Curated category
1947 establishments in the United States
- NBA FinalsThe Basketball Association of America completed its inaugural season in April 1947 with the Philadelphia Warriors defeating the Chicago Stags.
- United States National Security CouncilPresident Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act into law on the 26th of July 1947. This legislation created a new body to coordinate military and…
- NBA Christmas gamesThe first NBA game played on December 25 took place in 1947. The New York Knicks defeated the Providence Steamrollers by a score of 89 to 75 at Madison…
- Golden Age of TelevisionOn the 9th of September 1957, the studio lights of Studio One burned bright for a recreation of Orson Welles's famous radio broadcast.
- United States Department of DefenseIn September 1774, the First Continental Congress recommended that colonies begin defensive military preparations as tensions rose with Britain.
- United States Air ForceOn the 1st of August 1907, the U.S. War Department created a small unit called the Aeronautical Division within the Signal Corps.