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• Jakob Zuur, Emmen
• Helena Bakker, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Monsma, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Clazina Maria Gerarda de Ruijter, Heemskerk († 1947)
• Donald G. Butler, Lauderdale, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Iris Mae van de Krol, New Sharon, Mahaska County, Iowa, United States († 2022)
• Arla Mae Kelzer, South Dakota († 1947)
• Elizabeth "Liz" "Lizzie" "Fonny" Drenth, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia († 2003)
• Hans Rutte
• Janna Jacoba Kramer, Den Helder († 2016)

• Albertus Petrus Franciscus Duynstee (70), 's-Gravenhage
• Annelies Molenaar (0), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL
• Boudewijn Gerrit van der Lek (65), Den Haag
• Bastiaan Paap (61), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bart Krikken (70), Echten, Drenthe, Nederland
• Arla Mae Kelzer (0), fortasse, somewhere in SD
• Anna Maria Bakker (78), ,, Wateringen, Nederland
• Annelies Molenaar (0), Alkmaar
• Albertus Petrus Franciscus DUIJNSTEE (70), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Broer Wouda (79), Leeuwarden

• 1946 » Björn Granath, Swedish actor († 2017)
• 1946 » Georgi Markov, Bulgarian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1946 » Jane Asher, English actress
• 1946 » Julio Ángel Fernández, Uruguayan astronomer
• 1947 » Đurđica Bjedov, Yugoslav swimmer
• 1947 » Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Filipino academic and politician, 14th President of the Philippines
• 1947 » Ramón Mifflin, Peruvian footballer
• 1947 » Virendra Sharma, Indian-English lawyer and politician
• 1947 » Willy Chirino, Cuban-American musician
• 1948 » Pierre-Albert Chapuisat, Swiss footballer

• 1941 » Parvin E'tesami, Persian poet (b. 1907)
• 1945 » Heinrich Borgmann, German officer (b. 1912)
• 1945 » Karl-Otto Koch, German SS officer (b. 1897)
• 1946 » Vincent Youmans, American composer and producer (b. 1898)
• 1947 » Bernhard Pankok, German painter, artist and architect (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Elis Strömgren, Swedish-Danish astronomer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, American socialite and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1949 » Erich Zeigner, Prime Minister of Saxony (b. 1886)
• 1950 » Hiroshi Yoshida, Japanese painter (b. 1876)
• 1952 » Agnes Morton, British tennis player (b.

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 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
• 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.

The temperature on April 5, 1947 was between -0.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.