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• Donald Dean Verwers († 2010)
• Christina Maria Sijbom-, Erica, Nederland († 2017)
• kind, levenloos geboren de Kort, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• joseph petrus marie stammen, helden-egchel
• Johanna Maria Theresia BORGONJEN († 1947)
• Jan Willem Frans Enters, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1987)
• Cornelis Koelewijn, Spakenburg († 1969)
• Burton Michael Barringer, Monterey, California († 2008)
• Leonard F Hays III, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1991)
• Donald Ormand Brown, Monroe, Union, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2018)

• Aagje Mooij (80), Eindhoven, PNB
• Anthonia Gerarda van Wijk (63), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arnoldina Beerens (78), Beek-Ubbergen
• Aafje Bremer (78), Smilde
• Andries Boon (87), Enkhuizen, Nederland
• Bernardus Hendrikus Oberink (89), Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Ardina Teodora Gurink (89), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agtje Ruurds Broekens (78), Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Nederland
• Bernardus Jacobus Kreeftenberg (89), Varsseveld Gem.Wisch
• Anna Stroo (84), Koog aan de Zaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Eva Janko, Austrian javelin thrower
• 1945 » John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
• 1945 » Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1946 » Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
• 1947 » Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer († 2012)
• 1947 » Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer
• 1947 » Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
• 1947 » Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter († 2003)
• 1948 » Elliott Abrams, American diplomat, lawyer and political scientist
• 1948 » Michael Des Barres, English singer-songwriter and actor

• 1939 » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
• 1943 » John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
• 1960 » Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
• 1962 » André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)
• 1965 » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
• 1970 » Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)

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 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
• May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
• June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
• July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
• September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
• December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

The temperature on January 24, 1947 was between -8.0 °C and -2.2 °C and averaged -5.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.