The Black Stallion is published. George Lucas is born. Glenn Miller's plane is shot down over the English Channel. The Lost Weekend is released in theaters. VE Day , the Allies are victorious in Europe.
Japan surrenders nine days later.
It's a Wonderful Life appears on the silver screen and Christmas will never be the same. W.C. Fields dies. 1947 Children's classic Goodnight Moon is published. Chuck Yeager becomes the first human to break the sound barrier. Death of a Salesman opens on Broadway's Moroso Theatre.