1st » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
5th » The first televised White House address is given by President of the United States or U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
14th » Captain Chuck Yeager of the U.S. Air Force flies a Bell X-1 rocket-powered experimental aircraft, the 'Glamorous Glennis', faster than the speed of sound - over the high desert of Southern California - and becomes the first aviator known as pilot and the
20th » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communism called Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in Hollywood blacklist e.g a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
20th » United States–Pakistan relations or United States of America and Islamic Republic of Pakistan establish diplomatic relations for the first time.
24th » Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
26th » The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu (princely state) known as Kashmir and Jammu agrees to allow his kingdom to join India.
30th » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1947
1st » Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created 'Dungeons & Dragons' (d. 2009)
1st » Dalveer Bhandari, Indian lawyer and judge
1st » Buzz Capra, American baseball player and coach
1st » Aaron Ciechanover, Israeli biologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate
1st » Stephen Collins, American actor, singer, and director
1st » Nevill Drury, English-Australian journalist and publisher (d. 2013)
1st » Adriano Tilgher (politician) known as Adriano Tilgher, Italian politician
1st » Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue) (d. 2006)
2nd » Paul Jackson (producer) e.g Paul Jackson, English director and producer
11th » Al Atkins, English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest)
11th » Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author
11th » George McCorkle, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 2007)
11th » Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
12th » George Lam, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
12th » Chris Wallace, American journalist
13th » Sammy Hagar, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Van Halen, Chickenfoot, Montrose (band) called Montrose, and Hagar Schon Aaronson Shrieve)
13th » Jerry Trupiano, American sportscaster
13th » Alan Wakeman, English saxophonist (Soft Machine)
13th » Susan Blommaert, American actress
14th » Norman Harris, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (MFSB) (d. 1987)
14th » Nikolai Volkoff, Croatian-American wrestler
15th » Jaroslav Erno Šedivý, Czech drummer (The Primitives Group, Life After Life (band) e.g Life After Life, and Energit (band) or Energit)
16th » Terry Griffiths, Welsh snooker player and coach
16th » Bob Weir, American singer-songwriter, and guitarist (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, Bobby and the Midnites, Kingfish (band) Kingfish, RatDog, Furthur (band) Furthur, and The Dead (band) The Dead)
16th » David Zucker (filmmaker) named David Zucker, American director, producer, and screenwriter