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• Aaltje BARIS, Hekelingen
• Aart Klock († 1999)
• Hendrikus Bernardus Roddenhof († 2021)
• David Robert Bushman († 2022)
• Nivardes Steiner, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2000)
• Timmer, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 1947)
• Nicolaas Wilhelmus Maria Luijten, Nieuwe Wetering, ZUI, Nederland († 1947)
• Stephanus Nicolaas Maria van der Voort, Noordwijk († 1999)
• Bernhard Verveda († 2010)
• Antonius M.M. Reuvers

• Albert TOL (58), Volendam, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abel Dekker (47), Nieuweschans
• Aldert Klazes van Dam (63), Assen
• Aaltje Dijkstra (74), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Maria Bout (90), Voorburg
• Adriana van den Tol (84), Vlaardingen
• Adrianus de Keijzer (84), Arkel
• Augusto Alfredo Farias (43), São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brasil
• Albert Hester (64), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Antje van den Berg (76), Alkmaar, prov. Noord Holland

• 1945 » Brian Charlesworth, English biologist, geneticist, and academic
• 1945 » Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist
• 1945 » Hugh Hopper, English bass guitarist († 2009)
• 1945 » Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter († 1970)
• 1946 » Aleksander Wolszczan, Polish astronomer
• 1947 » Jim Ryun, American runner and politician
• 1947 » Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1947 » Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1947 » Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Bruce Cutler, American lawyer

• 1933 » Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)
• 1937 » William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)
• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (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.
• May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
• July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
• October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
• November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

The temperature on April 29, 1947 was between 7.0 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.