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• Hubertus Joseph Maria Dreessen, Hulsberg, Limburg, Netherlands († 2012)
• Honestino Monteiro Guimarães, Itaberaí, Goiás, Brasil († 1973)
• Adrianus Petrus Joseph Brabers, De Moer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Levenloos geboren kind Kuijs, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Cornelis Baukes Baukema, Wommels, Hennaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1973)
• Agnes Opdam, De Zilk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hendrik Gerrit Jan Aartsen, Utrecht († 2020)
• Antje Fokkina Kremer († 2003)
• Haaye Folkert Koopmans, Groningen († 2007)
• Johanna Berendina Altena, Langeveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1990)

• Alberdina Roede (68), Noordhorn, Gem.Zuidhorn
• Adriaan Rozemond (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Augustinus Wouters (81), Borgharen, Maastricht
• Antonette Maria van Tartwijk (83), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Beekman (77), Middelburg
• Adam Todd ?****, Scotland
• Anthonia Brand (81), Dubbeldam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Agatha Duin (68), Oudorp, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Buurs (80), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus (Janus) Mostert (50), Rotterdam

• 1945 » Johnny Famechon, French-Australian boxer
• 1945 » Rodrigo Duterte, Filipino politician, 16th President of the Philippines
• 1946 » Alejandro Toledo, Peruvian economist and politician, 48th President of Peru
• 1946 » Henry Paulson, American banker and politician, 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1946 » Wubbo Ockels, Dutch physicist and astronaut († 2014)
• 1947 » Greg Thompson, Canadian educator and politician, 25th Minister of Veterans Affairs († 2019)
• 1948 » Dianne Wiest, American actress
• 1948 » Janice Lynde, American actress
• 1948 » John Evan, English keyboard player and songwriter
• 1948 » Milan Williams, American keyboard player († 2006)

• 1941 » Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian police officer (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Marcus Hurley, American basketball player and cyclist (b. 1883)
• 1941 » Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Miguel Hernández, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1910)
• 1943 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)
• 1953 » Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1958 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)

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.
• February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
• February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
• April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
• April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
• July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

The temperature on March 28, 1947 was between 7.2 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.