About the day » Wednesday January 1, 1947Calender converter

• Lansdaal, Maasdriel, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Kathleen Wright, Detroit, Michigan, US († 2007)
• Dan Decker
• Christina Margaretha Romkes, Doniawerstal, Skarsterlân, Friesland, Nederland († 1986)
• Fermanus Antonius Gerardus Maria Wuijster, Groningen († 1990)
• Larry Tim Stidham († 1947)
• Joris Koorneef, Rozenburg († 1950)
• Anthonius Joseph Krouwel, Weesp († 1947)
• Cornelis Thomas van den Berg, Oegstgeest († 2021)
• Jannie Jantje, Oudewater († 2019)

• Adriana Meulmeester (63), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Stam (84), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham Porsul (60), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Abner Byrd Culberson (70)
• Anna Christina Pederson (66), Conrad, Pondera, Montana, Verenigde Staten
• Annetta Subelle Simmons (83), Carthage, Leake, Mississippi, United States
• Antoinetta Scheffer (89), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna van Wanrooij (76), Houthem, Valkenburg aan de Geul
• Antje Sikma (70), Akkerwoude
• Alida Maria Christina Dirks (84), Amsterdam

• 1944 » Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director († 2005)
• 1945 » Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
• 1945 » Victor Ashe, American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland
• 1946 » Claude Steele, American social psychologist and academic
• 1946 » Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1947 » Jon Corzine, American sergeant and politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey
• 1948 » Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey
• 1948 » Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician († 2018)
• 1948 » Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence († 2012)
• 1949 » Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat

• 1931 » Martinus Beijerinck, Dutch microbiologist and botanist (b. 1851)
• 1937 » Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Indian religious leader, founded the Gaudiya Math (b. 1874)
• 1940 » Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian author and educator (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Edwin Lutyens, English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Hank Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923)
• 1954 » Duff Cooper, English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Leonard Bacon, American poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Arthur C. Parker, American archaeologist and historian (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)

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.
• March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
• July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
• October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.

The temperature on January 1, 1947 was between -0.3 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.