About the day » Monday January 27, 1947Calender converter

• Gary Lynn Shaver, Wynne, Cross County, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Jan Osnabrugge, Oosthuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1982)
• Albert Jozef Vrancken, Aalst-bij-Sint-Truiden, België († 2019)
• Björn Svante Afzelius, Huskvarna, J�nköping, Sweden († 1999)
• Femmy van Steenis († 2020)
• Annita Henriette DE CLERCQ, Temse (B) († 2008)
• Maria Vananderoye, Alken, België († 2021)
• Myrna Louise Posthumus, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Levenloos Blömer, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1947)
• Harold Wade McDermott, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 1948)

• Anna Maria van van Kemenade (78), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriaan Coumou (75), Rotterdam
• Aaltje van 't Hoog (38), Rietveld
• Anna Maria Dam (80), Standdaarbuiten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Citteur (80), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Armando Álvares Penteado (62), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaltinus Bakker (0), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adrianus Johanzn van der Zwaan (74), Helenaveen
• Anne O. Anthony (81)
• Afke Oenema (63), Meppel

• 1945 » Harold Cardinal, Canadian lawyer and politician († 2005)
• 1946 » Christopher Hum, English academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to China
• 1946 » Nedra Talley, American singer
• 1947 » Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1999)
• 1947 » Cal Schenkel, American painter and illustrator
• 1947 » Perfecto Yasay Jr., Filipino lawyer and Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines
• 1947 » Philip Sugden, English historian and author († 2014)
• 1947 » Vyron Polydoras, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister for Public Order
• 1948 » Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
• 1948 » Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor

• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th President of Finland (b. 1867)
• 1956 » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
• 1961 » Bernard Friedberg, Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
• 1963 » John Farrow, Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Abraham Walkowitz, American painter (b. 1878)
• 1967 » crew of Apollo 1

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 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• 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.
• April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
• August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• 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.
• November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

The temperature on January 27, 1947 was between -8.4 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.