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• Dik Gerritsen († 2004)
• Archie Lee Todd Sr ?****, Clarksburg, Harrison, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• "Jean-Marie" Joseph Philippe Gaétan Léopold de Meester, Ramsdonk, Kapelle-op-den-Bos, Belgique († 2016)
• Christien Koppens, Veldhoven († 2000)
• Johanna Antonia Adriana Lambregts, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• vermeer († 1947)
• Harry Hoetink († 2014)
• Linda Kay Widener († 1948)
• Detlef Rudiger de Boer, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2012)
• Jan Vooijs, Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)

• Aletta Adriana de Jong (51), Rotterdam
• Alexander Conitzer (87), Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• (75), Holton, Ripley Co., IN /, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Hendrika van Kranenburg (0), Geldermalsen
• Belia Johanna Groenewege (67), Scherpenisse
• David Alexander McQuhae Montgomery ** (53), Petersham, New South wales, Australia
• Benjamin Fieten (51), Utrecht
• Clarence Clifford Weaver (42), Brown City, Michigan
• Anna Schenkel (52), Groningen
• Berend Jan Heijink (26), Batang, Central Java, Indonesië

• 1944 » Doudou Ndoye, Senegalese lawyer and politician
• 1944 » Richard Belzer, American actor
• 1945 » Alan Mulally, American engineer and businessman
• 1945 » Paul McCarthy, American painter and sculptor
• 1946 » Aleksei Turovski, Estonian zoologist and ethologist
• 1947 » Klaus Schulze, German keyboard player and songwriter
• 1948 » Johnny Grubb, American baseball player and coach
• 1949 » John Riggins, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
• 1950 » Caldwell Jones, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1950 » N. Rangaswamy, Indian lawyer and politician, 9th Chief Minister of Puducherry

• 1932 » Alfred Henry Maurer, American painter (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Pearl White, American actress (b. 1889)
• 1940 » Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Mihály Babits, Hungarian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Alberto Franchetti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, Polish soldier and poet (b. 1921)
• 1957 » John Cain Sr., Australian politician, 34th Premier of Victoria (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Washington Luís, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th President of Brazil (b. 1869)
• 1958 » Ethel Anderson, Australian poet, author, and painter (b. 1883)
• 1959 » József Révai, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Education (b. 1898)

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 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
• June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
• June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
• June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
• December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

The temperature on August 4, 1947 was between 11.2 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??.