August 7, 1947 Ann Beattie, writer
August 7, 1947 Balsa raft Kon Tiki crashes into a Polynesian archipelago reef
August 7, 1947 Mosibudi Mangena, South African black leader (On Your Own)
August 8, 1947 Jose Cruz, leftfielder (St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Astros)
August 8, 1947 Larry Wilcox, SD California, actor (Lassie, Officer Jon Baker-CHiPs)
August 9, 1947 Barbara Mason, U.S. singer (Yes, I'm Ready)
August 10, 1947 Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler (1969-76)
August 10, 1947 Ian Anderson, Scotland, rocker (Jethro Tull-Bungle in the Jungle)
August 11, 1947 Catherine Collard, French pianist (Schumann/Brahms)
August 11, 1947 Jeff Hanna, singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) [or Jul 10]
August 11, 1947 Sergey Kovalneko, USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1968)
August 13, 1947 Gretchen Corbett, Camp Sherman Ore, actress (Beth-Rockford Files)
August 13, 1947 Johan H T Norlind, Swedish musicologist, dies
August 14, 1947 Daniele Steel, New York City, author (Rememberance, Zoya, Star, Daddy)
August 14, 1947 George Newsome, rocker
August 14, 1947 India granted independence within British Commonwealth
August 14, 1947 Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000
August 14, 1947 Pakistan gains independence from Britain
August 15, 1947 Brian Hulls, British TV news cameraman
August 15, 1947 Geraldo Velez, jazz congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
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