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September 29, 1947 R J Evans, FBA, historian
September 29, 1947 Record World Series crowd of 73,365 at Yankee Stadium ($325,828)
September 30, 1947 Marc Bolan, London England, rock vocalist (T-Rex-Bang a Gong)
September 30, 1947 Rula Lenska, St. Neots England, actress (Friends from Europe are here)
September 30, 1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised
October 1, 1947 1st helicopter air mail & express service, LA, Ca
October 1, 1947 Mariska Veres, Dutch singer (Shocking Blue)
October 1, 1947 Martin Turner, rocker (Wishbone)
October 1, 1947 NHL Pension Society founded
October 1, 1947 Rob Davis, rocker
October 1, 1947 Stephen Collins, Des Moines Iowa, actor (Star Trek I, Tattingers)
October 1, 1947 US control of Haitian customs & governmental revenue ends
October 2, 1947 Revised International Telecommunication Convention adopted
October 2, 1947 Yankee Yogi Berra becomes 1st to pinch hit a World Series homer
October 3, 1947 7th earl of Bradford, English large landowner/multi-millionaire
October 3, 1947 Lindsey Buckingham, rocker (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk)
October 3, 1947 With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs & he lost game
October 3, 1947 WMAL (now WJLA) TV channel 7 in Washington, D.C. (ABC) begins
October 4, 1947 James Fielder, Denton TX, rocker (Blood Sweat & Tears)
October 4, 1947 Max KEL Planck, German physicist (constantly of P, Nobel 1918), dies