1947 in Cape Verde
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The following lists events that happened during 1947 in Cape Verde.
Incumbents
- Colonial governor: João de Figueiredo
Events
- Rádio Clube do Mindelo began broadcasting, it was the first radio station in Cape Verde[1]
- Famine continued to struck the archipelago for the second year (see Famine in Cape Verde), in the island of Santiago, the hardest was Ribeira da Barca which made people to move to São Tomé and Príncipe, Dakar and some European countries
- Sal Island: The Portuguese purchased the airport installations from the Italians, the Portuguese constructed the rest of Sal Airport, today known as Amílcar Cabral International Airport
- May 20: a total solar eclipse took place after 1 PM (13:00) local time, it showed from 50% (at Santo Antão) to about 58% (at Santiago) obscuration of the sun in the archipelago[2]
Arts and entertainment
- Codé di Dona' singe "Fome de 47" first sang, it was related to the famine that happened that year
- February: 4th issue of Claridade review published
Sports
- Mindelense won the 9th regional title for the island of São Vicente[3]
References
- ↑ Berg, J.S (2012). Broadcasting on the Short Waves, 1945 to Today. Google-Books-ID: Ux9fZj6izuEC: McFarland.
- ↑ "Solar eclipse of January 25, 1944". NASA. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
- ↑ "Cape Verde Islands - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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