IN THE HEADLINES
1947
The heir to the English throne, Princess Elizabeth, married
Philip Mountbatten, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey.
Piloted by Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager, a U.S. airplane
first flew at supersonic speed.
Anthropologist-explorer Thor Heyerdahl travelled over
4,300 miles of the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia.
Dating from the first century B.C., the Dead Sea Scrolls
were discovered in the Qumran Caves.
The first UFO sightings were reported in America.
If you were born in 1947, this is how old you were when these songs were being heard
on the radio or these events happened:
The Doggie in the Window, Patti Page: 5
Rock
Around the Clock, Bill Haley and His Comets: 8
Don't be Cruel, Elvis Presley: 9
American
Bandstand first airs nationally: 10
Tequila, The Champs: 10
Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper
die in a plane crash: 11
The Twist, Chubby Checker: 13
Big Bad John, Jimmy Dean: 14
Sherry,
The 4 Seasons: 15
The Beatles first appear live on The Ed Sullivan Show: 16
Downtown, Petula Clark: 17
The
8 track tape player first offered in 1966 Fords: 18
To Sir with Love, Lulu: 20
Hey Jude, The Beatles:
21
Woodstock Music Festival: 22
Me and Bobby McGee, Janis Joplin: 23
ABC TV premieres In Concert:
25
Time in a Bottle, Jim Croce: 26
I Shot the Sheriff, Eric Clapton: 27
Silly Love Songs, Wings:
29
Elvis Presley Dies: 30
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy, Rod Stewart: 31
Another Brick in the Wall, Pink
Floyd: 32
John Lennon is shot to death: 33
MTV makes its debut: 34
Who Can it be Now, Men at
Work: 35
The recording of We Are The World: 37
Walk Like an Egyptian, Bangles: 39
Didn't We
Almost have it all, Whitney Houston: 40
Back In The U.S.S.R. is released exclusively in Russia: 41
Nothing
Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor: 43
Emotions, Mariah Carey: 44
Fleetwood Mac perform at Bill Clinton's inauguration:
45
The Sign, Ace Of Base: 46
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens: 48
