-   **January**: The missing plane is found in the Andes on August 2nd, [1947](1947.html) in the Tupungato volcano, a very remote area from the plane's usual route at the time [\[_All About Canoes_, February 23rd, 2000\]]{.source}.


- **May:** Alignment of the planets of the solar system, the [Earth](Earth.html) and Pluto located on one side of the [Sun](Sun.html), and the other large planets ([Venus](Venus.html), [Mars](Mars.html), Saturn, [Jupiter](Jupiter.html), Uranus, Neptune) arranged in a straight line on the other side.