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• Gerardus Haak († 2010)
• Heero Fransen, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Richard Eustace PARKER-BOWLES († 2010)
• Peter Ulijn, Oss († 1996)
• Heero Fransen, Amsterdam († 2011)
• Judith M. Dirkse, Sheboygan, Wisconsin († 2018)
• Th.C.J. van Maldegem, Middelburg († 2016)
• Richard Eustace PARKER BOWLES († 2010)
• Fré te Mebel, Varsseveld, Nederland († 2022)
• Mary Catherine Haselhoff († 1947)

• Arnoldus Johannes Jacobus Horsmans (0), Maastricht
• Arnoldus Hubertus Wegerif (63), Apeldoorn
• Caroline Augustine Aspeling (51)
• Adriana Maria den Dekker (74), Zwammerdam
• Cornelia Barentsen (79), Koudekerke
• Aaffien Bolt (85), Ten Boer, Nederland
• aart BATENBURG (68), rotterdam
• Antonia Henrica Adriana van den Heuvel, Deurne en Liessel
• Adrianus Kranendonk (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie van Driel (70), De Werken en Sleeuwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1945 » Joe Niekro, American baseball player († 2006)
• 1946 » Chrystos, American writer and activist
• 1947 » Bob Anderson, English darts player
• 1947 » Rebecca Eaton, American television producer
• 1947 » Ron Leavitt, American screenwriter and producer († 2008)
• 1947 » Sondhi Limthongkul, Thai journalist and politician
• 1947 » Yutaka Fukumoto, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1948 » Alex Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
• 1948 » Buck Martinez, American baseball player and manager
• 1948 » Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, English businessman and politician

• 1930 » Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (b. 1878)
• 1933 » Harold Weber, American golfer and architect (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Frank Pick, English lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)
• 1944 » Hannah Szenes, Hungarian-Israeli soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Richard Sorge, Azerbaijani-German journalist and spy (b. 1895)
• 1947 » K. Natesa Iyer, Indian-Sri Lankan journalist and politician (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)
• 1962 » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1966 » Rube Bressler, American baseball player (b. 1894)

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 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• 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 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
• October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
• November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

The temperature on November 7, 1947 was between 6.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.