About the day » Tuesday October 7, 1947Calender converter

• maria gertruda johanna (maria) van knippenbergh, helden-beringe
• Francine M. A. Billen, Klein-Gelmen, België († 1966)
• Johannes Hendrikus Gerardus (Henk) Specken, DR, Netherlands († 1998)
• Jacob van Duijn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1966)
• Cornelis Grootenboer, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1989)
• Hans Warmerdam († 2002)
• Marcus Petrus Henri Mallens, Breda († 1947)
• Wilhelmus Gerardus Johannes Andreas - Will, Willy, William John Eggenhuizen, Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands († 2017)
• Marilyn Phelps († 2006)
• NN Antonijsen, Beverwijk (Noord-Holland) († 1947)

• Abel Kuit (75), Groningen
• Anna Antonette de Vries (70), Schiedam
• Antonetta Smits (57), Tilburg, Nederland
• Cornelia Slob (74), Delft, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Marinus Zuijdendorp (0), Rotterdam
• Antonia Edelijn (87), Wijhe, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gertrudis Aerdts (75), Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland
• Aaltje van Kempen (64), Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margareta Delief (47), Rukkelingen-Loon, België
• Aafje Thepen (87), Enkhuizen

• 1944 » Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician († 1979)
• 1945 » David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic
• 1945 » Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director
• 1946 » Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
• 1946 » John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1947 » Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee
• 1948 » Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
• 1948 » John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author
• 1948 » Stephen Rucker, American composer
• 1949 » Dave Hope, American bass player and priest

• 1933 » Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1944 » Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1950 » Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
• 1956 » Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
• 1966 » Johnny Kidd, English singer songwriter (b. 1935)

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.
• March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• 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.
• June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
• November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.

The temperature on October 7, 1947 was between 3.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.