About the day » Thursday January 2, 1947Calender converter

• NN IJzer, Oude Pekela (Groningen) († 1947)
• Nelie Noordam († 1980)
• Ida Maria Emmers, Lommel († 2006)
• Germaine Hélène Albert, Broekom, België († 1973)
• Donna Louise Macdonald, Montague, Prince Edward Island, Canada († 1947)
• van Dekken, Oostermeer († 1947)
• Carolyn Ann Wakeman, fortasse, quodam loco, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Christiane Knapen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2015)
• David Anthony Schulte, Dyersville, Iowa († 2009)
• Agnes Van Bauwel, Borgerhout († 2016)

• Anna Maria Kipping (76), 's-Gravenhage
• Aijholt Keizer (68), Ridderkerk
• Clemence Marie Hamerlinck (60), Lansing Michigan (USA)
• Aleida Werger (70), Bergh, Nederland
• Aaltje Horst (63)
• Albert Tillema (71), Smilde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Aagje Huibertsd Blok (79), Egmond aan Zee
• * Han Richter (0), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, NL
• Aleida Werger (79), Bergh
• ADRIANUS LAGEWEG (79), HEENVLIET

• 1942 » Dennis Hastert, American educator and politician, 59th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 1943 » Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer († 2004)
• 1944 » Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer
• 1944 » Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia
• 1944 » Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor
• 1947 » Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1947 » David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
• 1947 » Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
• 1949 » Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter
• 1949 » Iris Marion Young, American political scientist and academic († 2006)

• 1924 » Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834)
• 1939 » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)
• 1950 » James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 1951 » William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Guccio Gucci, Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of Gucci (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)

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.
• April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
• 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.
• August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
• October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
• November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
• December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

The temperature on January 2, 1947 was between -0.1 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.