About the day » Thursday January 30, 1947Calender converter

• Donna Joy SLOF, Indianapolis Indiana U.S.A († 2008)
• Gerhardus Johannes Maria (Gerard) ROS († 2010)
• Hermanus Zuiderduin, Haarlem († 1996)
• Albert Boxma, Zuilen († 2008)
• Albert Bolle, Hilversum († 2016)
• Dirk Bovendorp, Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Bertus Sattler, Holte († 2007)
• Ank Spierings, Waalwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2004)
• Anna Cornelia Maria Noort, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Frederik Hendrik Chevalking, Doetinchem († 1947)

• Adrianus Johannes VIJVERBERG (83), Naaldwijk,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert van Hulst (43), Schiedam, Nederland
• Adriana Helena WASTYN (59), Lauwe, West-Vlaanderen, Belgique
• Adrianus Joannes Vijverberg (83), Naaldwijk
• Adriaan OORT (82), Beverwijk, Kennemerland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria Saal (63), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Jacobs Borger (75), Vrouwenparochie (FRL)
• Adriana Maria Suijkerbuijk (78), Bergen op Zoom
• Anna Maria Habets (75), Valkenburg,, Limburg, Nederland
• Albertus van der Wal (83), Zwolle

• 1944 » Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge
• 1944 » Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic
• 1945 » Meir Dagan, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of Mossad (2002–11) († 2016)
• 1945 » Michael Dorris, American author and scholar († 1997)
• 1946 » John Bird, Baron Bird, English publisher, founded The Big Issue
• 1947 » Les Barker, English poet and author
• 1947 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1991)
• 1948 » Miles Reid, English mathematician and academic
• 1948 » Nick Broomfield, English director and producer
• 1949 » Peter Agre, American physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1934 » Frank Nelson Doubleday, American publisher, founded the Doubleday Publishing Company (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Frederick Blackman, English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer, co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded Porsche (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (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.
• 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.
• January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
• February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
• June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on January 30, 1947 was between -12.3 °C and -2.3 °C and averaged -8.3 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.