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• Annigje Apperlo, Vollenhove, Netherlands († 1999)
• Alexander van der Kaaij († 2019)
• Francois Verhoeven, Utrecht († 1996)
• Jan VAN HEES († 1975)
• Huibert Gerrit Cornelis van der Plas, Katwijk († 2017)
• Adrianus Josephus Cornelis Ketelaars, Tilburg († 1947)
• Ina Oudman († 2010)
• Annigje "Annie" Apperlo, Vollenhove, Nederland († 1999)
• Elisabeth Suzanna Maria VAN DEN BROEK, Middelburg,Zeeland,NEDERLAND († 1976)
• Jan Reiling, Wilrijk († 2007)

• Aagje Stadt (49), Koog aan de Zaan
• Adriana Jacoba van Alphen (67), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Abram de Nijs (47), Haarlem
• Adrianus Hendrikus van Rooij (85), Udenhout
• Aaltje Amsterdam (79), Bierum
• Agnieta Postma (78), Veenwouden, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Adrianus Welboren (82), Heemskerk
• Albertus van Heumen (74), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Ale de Waard (0), De Witte Hoek (Texel)
• Adrianus Henricus van Rooij (85), Udenhout (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)

• 1945 » Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, English lawyer, judge, and academic
• 1945 » Joseph Kosuth, American sculptor and theorist
• 1945 » Rynn Berry, American historian and author († 2014)
• 1946 » Medin Zhega, Albanian footballer and manager († 2012)
• 1946 » Terry Kath, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Chicago) († 1978)
• 1947 » Glynn Turman, American actor
• 1947 » Matt Minglewood, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
• 1948 » Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician
• 1948 » Volkmar Groß, German footballer († 2014)

• 1933 » John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)

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 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
• May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
• July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
• August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
• November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on January 31, 1947 was between -8.8 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.