About the day » Saturday October 11, 1947Calender converter

• Clasina, Elisabeth Langeveld, Den Burg (Gem. Texel), Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2022)
• Margaretha Viktorovna Shcherbakova, Moskou, Rusland († 1990)
• NN van den Hengel, Amersfoort
• Annetje Otter, Urk († 2004)
• Douglas Frank Hasselbach, Los Angeles, California († 2004)
• Brian Arnold NUTTING († 2016)
• N.N. * Stokvis, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Ellen Theresa Corbett, Monroeville, Huron Cnty († 2019)
• Kobus de Boer († 2002)
• Gerrit Willem HONCOOP, Haarlemmermeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2020)

• Akke Riemersma (79), Holland, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus Joachim Spitzen (59), Zwolle
• Arie Damsteegh (76), Rotterdam
• Albertje Stik (30), Musselkanaal gem. Onstwedde
• Adriana Lijntje (Jeane) Koster (40), Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan Izeboud (89), Middelburg
• Adriaan Izeboud (89), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aartje van Beek (60), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Aart Jan Stenfert (79), Nijbroek, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anna Klazina Bot (76), dordrecht (zuid holland)

• 1945 » Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter
• 1945 » Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler († 2015)
• 1946 » Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » Elinor Goodman, English journalist
• 1946 » Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast
• 1947 » Alan Pascoe, English hurdler
• 1947 » Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
• 1947 » Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author
• 1948 » David Rendall, English tenor and actor
• 1948 » Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal

• 1932 » William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)

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 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
• February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
• 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.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
• November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

The temperature on October 11, 1947 was between 10.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.