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• Sies Wever, Beilen († 2018)
• Petrus Jacobus Wilhelmus Philipsen, Sevenum, Limburg, Nederland († 1952)
• Brigitta Margaretha Scholastica Glorina (Brigitte) Huigsloot, Leiden († 1989)
• Jan Hakkers, Hardenberg († 1947)
• Carl Clifton II Adams († 1965)
• johannes gerardus johanna VAN DEN BREEKEL, oisterwijk
• Francine Kroot, Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Adrianus Burggraaf, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Francisca W.C. Moor, Den Helder († 1961)
• Kind Janssen, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)

• Akke Aukes Veenstra (81), Westdongeradeel, Friesland, NL
• antje van der VORM (70), barendrecht
• Albert Menses Selles (91), Zwollerkerspel, Ov. Nederland
• Apolonia Hendrika Den Hollander (68), Amsterdam
• Anna Johanna Nas (98), Wijchen
• Antonius Johannes KREUGER (75), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arthur Jozef Everaert (79), MOUVEAUX
• Amelia Elizabeth Wright (79), San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
• Anna Maria Carolina Janssen (59), Heerlen 751
• Anna Wilhelmina Westerhout (49), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1945 » Chris Matthews, American journalist and author
• 1945 » David Mallet, British director
• 1945 » Ernie Hudson, American actor
• 1945 » Jüri Talvet, Estonian poet and critic
• 1946 » Eugene Levy, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Simon Bates, English radio host
• 1947 » Wes Studi, American actor and producer
• 1948 » Jim Bonfanti, American rock drummer
• 1948 » Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Turkish economist and politician
• 1948 » Valery Belousov, Russian ice hockey player and coach († 2015)

• 1930 » Peter Warlock, Welsh composer and critic (b. 1894)
• 1932 » Charles Winckler, Danish discus thrower, shot putter, and tug of war competitor (b. 1867)
• 1933 » 13th Dalai Lama (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Alicia Boole Stott, Anglo-Irish mathematician and academic (b. 1860)
• 1942 » Allen Bathurst, Lord Apsley, English lieutenant and politician (b. 1895)
• 1947 » Christos Tsigiridis, Greek engineer (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Eddie Acuff, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1957 » Dorothy L. Sayers, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
• 1962 » Thomas Mitchell, American actor (b. 1892)

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.
• February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
• August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on December 17, 1947 was between 3.0 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.