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• Manford Clarence (Butch) Campbell, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Catharina Margaretha Maria Johanna van Bon, Doornenburg, Gelderland, Netherlands († 1991)
• Kenneth Alan Goodman, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Hennie van der Putten, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1993)
• Jantine Petra Koppenol, Naaldwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Johannes Florentius Jozef Slingerland, Haarlem,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Daniël Braeckevelt, Tielt († 2003)
• Jan de Poel, Stroobos, Nederland († 2003)
• Albertus Alexander Kerssies, Gramsbergen († 2010)
• Gerrit Jan de Jong, Enkhuizen († 2019)

• Kraaijeveld (0), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Heinen (0), Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Andrew Benjamin** ANDERSON (78), Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonia Cornelia Geelen (62), Groenlo
• Anna Cornelia van de Sande(n) (69), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anthonie Van Kooten (70), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Alberdina Henkes (83), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna van HEEL (83), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adam KAPER (78), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Klaver (72), Nieuwehorne, schoterland.fr.nld

• 1945 » Robert Calvert, English singer-songwriter and playwright († 1988)
• 1945 » Robin Trower, English rock guitarist and vocalist
• 1946 » Alexandra Bastedo, English actress († 2014)
• 1946 » Bernd Hölzenbein, German footballer and scout
• 1946 » Warren Skaaren, American screenwriter and producer († 1990)
• 1947 » Keri Hulme, New Zealand author and poet
• 1948 » Emma Bonino, Italian politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1948 » Eric Fischl, American painter and sculptor
• 1948 » Jeffrey Osborne, American singer and drummer
• 1949 » Neil Hamilton, Welsh lawyer and politician

• 1925 » Willard Metcalf, American painter and academic (b. 1858)
• 1926 » Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (b. 1865)
• 1937 » Paul Elmer More, American journalist and critic (b. 1864)
• 1943 » Otto Freundlich, German painter and sculptor (b. 1878)
• 1954 » Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer and academic (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Miroslava, Czech-Mexican actress (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, German general (b. 1870)
• 1969 » Abdul Munim Riad, Egyptian general (b. 1919)
• 1971 » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)
• 1974 » Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr., American pharmacologist and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)

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 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
• March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
• March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
• April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
• June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.

The temperature on March 9, 1947 was between -4.0 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.