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• Dirk (Dick) Weijdema, Steenwijk († 1995)
• petronella josephina maria moors, helden-dorp
• Shirley Anne Dunaway, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States († 1978)
• John Benjamin Roth, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2021)
• Johanna Maria Clazina van der Drift, Maasland († 2009)
• Jurrena Adolphina Gertruida van der Laan, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)
• Bodt, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Feiko Hendrikuszn. de Jonge, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Johannes Bouius, Surhuizum († 2005)
• Terry Lynn Ware, Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma († 1991)

• Cornelis Jongewaard (81), Hoogkarspel
• Cornelis Cornelisz Jongewaard (81), Hoogkarspel
• Angenieta Henriëtte van Veen (14), Druten, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antonius Hendrikus Hartjesveld (52), Ede, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Maria WILLEMSE (42), Amsterdam
• Derk Knol (73), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelis Jongewaard (81), Hoogkarspel, Nederland
• anna maria engels (86), meijel
• Christina Francisca Hille (51), Wieringen Hollands Kroon Noord-Holland Nederland
• Arij NOLEN (82), Barendrecht

• 1944 » Judith M. Brown, Indian-English historian and academic
• 1945 » Dean Koontz, American author and screenwriter
• 1945 » Root Boy Slim, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1993)
• 1946 » Bon Scott, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter († 1980)
• 1947 » Haruomi Hosono, Japanese singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1947 » Mitch Mitchell, English drummer († 2008)
• 1947 » O. J. Simpson, American football player and actor
• 1947 » Patrick Wormald, English historian († 2004)
• 1948 » Hassan Wirajuda, Indonesian lawyer and politician, 15th Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1949 » Raoul Cédras, Haitian military officer and politician

• 1932 » King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (b. 1855)
• 1937 » Oliver Law, American commander (b. 1899)
• 1938 » Benjamin N. Cardozo, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
• 1949 » Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Don Beauman, English race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1959 » Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (b. 1883)
• 1961 » Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss case(b. 1901)

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 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
• June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
• July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
• November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
• November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.

The temperature on July 9, 1947 was between 9.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.