About the day » Thursday July 10, 1947Calender converter

• nn Opperman, Loon op Zand († 1947)
• Janna Maria Stolk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Kim Gjie Lim († 2001)
• Anuschka Rombach († 1992)
• N.N. Opperman, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Geertruida Anna Maria (Truus) Schilder, Hoorn († 2002)
• Linda Gail Patterson, LaGrange, Troup County, Georgia, United States of America († 2007)
• Geertruida Sportel, Slagharen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2019)
• Marianne Stolk († 2010)
• Fokeltje Jansje Gielis, Den Helder († 2007)

• Dirkje van Rijn (82), Katwijk aan Zee
• Delbert Raymond Spencer (43), California
• Cornelia Joppa Israel (72), Colijnsplaat
• Doodgeboren kind van Vliet (0), Leiden
• Adelia L. Carmer (77)
• Catharina Magendans (82), Arnhem
• Aaltje Codee (80), Zeist, Nederland
• Elizabeth Anna Maria Maagdenberg (75), Hilversum
• Allegonda Cornelia Anna Vermunt (37), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Blanche M. Blake (68), Many, Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » Hal McRae, American baseball player and manager
• 1945 » John Motson, English sportscaster
• 1945 » Ron Glass, American actor († 2016)
• 1946 » Chin Han, Taiwanese actor
• 1946 » Jean-Pierre Jarier, French racing driver
• 1947 » Arlo Guthrie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1948 » Chico Resch, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1948 » John Whitehead, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2004)
• 1948 » Natalya Sedykh, Russian figure skater, ballet dancer, actor
• 1948 » Ronnie Cutrone, American painter († 2013)

• 1929 » Ève Lavallière, French actress (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Huntley Wright, English actor (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Jelly Roll Morton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Richard Maury, American-Argentinian engineer (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Joe Giard, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Teddy Wakelam, English rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1893)

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 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
• October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• 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 July 10, 1947 was between 7.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 24.2 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.