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• Jantinus Roelof Kuiper, Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Nederland († 2005)
• Aart Bruinink, Harderwijk († 2008)
• Jantinus Roelof KUIPER, Vlagtwedde Groningen Netherlands († 2005)
• Albertina Gerritdina Bokslag, Antwerpen, België († 2004)
• Hubertus Godefridus Maria Dirne, Oudenbosch,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Doodgeboren zoon van Beek, Haarlemmermeer († 1947)
• Jacqueline FONTAINE, Anderlues, 56001, Hainaut, Belgique
• Jos van de Weyer, Mol (B), België († 1981)
• Carmelita Rosita Schrijver, Bandoeng († 2011)
• levenloos van 't Veld, Zwolle († 1947)

• Antonius Josephus Poulisse (43)
• Albert Justin Ledoux (58), Marche-en-Famenne
• Berendina Davelaar (63)
• Antonia Jacoba Maria Kriek (69), Leiden
• Anne Fokkes van der Heide (86)
• Antje Hendriks ROSENBERG (84), Texel Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Smit (83), Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Pieter Leendert Snijder (67), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Steffens (77), Zutphen (Gld.)
• Antje Kooij (50), Harenkarspel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1944 » Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian author
• 1945 » Stephen Stills, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer († 2002)
• 1947 » Fran Cotton, English rugby player
• 1947 » Zulema, American singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1948 » Ian Nankervis, Australian footballer
• 1950 » Linda Steiner, American journalist and academic
• 1950 » Vesna Vulović, Serbian plane crash survivor and Guinness World Record holder
• 1950 » Victoria Principal, American actress and businesswoman

• 1943 » Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1946 » William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1956 » Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1887)

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 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
• March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
• 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 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.

The temperature on January 3, 1947 was between -1.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.