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• Foppe van der Ploeg († 2012)
• Clasina Maria Paardekooper, Lisse († 2019)
• Kornelis Jan Hartlief, Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1958)
• Eppo Koopmans († 2007)
• Johannes Kuijpers († 1983)
• Joke Suijker († 2013)
• Dirk Gideon Franciscus Brunemann, amsterdam, Nederland († 2013)
• Elisabeth (Liesbeth) Ruttenberg, Utrecht († 2011)
• Johannes Adrianus Westdyk, Duisburg, Duitsland († 2014)
• Ben Schuurman († 1976)

• Adriaantje de Man (71), Brielle, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Antonia Collewijn (66), Culemborg
• anna catherina Blättler (47), Treebeek
• Antonij Steffens (54), Apeldoorn (Gld.)
• Aagje van de Sluis (58), 's Graveland
• Akkelina Hotsche Berghuijs (71), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Adrianus WESENBEEK WEZENBEEK (72), Breda, NL
• Alida Jacoba Righarts (65), Delft
• Adrianus Matheus Tigchelaar (22), Tilburg
• Antonius van den Dries (83), Tilburg

• 1945 » Gary Brooker, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1945 » Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, Belgian scholar and author († 2018)
• 1945 » Joyce Tenneson, American photographer
• 1945 » Julian Le Grand, English economist and author
• 1945 » Martin Pipe, English jockey and trainer
• 1945 » Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, Scottish lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland († 2013)
• 1946 » Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician († 2000)
• 1947 » Anthony Geary, American actor
• 1948 » Keith Gull, English microbiologist and academic
• 1948 » Michael Berkeley, English composer and radio host

• 1939 » Ursula Ledóchowska, Austrian-Polish nun and saint, founded the Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Léo-Pol Morin, Canadian pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1892)
• 1942 » John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1946 » Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer (b. 1905)
• 1948 » May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

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 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
• July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
• September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
• November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

The temperature on May 29, 1947 was between 10.4 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.