About the day » Thursday February 6, 1947Calender converter

• Alberdina de Groot, Goor († 2003)
• Bieuwkje Bartels, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)
• Bert Oling, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Antje│Anneke van Egmond│Vermae, Leiden († 1989)
• Ido van Uffelen († 1989)
• Annemie Pijnenburg († 1994)
• Alie Kraak, Zwolle († 2020)
• Jannetje Pap, Oldebroek, 8096, Nederland († 2012)
• Anders Torsten Holmström, Örebro, Närke, T, Sweden († 1996)
• Jan Dijkema, Stedum († 2014)

• Anne Beuving (52), Roden
• Adrianus Groenendijk (81), Dordrecht, Nederland
• Anna Smitt (81), De Wijk
• Arendina Alida Smit (43), Winschoten (Groningen)
• Arendina Alida Smit (43), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Annigje Versluis (91), Meerkerk
• Adriana Groenendijk (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Jacob Bothanius BROUWER (85), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Adriana Geertruida Verdoorn (0), Papendrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Jacobus Smit (81), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1944 » Christine Boutin, French politician, French Minister of Housing and Urban Development
• 1945 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1981)
• 1946 » Jim Turner, American captain and politician
• 1946 » Kate McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter († 2010)
• 1946 » Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter († 2010)
• 1947 » Bill Staines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Charlie Hickcox, American swimmer (d .2010)
• 1949 » Jim Sheridan, Irish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Manuel Orantes, Spanish tennis player
• 1949 » Mike Batt, English singer-songwriter and producer

• 1929 » Maria Christina of Austria (b. 1858)
• 1931 » Motilal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (b. 1861)
• 1932 » John Earle, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Tasmania (b. 1865)
• 1938 » Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Jaan Soots, Estonian general and politician, 7th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1951 » Gabby Street, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1882)
• 1952 » George VI of the United Kingdom (b. 1895)
• 1958 » victims of the Munich air disaster
• 1963 » Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933)
• 1964 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)

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.
• September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
• November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
• 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 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
• November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on February 6, 1947 was between -8.6 °C and -2.8 °C and averaged -5.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.