About the day » Friday April 11, 1947Calender converter

• Els Olthof († 2013)
• Jean Ann Hermes, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Derk Pieter (Dik) Edzes, Haren († 2021)
• Patricia June Sereno, Elkland, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States († 2006)
• Diana Kay Day, Aurora (Kane County), Illinois († 2001)
• Eugene Francois de Seriere, Djakarta, Indonesie († 2014)
• Jan de Bruin, Werpsterhoek († 2010)
• Hendrik Boers († 2023)
• Jacoba (Cobie) Schenk, Enschede († 2005)
• Arno Slootman, Bandoeng, Jawa Barat (Djawa Barat), Indonesië

• Klaas Coenraad Van Den Hof (47), Kamp Westerbork
• Carlos Olyntho Braga (68), Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Bernardus Cornelis van SCHAIK (66), Utrecht
• Abel Jan Smith (73), Alkmaar
• Abraham Trompetter (74), Utrecht
• Age Haringsma (54)
• Arnold Jan Froger (52), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Jacoba van Wensveen (66), Rotterdam
• Antonia STOLK (84), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adrianus van Iersel (74), Udenhout

• 1944 » Peter Barfuß, German footballer
• 1945 » John Krebs, Baron Krebs, English zoologist and academic
• 1946 » Bob Harris, English journalist and radio host
• 1946 » Chris Burden, American sculptor, illustrator, and academic († 2015)
• 1947 » Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer († 2004)
• 1947 » Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic († 2016)
• 1947 » Michael T. Wright, English engineer and academic († 2015)
• 1947 » Peter Riegert, American actor, screenwriter and film director
• 1947 » Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter
• 1949 » Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer († 2011)

• 1926 » Luther Burbank, American botanist and academic (b. 1849)
• 1939 » Kurtdereli Mehmet, Turkish wrestler (b. 1864)
• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)
• 1967 » Donald Sangster, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Jamaica (b. 1911)
• 1967 » Thomas Farrell, American general (b. 1891)

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 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
• August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
• October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on April 11, 1947 was between -1.4 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.