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• Johannes Matheus Lambertus Maria Sijstermans, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Wendell Krediet, New Holland, Douglas County, South Dakota († 1996)
• PATRICIA RICE, HUDDERSFIELD (ENGELAND) († 2017)
• Remkje Bakker, Den Helder († 1948)
• Diane Vanlerberghe, Roeselare West Vlaanderen België († 2022)
• Harry van Staa, Utrecht († 2020)
• Marinus Scheven, Valthermond († 1988)
• Avraham ben-Artzi († 2010)
• Sonja Van Hyfte, Luxemburg († 1995)
• Cornelia Hendrika van Lienden, Zwammerdam († 1947)

• Antonius de Wert (82), Eindhoven
• Albert Tiemens (22), Singaparna, Java
• Abraham Numeijer (32), Rotterdam
• Adriana van Sas (77), Rotterdam
• Antje Koudenburg (75), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• barbera STOLK (83), hendrik ido ambacht
• Adriana van Sas (77), Rotterdam
• Adriana Huiberta Rietveld (19), Rotterdam
• Caius Lyman Griffith (57), Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Hendriks Koudenburg (75), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland

• 1946 » Bel Mooney, English journalist and author
• 1946 » Dennis Kucinich, American journalist and politician, 53rd Mayor of Cleveland
• 1946 » Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian scholar, activist, and politician
• 1946 » Jean-Jacques Beineix, French director and producer
• 1946 » Jon Ekerold, South African motorcycle racer
• 1947 » Bill Zorn, folk musician
• 1947 » Emiel Puttemans, Belgian runner
• 1947 » Richard Morris, English archaeologist, historian, and author
• 1947 » Stephen Shore, American photographer and educator
• 1948 » Benjamin Cheever, American journalist and author

• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Sergey Chaplygin, Russian physicist, mathematician, and engineer (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Wendell Willkie, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1892)
• 1945 » Felix Salten, Austrian author and critic (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
• 1953 » Kathleen Ferrier, English soprano (b. 1912)
• 1953 » Nigel Bruce, British actor (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Iry LeJeune, American accordion player (b. 1928)

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.
• January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
• October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.

The temperature on October 8, 1947 was between 9.4 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 19.9 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.