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• Hendrikus Johannes Duijn, Beverwijk († 2004)
• Herman de Man († 2006)
• Johannes Lijsbertus de Mooij, Rijnsburg († 1980)
• Karen Pace, Richfield, Sevier County, Utah († 1947)
• Hendrikus Johannes Duijn, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Johannes Pieter (Jan) van Velden († 2015)
• Hypoliet Th de Ruysscher, Hoofdplaat,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1998)
• Jacobus Adrianus Maria Nagtzaam, ,, Standdaarbuiten, Nederland († 1947)
• Johannes Theodorus Phoelich, Wijchen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Hendrik de Jong († 1988)

• Albertus van der Linden (49), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Sinnaeve (83), Koekelare
• Aloïs CLAUW (80), Diksmuide
• Barbara Meijs (78), Brunssum, LI, Netherlands
• Aloys Clauw (80), Dixmude
• Artje van Zuijdam (0), Haaften West Betuwe (GL)
• Adrianus Engelbertus Gerardus Brekelmans (49), Tilburg
• Bartholomeus Willemsen (88), Zevenaar
• Arend ten Klooster (78), Meppel, Nederland
• Alida Hendrika Catharina Boom (86), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » Bryan Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1944 » Jesse Brown, American marine and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs († 2002)
• 1946 » Michael Aris, Cuban-English author and academic († 1999)
• 1947 » Brian Jones, English balloonist and pilot
• 1947 » Oliver Friggieri, Maltese author, critic, poet and philosopher
• 1947 » Walt Mossberg, American journalist
• 1948 » Jens-Peter Bonde, Danish lawyer and politician
• 1950 » Maria Ewing, African-American soprano
• 1950 » Petros Efthymiou, Greek academic and politician, Greek Minister of Culture, Education and Religious Affairs
• 1950 » Tony Banks, English keyboardist and songwriter

• 1938 » William Stern, German-American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1871)
• 1940 » Michael Joseph Savage, Australian-New Zealand politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Julio González, Catalan sculptor and painter (b. 1876)
• 1943 » George Monckton-Arundell, 8th Viscount Galway, English politician, 5th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881)
• 1946 » Karl Groos, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1949 » Elisheva Bikhovski, Israeli-Russian poet (b. 1888)
• 1952 » Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Évariste Lévi-Provençal, French orientalist and historian (b. 1894)

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 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
• March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
• August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.

The temperature on March 27, 1947 was between 3.1 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.