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• N.N. de Waard, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Johanna Guijt, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Anthonia Maria (Tonny) BAUMANN, Arnhem, Gelderland (NL) († 2007)
• Andre Louis Johan Knoppert, Amsterdam († 1969)
• Joseph Marie Jean Hayen, Alken, België († 1949)
• Jaap de Leijzer, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2011)
• Jan van Uffelen, Hoevelaken († 2015)
• Christian Jaques Gerard Philippe Demeyst, Schaarbeek, Belgie († 2009)
• Kornelis Leendert van Zandwijk († 1947)
• Athena Lee Lawrence, Arlington, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2011)

• Adriana Marina de Bruijn (56), Vrouwenpolder
• Adrianus Petrus Andreas Maria VERHEES (0), Hoogeloon, 3766, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Fanny Todd (91), St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, United States
• Alida Catharina Gordijn (69), Amsterdam
• Antonius Luijten (73), Breda
• Alberdina Wemekamp (42), Den Ham
• Antoon Godefridus Josephus van Daal (69), Eindhoven
• Fleming D. Perdue (75)
• Daniël van den Berg (61), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ferdinand Francisco Nellestein (72), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » P. F. Sloan, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2015)
• 1946 » Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor († 2014)
• 1946 » Gailard Sartain, American actor
• 1946 » Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer († 1992)
• 1946 » Meredith Oakes, Australian-English playwright, translator, and educator
• 1946 » Nicholas Clay, English actor († 2000)
• 1947 » Drew Gilpin Faust, American historian and academic
• 1947 » Giancarlo Minardi, Italian businessman, founded the Minardi Racing Team
• 1947 » Russ Abbot, English comedian, actor, and singer
• 1948 » Lynn Abbey, American computer programmer and author

• 1939 » Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Polish author, painter, and photographer (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
• 1949 » Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 » Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)
• 1956 » Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Quebec (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1873)
• 1959 » Benjamin Péret, French poet and journalist (b. 1899)

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.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
• July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on September 18, 1947 was between 11.7 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.