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• Jan van de Kolk, Garderen, gem. Barneveld († 1948)
• Johanna Hesselmans, Kaatsheuvel († 1997)
• Maria (Rietje) M. van der Wal, Amsterdam († 2012)
• Lea Michiels, Koningshooikt, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2008)
• Lowry Lee Pressley, Sinton, San Patricio, Texas († 1995)
• Elisabeth Ann Mousseau, Chicago-Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Liesbeth de Vries, Zwolle
• Kees Zonneveld, Bakkum († 2000)
• Cor Schokker († 2002)
• Ko de Vrieze († 2017)

• Armand Rodrigue de Beaufort (0), Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Anna Maria van Rooij (72), Sint-Michielsgestel
• Anna Petronella Smits (69), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adam van Wezel (73), Ootmarsum
• Taeke Ybeles van der Veer (84), Marssum
• Barteldina Schuuring (81), Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Tromp (73), Wetsinge, gem. Adorp, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna SMITH (69)
• Anna Maria van Rooij (72), Sint-Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Hendrik Meeuwissen (58), Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1946 » Bruce Davison, American actor and director
• 1946 » David Duckham, English rugby player
• 1946 » Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian († 1989)
• 1946 » Jaime Guzmán, Chilean lawyer and politician († 1991)
• 1946 » Robert Asprin, American soldier and author († 2008)
• 1946 » Robert Xavier Rodríguez, American classical composer
• 1947 » Laura Tyson, American economist and academic
• 1947 » Mark Helprin, American novelist and journalist
• 1948 » Kathy Bates, American actress
• 1948 » Sergei Bodrov, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1929 » Edward Carpenter, English poet and philosopher (b. 1844)
• 1936 » Alexander Berkman, American author and activist († 1870)
• 1939 » Douglas H. Johnston, governor of the Chickasaw Nation (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Italo Balbo, Italian air marshal and politician (b. 1896)
• 1944 » Friedrich Dollmann, German general (b. 1882)
• 1945 » Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Stanislav Kostka Neumann, Czech writer, poet and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Cy Morgan, American baseball player (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)

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 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
• December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

The temperature on June 28, 1947 was between 17.3 °C and 34.0 °C and averaged 26.6 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.