About the day » Tuesday September 23, 1947Calender converter

• Elon Larea Randall, Ogden, Weber, Utah (USA) († 2001)
• Hendrik Jan Schimmel († 2010)
• van Alderen, Oosterhout († 1947)
• Willem Schreuder, Putten († 1964)
• Joyce E Hoogewerf, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois († 2017)
• Gerrit Jan Withaar († 2013)
• Neeltje Huigen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Wilbur Ray Nieuwsma, Linton (Emmons) (North Dakota) († 1990)
• Willem Derk Vergeer, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Petrus Theodorus van der Steen, De Zilk, Noordwijkerhout († 2013)

• Evert van de Werfhorst (57), Oldebroek, Nederland
• Ellwood Dill (47), Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten
• Christiaan Hubert Kersten (54), Sevenum
• Andries Dirks Zwart (70), Drachten, Friesland, Nederland
• (Stillborn) Vedder (Vedders,Fedder,Veder,Verders,Feders,Ferder) (0), Arnhem, Nederland
• Evert Werfhorst van de (57), Oosterwolde, Friesland, Nederland
• Abraham de Mooij (59), Rijnsburg
• Franciscus Johannes Verheijden (22), Kalangoengan (RI)
• Andries Durks Zwart (70)
• Cornelis Nieuwbuurt (53), Velsen

• 1945 » Ron Bushy, American drummer
• 1946 » Anne Wheeler, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Bernard Maris, French economist and journalist († 2015)
• 1946 » Davorin Popović, Bosnian singer-songwriter († 2001)
• 1946 » Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
• 1946 » Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh, English politician
• 1947 » Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1947 » Mary Kay Place, American actress
• 1947 » Neal Smith, American drummer and songwriter
• 1948 » Dan Toler, American guitarist († 2013)

• 1929 » Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)

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 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
• August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
• August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
• 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.
• November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.

The temperature on September 23, 1947 was between 6.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.