About the day » Wednesday January 29, 1947Calender converter

• Jacob Jan Ouwehand, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Voeten, Roosendaal († 1987)
• Antonio Paulo Salgueiro Torres, Porto Ferreira, São Paulo, Brasil († 1974)
• Adolf WIlhelmus Maria (Dolf) Vijverberg, Naaldwijk, Nederland († 2023)
• Arnold Lee Harms, Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa († 1975)
• Jan Albertus van Lohuizen, ............. († 1948)
• David Goodier, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA († 1991)
• Jan Dorotheus Roos, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Maria Catharina Antonia Jannink († 1990)
• Jacob Jan Ouwehand, Katwijk († 2011)

• Albert Geert PRENT (73), Noordharen, gemeente Ruinen
• Anna Maria Catharina Peters (84), Jabeek, Onderbanken
• Arie Oskam (41), Gouda
• Albertus Groote (23), Enkhuizen
• Aaltje Wiggerts Amsterdam (79), Groningen (Gn) Nederland
• Albert Julius HARTUNG (84), Mount Eden, Alameda, California, Verenigde Staten
• Afina Johanna Bouwhuis (76), Meppel
• Afina Johanna Bouwhuis * (76), Meppel
• Adriaantje Maartje Fluit (82), Oude-Tonge, South-Holland, Nederland
• Barbara Fraza (87), Rosmalen, N.Brabant

• 1945 » Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1945 » Jim Nicholson, Northern Irish politician
• 1945 » Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman
• 1946 » Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter
• 1947 » David Byron, English singer-songwriter († 1985)
• 1947 » Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer
• 1948 » Raymond Keene, English chess player and author
• 1949 » doris davenport, American poet and teacher
• 1949 » Evgeny Lovchev, Russian footballer and manager

• 1933 » Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)

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.
• January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
• May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
• November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

The temperature on January 29, 1947 was between -13.6 °C and -4.7 °C and averaged -10.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.