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November 29, 1947

On November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. Moses Blah, Jerzy Stuhr, James Woods would arrive in the same year.

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1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday 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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On November 29, 1947

  1. 1947 The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

    Principal organ of the United Nations

    The United Nations General Assembly is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ. Currently in its 80th session, its powers, composition, functions, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter.

  2. 1947 French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.

    1947 massacre of civilians by French soldiers in Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam

    The Mỹ Trạch Massacre was a mass murder and wartime rape committed by the French Army against Vietnamese civilians in the First Indochina War. French soldiers committed the massacre in Mỹ Trạch village, Mỹ Thủy commune, Lệ Thủy District, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam from 5 am to 8 am on 29 November 1948. The French Army burned 326 houses and murdered more than half of the village's residents.

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Others born in 1947

Moses Blah 1947– Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (died 2013)
Jerzy Stuhr 1947– Polish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2024)
James Woods 1947– American actor and producer
John Blackman 1947– Australian radio and television presenter (died 2024)
Claudia J. Kennedy 1947– American general
Salih Neftçi 1947– Turkish economist and author (died 2009)

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