Like this page? Click here:
What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.

—Dave Barry
People from my DVD collection who passed away in 1947:
NameBornPassed
Herman BingMarch 30, 1889-January 9, 1947
Eric MayneApril 28, 1865-February 9, 1947
Winter HallJune 21, 1872-February 10, 1947
Sidney TolerApril 28, 1874-February 12, 1947
Lee ZahlerAugust 14, 1893-February 21, 1947
Victor PotelOctober 12, 1889-March 8, 1947
Aldrich BowkerJanuary 1, 1875-March 21, 1947
Leon M. LionMarch 12, 1879-March 28, 1947
Donna WoodApril 14, 1917-April 9, 1947
Jack J. ClarkSeptember 23, 1876-April 13, 1947
J.C. NugentApril 6, 1868-April 21, 1947
Harry HolmanMarch 15, 1862-May 3, 1947
Sam AppelAugust 8, 1871-June 18, 1947
Ted BillingsApril 7, 1880-July 5, 1947
Henry KolkerNovember 13, 1870-July 15, 1947
Brandon HurstNovember 30, 1866-July 15, 1947
Robert HomansNovember 8, 1877-July 28, 1947
Arthur B. AllenApril 8, 1881-August 25, 1947
Harry CareyJanuary 16, 1878-September 21, 1947
William B. DavidsonJune 16, 1888-September 28, 1947
Lionel BrahamApril 1, 1879-October 6, 1947
Jim FarleyJanuary 8, 1882-October 12, 1947
Harry C. BradleyApril 15, 1869-October 18, 1947
Baroness Emmuska OrczySeptember 27, 1865-November 12, 1947
Marie Belloc LowndesAugust 5, 1868-November 14, 1947
Ernie AdamsJune 18, 1885-November 26, 1947
W.E. LawrenceAugust 22, 1896-November 28, 1947
Ernst LubitschJanuary 29, 1892-November 30, 1947
George CarneyNovember 21, 1887-December 9, 1947
John A. WaldronJune 21, 1897-December 26, 1947
Reset
Year ~ Births / Deaths
1564 ~ 1/01616 ~ 0/11628 ~ 1/01667 ~ 1/01703 ~ 0/11707 ~ 1/01711 ~ 1/01737 ~ 1/01745 ~ 0/11747 ~ 1/0
1754 ~ 0/11775 ~ 1/01779 ~ 1/01780 ~ 0/11783 ~ 1/01785 ~ 1/01786 ~ 1/01794 ~ 0/21797 ~ 1/01799 ~ 1/0
1802 ~ 1/01804 ~ 1/01805 ~ 1/01812 ~ 1/01816 ~ 1/01817 ~ 0/11819 ~ 1/01821 ~ 1/01822 ~ 1/01826 ~ 1/0
1828 ~ 1/01831 ~ 1/01832 ~ 1/01837 ~ 0/11845 ~ 1/01847 ~ 1/01849 ~ 1/01850 ~ 2/01851 ~ 0/11853 ~ 1/0
1855 ~ 1/11856 ~ 3/01857 ~ 3/01858 ~ 3/01859 ~ 5/21860 ~ 1/01861 ~ 1/01862 ~ 4/01863 ~ 6/21864 ~ 5/1
1865 ~ 12/01866 ~ 7/01867 ~ 13/01868 ~ 6/01869 ~ 10/01870 ~ 10/21871 ~ 15/01872 ~ 15/01873 ~ 9/01874 ~ 22/0
1875 ~ 26/11876 ~ 19/01877 ~ 17/01878 ~ 26/01879 ~ 24/01880 ~ 33/21881 ~ 33/01882 ~ 32/01883 ~ 26/01884 ~ 43/0
1885 ~ 33/01886 ~ 49/01887 ~ 58/01888 ~ 63/01889 ~ 57/11890 ~ 50/11891 ~ 52/01892 ~ 55/01893 ~ 65/01894 ~ 61/1
1895 ~ 63/01896 ~ 56/11897 ~ 54/01898 ~ 59/11899 ~ 70/01900 ~ 59/01901 ~ 67/01902 ~ 67/01903 ~ 72/01904 ~ 80/0
1905 ~ 82/01906 ~ 84/01907 ~ 93/01908 ~ 98/11909 ~ 88/01910 ~ 77/01911 ~ 83/01912 ~ 89/01913 ~ 105/01914 ~ 105/0
1915 ~ 75/01916 ~ 85/01917 ~ 105/11918 ~ 82/01919 ~ 87/11920 ~ 112/11921 ~ 88/11922 ~ 100/01923 ~ 120/21924 ~ 122/5
1925 ~ 104/21926 ~ 113/31927 ~ 105/41928 ~ 133/11929 ~ 111/31930 ~ 121/91931 ~ 95/21932 ~ 99/41933 ~ 108/161934 ~ 99/4
1935 ~ 95/81936 ~ 112/101937 ~ 115/141938 ~ 108/91939 ~ 111/161940 ~ 133/231941 ~ 126/161942 ~ 136/211943 ~ 128/241944 ~ 126/21
1945 ~ 131/241946 ~ 153/311947 ~ 165/301948 ~ 161/291949 ~ 148/261950 ~ 196/291951 ~ 139/301952 ~ 164/361953 ~ 130/341954 ~ 137/29
1955 ~ 162/351956 ~ 153/381957 ~ 155/311958 ~ 176/401959 ~ 188/361960 ~ 169/361961 ~ 189/391962 ~ 171/441963 ~ 176/471964 ~ 205/46
1965 ~ 174/371966 ~ 157/451967 ~ 161/571968 ~ 195/461969 ~ 197/551970 ~ 196/491971 ~ 201/591972 ~ 165/461973 ~ 153/681974 ~ 159/48
1975 ~ 131/641976 ~ 158/531977 ~ 130/601978 ~ 148/551979 ~ 137/691980 ~ 126/681981 ~ 107/601982 ~ 102/561983 ~ 89/541984 ~ 93/77
1985 ~ 80/751986 ~ 84/681987 ~ 70/671988 ~ 65/861989 ~ 59/821990 ~ 42/691991 ~ 33/861992 ~ 51/1021993 ~ 44/781994 ~ 28/90
1995 ~ 24/751996 ~ 47/791997 ~ 31/701998 ~ 15/791999 ~ 15/922000 ~ 11/742001 ~ 9/682002 ~ 7/892003 ~ 7/992004 ~ 2/82
2005 ~ 4/1002006 ~ 6/712007 ~ 3/752008 ~ 0/862009 ~ 0/772010 ~ 1/912011 ~ 0/812012 ~ 1/882013 ~ 3/712014 ~ 0/48
2015 ~ 0/502016 ~ 0/282017 ~ 0/202018 ~ 0/282019 ~ 0/352020 ~ 0/16
January - 1008/440
1 - 48/16 2 - 27/17 3 - 33/14 4 - 37/17 5 - 30/13 6 - 37/16 7 - 32/16
8 - 38/14 9 - 36/13 10 - 32/13 11 - 28/15 12 - 30/12 13 - 34/12 14 - 34/18
15 - 33/13 16 - 26/14 17 - 33/12 18 - 27/13 19 - 41/15 20 - 39/6 21 - 32/21
22 - 23/11 23 - 27/11 24 - 26/11 25 - 31/18 26 - 34/13 27 - 33/16 28 - 23/12
29 - 30/10 30 - 37/24 31 - 34/8
February - 958/400
1 - 28/23 2 - 35/11 3 - 28/12 4 - 35/16 5 - 31/13 6 - 26/12 7 - 26/15
8 - 38/12 9 - 30/15 10 - 33/17 11 - 33/18 12 - 37/16 13 - 39/19 14 - 41/13
15 - 30/14 16 - 41/9 17 - 51/14 18 - 30/14 19 - 26/14 20 - 43/9 21 - 37/12
22 - 37/17 23 - 34/10 24 - 26/15 25 - 31/7 26 - 36/11 27 - 28/13 28 - 35/16
29 - 11/4
March - 1046/388
1 - 30/17 2 - 26/9 3 - 37/24 4 - 34/14 5 - 42/18 6 - 40/14 7 - 28/11
8 - 31/18 9 - 32/8 10 - 35/10 11 - 34/8 12 - 33/15 13 - 29/13 14 - 25/11
15 - 37/11 16 - 39/9 17 - 36/17 18 - 33/15 19 - 36/9 20 - 41/7 21 - 33/14
22 - 33/11 23 - 31/9 24 - 34/6 25 - 34/21 26 - 40/10 27 - 33/12 28 - 25/10
29 - 36/5 30 - 36/12 31 - 30/14
April - 1007/387
1 - 34/12 2 - 29/10 3 - 39/12 4 - 40/16 5 - 35/15 6 - 37/11 7 - 27/14
8 - 27/12 9 - 24/11 10 - 37/16 11 - 27/17 12 - 26/10 13 - 26/6 14 - 38/14
15 - 35/19 16 - 41/16 17 - 38/10 18 - 42/14 19 - 39/9 20 - 38/9 21 - 24/14
22 - 35/7 23 - 37/17 24 - 36/12 25 - 27/20 26 - 38/15 27 - 28/11 28 - 35/9
29 - 40/13 30 - 26/13
May - 964/364
1 - 43/9 2 - 30/16 3 - 29/13 4 - 30/10 5 - 40/10 6 - 26/11 7 - 24/11
8 - 36/17 9 - 30/18 10 - 33/12 11 - 33/6 12 - 40/13 13 - 24/13 14 - 29/18
15 - 34/14 16 - 34/11 17 - 35/12 18 - 32/14 19 - 37/5 20 - 35/7 21 - 24/11
22 - 26/13 23 - 33/10 24 - 23/10 25 - 36/10 26 - 26/13 27 - 24/13 28 - 28/13
29 - 35/12 30 - 31/7 31 - 21/7
June - 1021/359
1 - 38/17 2 - 37/15 3 - 26/13 4 - 36/7 5 - 36/12 6 - 35/14 7 - 32/13
8 - 32/9 9 - 29/9 10 - 40/11 11 - 34/13 12 - 47/10 13 - 36/13 14 - 34/18
15 - 34/10 16 - 47/8 17 - 33/12 18 - 39/12 19 - 39/14 20 - 35/7 21 - 33/7
22 - 35/15 23 - 26/13 24 - 25/9 25 - 30/10 26 - 28/9 27 - 25/16 28 - 35/11
29 - 35/15 30 - 25/16
July - 1008/365
1 - 46/14 2 - 26/17 3 - 32/11 4 - 31/12 5 - 24/8 6 - 28/16 7 - 38/8
8 - 33/15 9 - 35/7 10 - 27/12 11 - 29/9 12 - 32/9 13 - 26/11 14 - 38/7
15 - 25/17 16 - 27/5 17 - 37/13 18 - 42/12 19 - 28/11 20 - 26/11 21 - 31/10
22 - 27/8 23 - 29/16 24 - 39/15 25 - 31/15 26 - 43/12 27 - 43/14 28 - 27/12
29 - 31/15 30 - 39/8 31 - 38/10
August - 1099/356
1 - 37/10 2 - 41/8 3 - 33/9 4 - 28/11 5 - 30/14 6 - 42/12 7 - 39/11
8 - 38/11 9 - 40/15 10 - 33/7 11 - 27/18 12 - 38/9 13 - 28/13 14 - 29/11
15 - 33/9 16 - 42/14 17 - 30/15 18 - 33/11 19 - 45/10 20 - 34/7 21 - 34/5
22 - 35/11 23 - 33/18 24 - 34/17 25 - 47/14 26 - 28/5 27 - 43/15 28 - 44/12
29 - 29/15 30 - 29/12 31 - 36/7
September - 1047/354
1 - 33/14 2 - 33/12 3 - 31/8 4 - 32/11 5 - 29/6 6 - 32/8 7 - 36/13
8 - 34/7 9 - 40/14 10 - 37/17 11 - 30/14 12 - 33/15 13 - 30/8 14 - 35/12
15 - 46/8 16 - 33/11 17 - 32/10 18 - 34/6 19 - 37/6 20 - 41/15 21 - 31/8
22 - 33/13 23 - 30/9 24 - 41/15 25 - 35/14 26 - 35/19 27 - 35/9 28 - 41/19
29 - 38/18 30 - 36/12
October - 1048/369
1 - 45/6 2 - 30/14 3 - 40/12 4 - 38/13 5 - 32/8 6 - 32/19 7 - 37/9
8 - 39/11 9 - 35/5 10 - 38/9 11 - 29/10 12 - 21/17 13 - 32/12 14 - 33/16
15 - 31/15 16 - 24/17 17 - 35/17 18 - 32/14 19 - 31/9 20 - 37/16 21 - 27/9
22 - 38/5 23 - 35/12 24 - 36/12 25 - 40/18 26 - 37/11 27 - 24/9 28 - 36/11
29 - 26/7 30 - 39/9 31 - 37/10
November - 1051/352
1 - 35/8 2 - 21/10 3 - 34/13 4 - 44/12 5 - 42/19 6 - 30/3 7 - 32/14
8 - 33/11 9 - 28/16 10 - 43/15 11 - 44/14 12 - 27/18 13 - 35/8 14 - 31/9
15 - 34/9 16 - 29/16 17 - 41/8 18 - 37/8 19 - 36/8 20 - 36/6 21 - 30/17
22 - 43/18 23 - 33/8 24 - 24/13 25 - 38/13 26 - 24/7 27 - 42/13 28 - 40/12
29 - 27/18 30 - 57/7
December - 975/447
1 - 36/12 2 - 30/14 3 - 37/9 4 - 28/16 5 - 27/13 6 - 25/11 7 - 36/16
8 - 29/13 9 - 44/9 10 - 32/16 11 - 31/10 12 - 21/17 13 - 30/12 14 - 35/22
15 - 29/17 16 - 34/15 17 - 40/17 18 - 38/6 19 - 30/12 20 - 31/18 21 - 29/12
22 - 27/19 23 - 30/17 24 - 27/14 25 - 28/17 26 - 28/19 27 - 24/8 28 - 33/18
29 - 35/12 30 - 30/13 31 - 36/15