passengers around 25 miles west of Lahore on Wednesday, 24 September. This attack was responsible for a further 340 deaths of both Sikhs and Hindus and wounded a further ...