About the day » Monday September 29, 1947Calender converter

• Joannes Arnoldus van DIJK († 2021)
• Wiel Laven, Kerkrade († 2009)
• Valerie Thomas, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada († 1990)
• Roelof Schonewille, Hoogeveen nederland († 2017)
• Nancy Kooy, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana, VS († 2018)
• Auke Jan Jacob van Ark, Epe († 1995)
• N.n. Nieuwmeijer, Geesteren
• Kathleen Marie Goraczkowski, Martin Co., Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1950)
• Denise Diricks, Hasselt, België († 2024)
• Levenloos Balemans, Zundert († 1947)

• Albertus Joseph Ashbaugh (74), Pierce County, Washington
• BEITSKE Van Slooten (69), FERWERDDEEL, Friesland, Nederland
• Beitske Ypes van Slooten (69), Hallum
• Beitske van Slooten (69), Ferwerderadeel
• Baltus Advocaat (81), hardinxveld (zuid holland)
• Baltus Advocaat (81), Hardinxveld
• Hendrik Pol (1), Hoogeveen
• Aaltje Kruitmoes (53), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah (USA)
• Catharina Maria van der MEULEN (97), Haarlem, 4599, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Christina Thielking (63), Herwen en Aerdt, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1945 » Kyriakos Sfetsas, Greek composer and poet
• 1945 » Nadezhda Chizhova, Russian shot putter
• 1946 » Patricia Hodge, English actress
• 1947 » Ülo Kaevats, Estonian philosopher, academic, and politician († 2015)
• 1947 » Gary Wetzel, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
• 1947 » S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India († 2016)
• 1948 » Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1948 » Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Mike Pinera, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1948 » Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer

• 1927 » Arthur Achleitner, German journalist and author (b. 1858)
• 1927 » Willem Einthoven, Indonesian-Dutch physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
• 1928 » John Devoy, Irish-American Fenian rebel leader (b. 1842)
• 1930 » Ilya Repin, Ukrainian-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1844)
• 1937 » Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková, Czech botanist and zoologist (b. 1877)
• 1937 » Ray Ewry, American triple jumper (b. 1873)
• 1951 » Thomas Cahill, American soccer player and coach (b. 1864)
• 1952 » John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (b. 1899)
• 1967 » Carson McCullers, American novelist, playwright, essayist, and poet (b. 1917)

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 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.
• February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
• March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• 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.
• July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
• November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.

The temperature on September 29, 1947 was between 9.3 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.