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• George Todd ?****, Penetanguishene, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada († 2019)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1947)
• Grietje Jongewaard, Westzaan († 2021)
• Luitje Jebbigje ten Veen *, Steenwijk († 1947)
• Gerarda Helena van Loosbroek, Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Jan Don, Vlaardingen († 2004)
• Alida Henriëtte Johanna Schrama, Haarlem († 2013)
• Eddy Pleisters, Sint-Truiden, België († 2022)
• Adriana Pietronella Maria van Steenoven, Oosterhout († 1981)
• Edith Louise van Everdingen, Amsterdam († 1999)

• Antonia Meijer (70), Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Bernard Radstake (0), Zelhem
• Arie Kwakernaak (71), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Aart van den Berg (67), Rhenen
• Antje Vellinga (73), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Beulah Lee Casteel (57), Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee
• Blanche de Peellaert (79), Grand-Bigard (Groot-Bijgaarden), 23016, Belgique
• Alida Verheul (83), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Taylor BLAND (54), Fordham, Cambridgeshire, England
• Arie Kraak (83), Zuid Beijerland, Korendijk. Zuid Holland, The Netherlands

• 1946 » Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1946 » Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter († 2018)
• 1946 » Murray Head, English actor and singer
• 1946 » Richard Bell, Canadian pianist († 2007)
• 1947 » Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress
• 1947 » Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1948 » Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician
• 1948 » Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
• 1948 » Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter († 1984)
• 1948 » Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar († 2008)

• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
• 1953 » Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
• 1955 » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)

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.
• March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
• August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
• October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
• 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.
• November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

The temperature on March 5, 1947 was between -2.4 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.