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• Alexander Maule JARDINE († 2008)
• Gerard Johannes de Bruijn, Nijmegen († 1947)
• Mary PETERSEN, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 1947)
• Connie Norine Ellis, Lincoln, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 1960)
• Cornelis Christinus Maria (Kees) Pielage, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Jan Gorte, Giethoorn († 2017)
• Jan Henk Oosterhoff, Amsterdam († 2002)
• Jacob van Zanten († 2018)
• Benedictus Anthonius Cornelis Maria (Dick) van Hees, Eindhoven († 2019)
• Cornelis Koops, Baarn († 2002)

• Antje Anes Buwalda (73), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Boetes (68), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Klazina van der Tol (67), Etten-Leur
• Eva Maria Geertruida Giesselbach (65), Rotterdam
• cornelis RIJSENT (53), katwijk
• Catharina Henriette Hebben (62), Mülheim Ruhr
• Camille Emile Vandenberghe (73), Watou, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Cornelis Rijnsent (53), Katwijk
• Anton Louis Everhard Damm (41), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dina Sterrenburg (66), Meerkerk

• 1947 » Anne Archer, American actress and producer
• 1947 » Jim Fox, American rock drummer and organist
• 1947 » Joe Manchin, American politician, 34th Governor of West Virginia
• 1947 » Paulo Coelho, Brazilian author and songwriter
• 1947 » Roger De Vlaeminck, Belgian cyclist and coach
• 1947 » Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral
• 1948 » Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator
• 1948 » Jean Michel Jarre, French pianist, composer, and producer
• 1948 » Kim Sung-il, South Korean commander and pilot
• 1948 » Sauli Niinistö, Finnish captain and politician, 12th President of Finland

• 1930 » Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860)
• 1932 » Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861)
• 1939 » Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860)
• 1943 » Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1943 » Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909)
• 1946 » James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862)
• 1954 » Getúlio Vargas, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876)

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.
• January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
• May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
• September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
• October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.

The temperature on August 24, 1947 was between 11.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 12.0 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.