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• Fraaije, Ammerzoden († 1947)
• Richard Clinton Stoller, Kewanee, Henry, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Wilhelmina Gijsbertha Berendina Leeuwis, Barneveld († 2020)
• Victor (Vic) Henderix, Hoepertingen, België († 2002)
• Douwe Sjoerds van der Meer, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)
• Yves Lucien Jean PEYROCHE, Firminy,42700,Loire,Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE († 2013)
• N.N. van Ginneken, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adela Maria Clara Secco Gutierrez, Salto, Salto, Uruguay († 2004)
• Gene Autry Gore, Brunswick County, North Carolina († 1995)
• Theodora Martina Maria (Thea) Wittenaar, Ottersum († 2009)

• Anna ter Veld (77), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Leijten (78), Breda (Noord-Brabant, NLD)
• Bernardus Brusik (37), Rotterdam
• Arend Jan van den Berg (83), Deventer
• Alden Hiram Stiles (Baysinger) Basinger (90)
• Catharina Duin (83), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Fraaije (0), Ammerzoden
• Catharina Duin (83), Beverwijk
• Aukje Schadenberg (70), Norg-Zuidvelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• CAROLUS LUDOVICUS VAN DEN BRANDEN (73), WUUSTWEZEL,ANTWERPEN,BELGIE

• 1944 » Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 2007)
• 1945 » Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
• 1946 » Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer († 1993)
• 1947 » Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
• 1948 » Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
• 1948 » Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player
• 1949 » John Markoff, American journalist and author
• 1949 » Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
• 1950 » Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician († 2012)

• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Gerrit
7. Adrianus
8. Robert
9. Pieter
10. Jacobus
11. Peter
12. Petrus
13. Dirk
14. Jacob
15. Antonius
16. Wilhelmus

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 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
• April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
• July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• 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 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
• 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.

The temperature on October 24, 1947 was between 3.7 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.