1947

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Events

January

February

March

April

August

  • August 3: Maria Callas makes her first impressive appearance in the arena of Verona with "La Gioconda" by Ponchielli.

November

  • November 20: In a lavish wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, Princess Elizabeth marries her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a dashing former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry the English princess.
  • November 29: Greece votes against the partition of Palestine. The resolution, however, passes in the UN by 33 to 13 with 10 abstentions.

December

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