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1947
The 20th Century Almanac · The Forties

1947

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan answered Soviet expansion, India and Pakistan won independence amid partition, and Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, and Gentleman's Agreement won Best Picture.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Gentleman's Agreement
Nobel · Literature
Gide
World Series
New York Yankees vs. Brookyln Dodgers Se
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Ronald Colman

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1947

Champions

NBAPhiladelphia Warriors vs. Chicago Stags Series: 4-1
NCAA FootballNotre Dame Record: 9-0-0
Heisman TrophyJohn Lujack, notre dame, QB points: 742
Stanley CupToronto Maple Leafs vs. Montreal Canadiens Series: 4-2 US Open Golf: Lew Worsham Score: 282 Course: St. Louis CC Location: Clayton, MO
World SeriesNew York Yankees vs. Brookyln Dodgers Series: 4-3

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. The Best Years of Our Lives
  2. Duel in the Sun
  3. The Jolson Story
  4. Forever Amber
  5. Unconquered
  6. Life with Father
  7. Welcome Stranger
  8. The Egg and I
  9. The Yearling
  10. Green Dolphin Street

Academy Awards

Honoring 1947
Best Picture
Gentleman's Agreement
Best Director
Elia Kazan
Gentleman's Agreement
Best Actor
Ronald Colman
A Double Life
Best Actress
Loretta Young
The Farmer's Daughter

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
ROBINSON, Sir ROBERT, Great Britain, Oxford University, b. 1886, d. 1975: "for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids"
Literature
GIDE, ANDRƒ PAUL GUILLAUME, France, b. 1869, d. 1951: "for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight"
Peace
The prize was awarded jointly to: THE FRIENDS SERVICE COUNCIL (The Quakers), London. Founded in 1647. THE AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE (The Quakers), Washington. The society's first official meeting was held in 1672
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was divided, one half being awarded jointly to: CORI, CARL FERDINAND, U.S.A., Washington University, St. Louis, MO, b. 1896, (in Prague, then Austria), d. 1984; and his wife CORI, GERTY THERESA, nŽe RADNITZ, U.S.A., Washingto
Medicine
), Buenos Aires, b. 1887, d. 1971: "for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar"
Physics
APPLETON, Sir EDWARD VICTOR, Great Britain, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, London, b. 1892, d. 1965: "for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton la

Pulitzer Prizes

Fiction
Robert Penn Waren ... "All the King's Men"
History
James Phinney Baxter III ... "Scientist Against Time" International Reporting: Eddy Gilmore ... "Associated Press" National Reporting: Edward T. Folliard ... "Washington Post"
Public Service
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