Date in year · 1947 · The 1940s
On October 24, 1947, famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists. Moses Blah, Jerzy Stuhr, James Woods would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · October 24, 1947
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards won (22) and nominations (59) by an individual.
Around 1947
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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American animator, producer and entrepreneur (1901–1966)
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards won (22) and nominations (59) by an individual.
1947 aviation accident
4 km) southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, Utah, United States. All five crew members and 47 passengers on board were killed. It was the first crash of a DC-6, and at the time, it was the second-deadliest air crash in the United States, surpassed by Eastern Air Lines Flight 605 by only one fatality.
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