1947

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Entitycalendar year common year starting and ending on WednesdayQ5263

Instance of: calendar year
, common year starting and ending on Wednesday
Part of: 1940s
, Gregorian calendar

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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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