1947

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s
Years: 1944 · 1945 · 1946 · 1947 · 1948 · 1949 · 1950
1947 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1947
MCMXLVII
Ab urbe condita2700
Armenian calendar1396
ԹՎ ՌՅՂԶ
Assyrian calendar6697
Bahá'í calendar103–104
Bengali calendar1354
Berber calendar2897
British Regnal year11 Geo. 6  12 Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar2491
Burmese calendar1309
Byzantine calendar7455–7456
Chinese calendar丙戌(Fire Dog)
4643 or 4583
     to 
丁亥年 (Fire Pig)
4644 or 4584
Coptic calendar1663–1664
Discordian calendar3113
Ethiopian calendar1939–1940
Hebrew calendar5707–5708
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2003–2004
 - Shaka Samvat1868–1869
 - Kali Yuga5047–5048
Holocene calendar11947
Igbo calendar947–948
Iranian calendar1325–1326
Islamic calendar1366–1367
Japanese calendarShōwa 22
(昭和22年)
Javanese calendar1878–1879
Juche calendar36
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4280
Minguo calendarROC 36
民國36年
Nanakshahi calendar479
Thai solar calendar2490
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1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.

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Flag of India, the country that gained independence on August 15, 1947
Flag of Pakistan, the country that gained independence on August 14, 1947

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), officially born September 18, 1947

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Nobel Prizes

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