About the day » Saturday March 29, 1947Calender converter

• Judith Evans, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States of America († 2008)
• (Stillborn) DE VRIES, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1947)
• Geraldine Louise AYRES, Grants Pass, Josephine, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 2004)
• Hendrikus Franciscus Manders 13AST, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1992)
• Hendrik EGBERS, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1998)
• Maria Pieters, Hulst
• D(Doodgeboren) Benerink, Hengelo(O) († 1947)
• Hilko Lutjeboer, Oomsberg, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands († 1953)
• Adriana Clasina Buurman, Monster († 1986)
• Hendrik Vortman, Heerlerheide, Limburg, Nederland († 2012)

• (Stillborn) DE VRIES (0), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Annichje Kuiper (71), Hoogeveen
• Aldegonda Boom (82), Vlijmen
• Almeda Sparks (82), Rowan County, Kentucky, United States
• Aaldert Albertus BRENDEL (74), Deventer
• Aart STAM (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Brons (80), Sneek, Friesland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bodewitz (62), Onstwedde
• Annechien HULST (53), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert MEIJERING (78), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1945 » Speedy Keen, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer († 2002)
• 1945 » Walt Frazier, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1946 » Billy Thorpe, English-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2007)
• 1946 » Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist († 2017)
• 1947 » Bobby Kimball, American singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Inge Bödding, German sprinter
• 1947 » Robert Gordon, American singer and actor
• 1948 » Bud Cort, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Piet Souer, Dutch record producer, songwriter and arranger
• 1949 » Michael Brecker, American saxophonist and composer († 2007)

• 1924 » Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer and conductor (b. 1852)
• 1934 » Otto Hermann Kahn, German-American banker and philanthropist (b. 1867)
• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)

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.
• January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
• July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.

The temperature on March 29, 1947 was between 10.0 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.