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• Helena Maria de Jong, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• Helena Maria de Jong, Leiden († 2002)
• Marijke Wienese, Gem. Zeist, Nederland, Nederland († 1973)
• Leonardus Adrianus Paulus van de Meeberg, Baarn, UT Netherlands († 1949)
• Mary Lou Berghuis
• Charles Henry Todd ?**** († 2017)
• Kaptein, Den Haag
• Hendrik Henk Velzing († 2018)
• Hendrik Willem de Boer, Leidschendam († 2007)
• - Jonkers, Tiel († 1947)

• Amelia Anderson Swanson (65), Hammond, Lake, Indiana, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Sassen (70), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonius Oomen (74), Breda
• Antonie Frederik Beuning (64), 's-Gravenhage
• Klaas Boertien (0), Hoogeveen
• Aalt van Huissteden (67), Driebergen-Rijsenburg
• Aukje Mentz (91), Voorst
• Anna Maria Johanna Nel (70), Groenkraalfontein, PK Selonsrivier, dist Middelburg, Tvl
• Antonie Frederik Beuning (64), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Barbara Ellen (69), Windsor, NSW, AU

• 1944 » Marc Ouellet, Canadian cardinal
• 1944 » Mark Belanger, American baseball player († 1998)
• 1945 » Derek Underwood, English cricketer
• 1945 » Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet († 2014)
• 1946 » Graham Henry, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 1947 » Annie Haslam, English singer-songwriter and painter
• 1947 » Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, geneticist, and academic Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » Sara Paretsky, American author
• 1949 » Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator
• 1949 » Hildegard Falck, German runner

• 1929 » Bliss Carman, Canadian-American poet and playwright (b. 1861)
• 1945 » Karl Hanke, Polish-German soldier and politician (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Eugène Fiset, Canadian physician, general, and politician, 18th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Oswald Pohl, German SS officer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Marie Laurencin, French painter and sculptor (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Edmondo Rossoni, Italian politician (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)

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 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
• October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.

The temperature on June 8, 1947 was between 11.3 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.