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• Jeffrey H. Klick Edwards († 1990)
• Gertrude (Gertie) Hogerheide, Sluis († 2003)
• Cornelia Geertruda Adriana Maria Rijkelijkhuizen, Goirle († 2011)
• Dorothea Gerarda Maria Hermans, Noordwijkerhout († 1999)
• Anthonie Mak Van Waay, Den Haag († 1957)
• Herman Marinus Kilsdonk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Johan Harry Kiewiet, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Johan Baptist de Greef, Wieringen († 2008)
• Johannes Adriaan Rooderkerken, Zwolle, Nederland († 2021)
• Catharina Helena Holslag († 1996)

• Anna Reinhardina Wilhelmina Rud. Höevell,van (91), Hilversum
• Bastiaan Quartel (55), Sint Anthoniepolder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Arie Verhagen (81), Beverwijk
• Annetje Leeflang (86), Poortugaal
• Bastiaan Quartel (55), Sint Anthoniepolder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Anthonie Pladdet (59), Hoek
• Adriaan LEIJS (88), Kruiningen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus van den Bersselaar (50), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Alida Kelner (71), Amsterdam
• Aart van Hemert (73)

• 1943 » Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, 2nd President of the Regional Government of Madeira
• 1943 » Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer († 1992)
• 1944 » Florence LaRue, American singer and actress
• 1947 » Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
• 1947 » Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and politician, 3rd Director of National Intelligence
• 1948 » Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1948 » Rod Grams, American journalist and politician († 2013)
• 1949 » Michael Beck, American actor
• 1949 » Rasim Delić, Bosnian general († 2010)

• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)

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.
• March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• 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 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
• October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.

The temperature on February 4, 1947 was between -5.2 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.