About the day » Monday July 14, 1947Calender converter

• Mathias Cornelius Schumacker, Stramproy († 1947)
• Minke Geerts de Vries († 2017)
• Joop van Veen, Padang, voormalig Ned. Indië († 2001)
• Antoinette Duiverman, Amersfoort († 1980)
• Mathias Maria Josephus Peerbooms, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 2002)
• Bernardus Dominicus H. Tellegen, Utrecht († 1968)
• Trudi Baas, Nederland († 2016)
• Thomas R Moy, Elizabeth, Union, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• James Kent Blubaugh, Unknown
• Harmina Hendrika Wassing, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1947)

• Adrianus Stehouwer (0), Hendrik Ido Ambacht
• Aloijsius Wilhelmus van den Heuvel (17), Uden
• Benjamin Franklin CRABTREE (73), Barrett, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States Of America
• Adrian Jakob VANDENBOS (40), Valentine, Cherry, Nebraska, United States
• Aaltje Smit (74), Amersfoort
• Arie van Toor (70), Beverwijk
• Clasina Varkevisser (64), 's Gravenhage
• Christiaan Bouwman (36), Woerden, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arjen Schukken (33), Sneek
• Clarence Coddington (71)

• 1945 » Jim Gordon, American drummer and songwriter
• 1946 » John Wood, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1946 » Sue Lawley, English journalist
• 1947 » Claudia J. Kennedy, American general
• 1947 » John Blackman, Australian radio and television presenter
• 1947 » Navin Ramgoolam, Mauritius physician and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Mauritius
• 1947 » Salih Neftçi, Turkish economist and author († 2009)
• 1948 » Earl Williams, American baseball player († 2013)
• 1948 » Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Zulu king
• 1948 » Tom Latham, American politician

• 1936 » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (b. 1890)
• 1937 » Julius Meier, American businessman and politician, 20th Governor of Oregon (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter and illustrator (b. 1860)
• 1954 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1965 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1900)
• 1966 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1970 » Preston Foster, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1974 » Carl Spaatz, American World War II general; commander of the Strategic Air Forces in Europe (b. 1891)

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 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• 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 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
• November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
• December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

The temperature on July 14, 1947 was between 11.2 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.