Movies set in 1947
15th Elizabeth Short's dismembered body is found
5th the Judges' Trial begins
22nd Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman calls Jackie Robinson a "nigger"
28th start of the Kon-Tiki expedition
20th Bugsy Siegel is killed
19th Aung San Suu Kyi's father, Aung San, is assassinated
7th the raft hits a reef and is beached
15th India gains independence
17th the Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, sending them to the World Series
2nd Howard Hughes flies the Hughes H-4 Hercules, known as the "Spruce Goose"