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• Ans Mulderij, Apeldoorn († 2017)
• Douglas Wilbur Kooiman, Murray Co., Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Ada Zonneveld, Castricum († 2010)
• Levenloos Bolman, Leeuwarden († 1947)
• Geertruida Johanna Hogeweg († 2004)
• Judith Diann "Judy" Harper, Poplar Bluff, Butler, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Leonardus Johannes Rolfast († 2009)
• Herman Jan Doornaar († 2014)
• Dale Anthony Little, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Godelieve Eeckhout, Oostnieuwkerke

• "Emma" Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy (82), Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Royaume-Uni
• Ashford Clayton 'Ashley' Northcutt (66), Yuma, Yuma, Colorado, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Cornelia van Bergen (67), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus Slangen (67), Echt, Limburg, Netherlands
• Antje Adrichem (70), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pronk (38), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Gils (21), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Hogerheiden (78), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Muijs (68), Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Dirken (78), Heemstede

• 1945 » Peter Pace, American general
• 1946 » Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1973)
• 1946 » Ken Whaley, Austrian-English bass player and songwriter († 2013)
• 1947 » Peter Noone, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Quint Davis, American director and producer
• 1947 » Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneon player († 2010)
• 1948 » Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author
• 1948 » Bob Barr, American lawyer and politician
• 1948 » Peter Hammill, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1938 » Thomas Dewing, American painter and educator (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Mary W. Bacheler, American physician and Baptist medical missionary (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (b. 1905)
• 1942 » George M. Cohan, American actor, singer, composer, author and theatre manager/owner (b. 1878)
• 1944 » Alexis Carrel, French surgeon and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (b. 1863)
• 1951 » Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)
• 1955 » Maurice Utrillo, French painter (b. 1883)
• 1956 » Art Tatum, American pianist and composer (b. 1909)

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 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
• 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 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
• August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.

The temperature on November 5, 1947 was between 5.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.