Year of record

1947

15 verified events recorded in 1947.

15 events From Jan 1, 1947 To Dec 19, 1947 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1947-12-19NSC 4-A Secretly Authorizes CIA Covert Action Using "Fifth Function" Elastic Clause of 1947 Act 3 src
Harry S. Truman · National Security Council · Central Intelligence Agency
confirmed
1947-11-25Waldorf Statement Launches Hollywood Blacklist, Studio Executives Pledge to Fire Hollywood Ten 3 src
Paramount Pictures
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1947-10-20HUAC Hollywood Hearings Begin, Studio Executives Cooperate as "Friendly Witnesses" 6 src
House Un-American Activities Committee · Ronald Reagan
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1947-10-01Federal Loyalty Program Implementation Creates Permanent Political Background-Check Regime 3 src
Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation
 confirmed
1947-10-01Levittown Opens as America's First Suburb With Explicit Whites-Only Policy 3 src
Federal Housing Administration
confirmed
1947-09-18Central Intelligence Agency Begins Operations Under 1947 National Security Act 3 src
Harry S. Truman · Central Intelligence Agency · Allen Dulles
confirmed
1947-09-18James Forrestal Becomes First Defense Secretary, Fusing Wall Street Financial Power with Pentagon 3 src
Harry Truman · U.S. Department of Defense
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1947-07-26National Security Act Establishes Permanent Warfare State and Military-Industrial Framework 5 src
Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · U.S. Department of Defense · Central Intelligence Agency · +1
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1947-07-26National Security Act: Structural Transfer of Military-Intelligence Policy From Congressional to Executive Control 3 src
Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress
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1947-06-23Anti-Communist Loyalty Oaths and Taft-Hartley Act Weaponized to Crush Labor Movement 6 src
CIO · AFL
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1947-06-23Taft-Hartley Act Severely Restricts Union Power, Enables State Right-to-Work Laws 3 src
Robert Taft · Republican Party · Harry Truman · National Association of Manufacturers · +1
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1947-04-10Mont Pelerin Society Founded with Volker Fund Support, Launching International Free-Market Network 3 src
Milton Friedman
confirmed
1947-03-21Executive Order 9835 Establishes Federal Loyalty Program - 5 Million Screened, Guilt Presumed 4 src
Harry S. Truman · Federal Bureau of Investigation · House Un-American Activities Committee
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1947-03-12Truman Doctrine Announces $400 Million Military Aid Package - Cold War Containment Policy Begins 3 src
Harry S. Truman · U.S. Congress · Dean Acheson
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1947-01-01National Association of Manufacturers Drafts Taft-Hartley Act "Sentence by Sentence, Paragraph by Paragraph" 3 src
National Association of Manufacturers · Robert Taft · Republican Party
 confirmed