What day of the week was January 1, 1947?

The day of the week January 1st, 1947 fell on was a Wednesday.

Jon Corzine the American politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey was born on 01 January in 1947. As was Leonard Thompson the American golfer .

The American and British occupation zones in Germany the after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, that later became West Germany. The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect the converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.