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• Alida Cornelia FRANKEN, Rotterdam († 2015)
• Elisabeth VAN WAESBERGHE, Montgon, FRANKRIJK († 1948)
• F.J.M. (Hans) X van 't Hof († 2014)
• Margo Helena Saturna van der Pols († 2005)
• ? Muijen († 2020)
• Gerard Cees Visser, Lutjebroek,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Doris June Land, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Jacob van de Bovenkamp, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 1949)
• Maria Christina Nooij, Haarlem († 2001)
• Jan EZENDAM, Zwolle Overijssel Netherlands († 1988)

• Barbara Ellen Ireland (60), Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
• Cornelis van der Niet (79), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Cornelsz van der Niet (79), Noordwijk
• Cornelis Half (65), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Wielenga (40)
• Christina DOODS (78), Südlohn, Duitsland
• Albert Wilbrink (67), Apeldoorn
• Berdina Willemina van Thiel (49), Rossum (Maasdriel) (Gelderland)
• Albert Hekhuis (79), Wezup
• Albertje ENSING (68), Groningen Groningen Netherlands

• 1946 » Ed O'Neill, American actor and comedian
• 1946 » George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO
• 1947 » Alex Briley, American disco singer
• 1947 » Dan Lauria, American actor
• 1947 » David Letterman, American comedian and talk show host
• 1947 » Martin Brasier, English palaeontologist, biologist, and academic († 2014)
• 1947 » Roy M. Anderson, English epidemiologist, zoologist, and academic
• 1947 » Tom Clancy, American historian and author († 2013)
• 1947 » Woody Johnson, American businessman and philanthropist
• 1948 » Jeremy Beadle, English television host and producer († 2008)

• 1933 » Adelbert Ames, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Mississippi (b. 1835)
• 1937 » Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan, Turkish playwright and poet (b. 1852)
• 1938 » Feodor Chaliapin, Russian opera singer (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Viktor Puskar, Estonian colonel (b. 1889)
• 1945 » Franklin D. Roosevelt, American lawyer and politician, 32nd President of the United States (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Lionel Logue, Australian actor and therapist (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ron Flockhart, Scottish racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1966 » Sydney Allard, English racing driver and founder of the Allard car company (b. 1910)
• 1968 » Heinrich Nordhoff, German engineer (b. 1899)
• 1971 » Ed Lafitte, American baseball player and dentist (b. 1886)

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 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
• April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
• September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.

The temperature on April 12, 1947 was between 2.7 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.