July 1947

Tuesday 01:

The Australian real estate franchise L. J. Hooker lists on the Australian Stock Exchange

Wednesday 02:

An object speculated to be a UFO crashes near Roswell, New Mexico, though the United States Air Force claims it is a weather balloon.

Monday 07:

Downed UFO believed to be found in the Roswell UFO incident.

Tuesday 08:

Reports are broadcast that a UFO has crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.

Friday 18:

President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act into law which places the Speaker of the House and the Senate President Pro Tempore next in the line of succession after the United States Vice President.

Saturday 19:

Burmese nationalist Aung San was assassinated.

Sunday 20:

Pope Pius XII canonizes a French saint, Blessed Louis-Marie Gregnon de Montort.

Saturday 26:

Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council.

Tuesday 29:

After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a memory upgrade, ENIAC, the world's first all-electronic digital computer, is reactivated. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.