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Edward Heerema was born in 1947 to Pieter Schelte Heerema [] [1] and Erna Heerema. He has four brothers and one sister. [4] He spent his childhood in Venezuela where his father, after service in the Waffen-SS, had exiled himself after World War II [5] and worked as an engineer in Maracaibo. [4]
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed the presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, as he was vice president at the time.
Willis J. Johnson (born 1947) is an American billionaire businessman. [1] He is the founder and former chief executive of Copart , a vehicle salvage and auction company, founded in 1982. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
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.
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He was born in 1947 in Rugby, North Dakota. He grew up in Bismarck, North Dakota. He graduated from Bismarck State College, [1] then earned both bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of North Dakota. He subsequently earned a Doctorate in creative writing from the University of Utah. [2] [3]
1947 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.