Timeline May 1947

Events in May 1947 4

• 1861 – 1947 Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861-1947) Died 16 May 1947, aged 85 Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist who discovered the amino acid tryptophan. He showed that the diet needs accessory food factors, later called vitamins. He shared the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
• 1947 – 1948 Billie Holiday imprisoned on drug charges Alderson Serves nearly a year in a federal prison.
• 1947 Japanese postwar constitution takes effect Japan adopts a pacifist, democratic constitution The Constitution of Japan came into force on 3 May 1947 under the Allied occupation. It made the emperor a symbol of the state with no political power and guaranteed civil liberties. Its Article 9 renounced war as a sovereign right.
• 1947 – 2024 John Bruton (1947-2024) Died 6 February 2024, aged 76 Irish politician who served as taoiseach from 1994 to 1997.