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• Mary Jane Wallace, Jay County († 1967)
• Machiel de Rooy, Utrecht († 2201)
• Floris Jacob Groen, Katwijk († 2018)
• Bernadine Mulder († 2010)
• Gerda Jantina Veldsink († 2010)
• Henryka Mroczkowska, Trzebnica,,Poland († 2013)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Antonius M. van Melis, Geldrop († 2020)
• Kind Klomp, Renkum, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Lena Maria Kooper, Dubbeldam († 2010)
• Harry Bergsma, Borculo († 2011)

• Anna Catharina Franssen (84), Venray, Limburg, Nederland
• Albert de Jong (75), Beemster, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catherina van Overmeeren (78), Axel
• * Adriana Musch (64), Nieuwkuijk
• Adrianus Johannes Antoniusz Vlaminckx (49), ´s-Hertogenbosch
• Gerardus Johannes (27), Oldenzaal
• Abram Anton Noordijk (69), Amsterdam
• Agatha Rues (70), Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Alphonsine DELAPORTE (80), Solesmes, 59571, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Adolf Frans Buyse (74), Rumbeke

• 1945 » Kathleen Chalfant, American actress
• 1945 » Maina Gielgud, English ballerina and director
• 1947 » Bev Perdue, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina
• 1947 » Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player († 2003)
• 1947 » Taylor Branch, American historian and author
• 1948 » Carl Weathers, American football player and actor
• 1948 » Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
• 1948 » T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1949 » Lawrence Kasdan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Mary Robison, American short story writer and novelist

• 1934 » Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1942 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
• 1959 » Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian bishop and translator (b. 1884)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Robert
8. Adrianus
9. Pieter
10. Jacobus
11. Peter
12. Petrus
13. Dirk
14. Jacob
15. Wilhelmus
16. Antonius

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Wilhelmina
6. Anna
7. Hendrika
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Adriana
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Yvonne
14. Jacoba
15. Helena
16. Linda

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
• February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
• April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
• November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
• November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
• December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

The temperature on January 14, 1947 was between 0.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.