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• Geertruida Anna Maria Sulmann, Vlagtwedde († 2016)
• Johannes Gerhardus (Jan) Lambers, Nieuw Schoonebeekerveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)
• John J Clark, Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States († 2000)
• Maria Frederika Calis, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Johannes Gerhardus Lambers, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)
• Petra Johanna Henriette Glazenburg († 2012)
• Jeanne Baudoin, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Hendrik Willem Sleijster, Heerde († 1947)
• Maria Theresia Vos, Waalwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2001)
• N.N. Huizenga, Grootegast, gem. Grijpskerk, Groningen, Nederland († 1947)

• Adrianus van Biemen (66), Leiden
• Brigitta Catharina Kamp (58), s'Hertogenbosch, N Brabant
• Antonie Pieter van der Waal (40), Rotterdam
• Bor van den BRINK (79), Vlaardingen
• Adrianus de Groot (0), Breezand, NHO, Nederland
• Aafke Kooi (67), Chicago (Illinois, USA)
• Anna Theresa Dumon (86), Stene
• * Elisabeth Catharina de Regt (50), Rotterdam
• Alphons Joseph Scheffer (66), Sas van Gent
• Anna Maria Philomena van Oers (34), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1940 » Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1942 » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1946 » Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 » Caroline B. Cooney, American author
• 1949 » Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
• 1952 » Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

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.
• January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
• February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
• March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.

The temperature on May 10, 1947 was between 13.8 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.