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• Nn Kortenhoff, Oudenrijn
• doodgeboren kind van den Heuvel, Tilburg († 1947)
• Ruud Hogervorst († 2009)
• daniel Sautois († 2014)
• N Scholte († 1947)
• N.N. Cornelissen, Uithoorn
• Peternella Wielink († 2020)
• John Elias Beelaert Blokland, Apeldoorn († 1975)
• Gertie van Kalsbeek, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 2004)
• Johan Jacobus van Leur-, Hardenberg, Nederland († 1947)

• Alida Helena Wilhelmina den Elsen (45), Voorschoten, ZH, Nederland
• Anne de Vries (70), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Kessels (64), Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonie van den Berg (51), Zetten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne de Vries (70), Huizum (Gem. Leeuwarden)
• Annegien Teunissen (75), Zwollerkerspel, Overijssel, Nederland
• AdolfAlfons Van Peteghem (73), Destelbergen
• Adrianus Rood (74), De Weere
• Aaltje Oostindie (84), Enschede
• Alexandrine Maria Emo (77), Yvetot (F)

• 1945 » Mia Farrow, American actress, activist, and former fashion model
• 1945 » Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japanese cell biologist, 2016 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine
• 1946 » Bob Eastwood, American golfer
• 1946 » Jim Webb, American captain and politician, 18th United States Secretary of the Navy
• 1946 » Vince Papale, American football player and sportscaster
• 1947 » Alexis Smirnoff, Canadian-American wrestler and actor († 2019)
• 1947 » Carla Del Ponte, Swiss lawyer and diplomat
• 1947 » Joe Ely, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Major Harris, American R&B singer († 2012)
• 1948 » Guy Standing, English economist and academic

• 1930 » Richard With, Norwegian captain and businessman, founded Hurtigruten (b. 1846)
• 1932 » A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi soldier and activist (b. 1904)
• 1932 » Junnosuke Inoue, Japanese businessman and banker (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Ella D. Barrier, American educator (b. 1852)
• 1950 » Ted Theodore, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Queensland (b. 1884)
• 1951 » Eddy Duchin, American pianist, bandleader, and actor (b. 1910)
• 1957 » Miklós Horthy, Hungarian admiral and politician, Regent of Hungary (b. 1868)
• 1960 » Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
• 1960 » Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Khan Bahadur Ahsanullah, Bangladeshi theologian and educator (b. 1874)

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.
• April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
• September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
• 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.
• October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
• November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

The temperature on February 9, 1947 was between -7.1 °C and -2.4 °C and averaged -4.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 8.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.