Events from the year 1947 in the United States. President: Harry S. Truman (D-Missouri) Vice President: vacant Chief Justice: Fred M. Vinson (Kentucky)...

The United States has formal diplomatic relations with most nations. This includes all United Nations members and observer states other than Bhutan, Iran...

In the United States of America, military conscription, commonly known as the draft, has been employed by the U.S. federal government in six conflicts:...

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America...

The 1947 Texas City disaster was an industrial accident that occurred on April 16, 1947, in the port of Texas City, Texas, United States, located in Galveston...

United States Army. From 1886 onward, the secretary of war was in the line of succession to the presidency, after the vice president of the United States, the...

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive...

The 1946–47 United States network television schedule was nominally from September 1946 to March 1947, but scheduling ideas were still being worked out...

The United States National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the president of the United States for consideration of national security...

passed in most Northern states and a movement developed to abolish slavery. The role of slavery under the United States Constitution (1789) was the most...

designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence...

The 1947 United States Senate special election in Mississippi was held on November 4, 1947. John C. Stennis was elected to fill the seat vacated by the...

Sports in the United States are an important part of the nation's culture. Historically, the national sport has been baseball. However, in more recent...

independence in 1947. The Philippines (then the Philippine Commonwealth) was a commonwealth with the United States, until gaining full independence in 1946....

The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York. For chronological tables of members of both...

This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial...

in the National Security Act of 1947. The United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps was formerly considered to be a branch of the United...

The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Numerous indigenous...

The Twenty-second Amendment (Amendment XXII) to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can be elected to the office of President...

In the United States, capital punishment is a legal penalty throughout the country at the federal level, in 27 states, and in American Samoa. It is also...

The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic...

This is a list of events in the year 2018 in the United States. President: Donald Trump (R-New York) Vice President: Mike Pence (R-Indiana) Chief Justice:...

In the United States, evangelicalism is a movement among Protestant Christians who believe in the necessity of being born again, emphasize the importance...

test subjects in the United States are considered unethical, because they are performed without the knowledge or informed consent of the test subjects...

reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against "racial" or ethnic groups throughout the history of the United States. Since...

The United States is a highly developed/advanced mixed economy. It is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP; it is also the second largest by purchasing...

Conservatism in the United States is based on a belief in limited government, individualism, traditionalism, republicanism, and limited federal governmental...

The vast majority of passenger travel in the United States occurs by automobile for shorter distances and airplane or railroad for longer distances. Most...

The inequality of wealth (i.e. inequality in the distribution of assets) has substantially increased in the United States in recent decades. Wealth commonly...

industry in the United States since the 1859 Pennsylvania oil rush around Titusville, Pennsylvania. Commonly characterized as "Big Oil", the industry...