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This is a list of various things that took place in 1947.

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  • KTLA-TV in Los Angeles is one of the first television stations to air a successful program of professional wrestling with the program Hollywood Wrestling. Matches air from the Grand Olympic Auditorium, and are sponsored by Ford Motor Company. The success of Hollywood Wrestling will result in multiple other programs airing, both locally and nationally, especially during the late 1940s through mid 1950s.

Births[]

January

March

April

  • 20 - Iván El Bronco

May

  • 1 - Great Kutsuwada
  • 5 - Oficial
  • 16 - El Audaz
  • 16 - El Rostro
  • 27 - El Monarca

July

August

October

Deaths[]

Debuts[]

Events[]

Title changes[]

February

April

  • 25 - Lou Thesz wins the NWAssociation World title from Whipper Billy Watson in St. Louis

July

August

  • 1 - Miguel Guzmán wins the Texas title from Sonny Myers in Houston, Texas
  • 28 - Jackie Nichols wins the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight Championship from Herb Parks (specific location unknown)

November

  • 21 - Bill Longson wins the NWAssociation World title from Lou Thesz in Houston

December

  • 14 - Frank Stojack wins the Pacific Coast Junior Heavyweight title from Jackie Nichols in Yakima, Washington
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