About the day » Wednesday September 24, 1947Calender converter

• van Ochten, Rijswijk (Maurik) (GL) († 1947)
• Fredericus Acquoij, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Charles Gustave Korevaar, Rotterdam († 1973)
• David L. BOERTJE († 2005)
• Cornelis Henricus Maria van Tiel, Zeeland (Nl), Nederland († 2001)
• Herman Siegfried Waard, Apeldoorn, Gelderland, NL († 2016)
• Leny Karsten, Nibbixwoud († 1952)
• Hilton Allen Walles, Freeport, Brazoria, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Kind Brugman, Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Henderkien Janny Eijkenboom, Sittard († 2005)

• Bertha Jane Ernst (66), Flowerfield, St. Joseph Co.Michigan
• Andries Strik (54), Meppel
• Arend Cornelisz van der Lelij (81), Naaldwijk
• Albert Rottinghuis (64), Rotterdam, ZH, Nederland
• Andries Navas (79), Aruba
• Bote Nijdam (76), Amsterdam
• Arend van der lely (81), Naaldwijk
• Arend van der Lelij (81), Naaldwijk, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Christina Van Ophuizen (39), Millingen aan de Rijn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Andries Strik (53), Meppel

• 1945 » Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author
• 1946 » César Pedroso, Cuban pianist and songwriter
• 1946 » Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer
• 1946 » Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor
• 1946 » Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland
• 1946 » María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer
• 1946 » Pat Pocock, Welsh-English cricketer
• 1947 » Stephen Mueller, American painter († 2011)
• 1948 » Garth Porter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1948 » Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter († 1998)

• 1933 » Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869)
• 1933 » Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
• 1936 » József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
• 1938 » Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1950 » Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)

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 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
• March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
• July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
• November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
• November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.

The temperature on September 24, 1947 was between 5.2 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.