About the day » Sunday October 12, 1947Calender converter

• Elisabeth Maria Fontaine, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1950)
• Harlen D Mammenga, Canistota, McCook County, South Dakota († 2003)
• Jeanine Bergs, Antwerpen († 2017)
• Herman Samain, St. Denijs († 2011)
• Bruce R. Kale († 1992)
• Henricus Christianus Ernest Johannes Bax, Tilburg († 2009)
• Johannes Hermanus Mettrop, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Bastiaan van Vugt, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Paul Constant Fransen, Edegem
• Fenna Kort († 2011)

• Angelina Vos (85), Rillaar
• Cornelis van Vugt (46), Vlijmen, Gemeente Heusden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Dees (80), Zaamslag, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alice Elizabeth PATEMAN (49), Hitchin, Hertfordshire
• Antje Andries Russchen (63)
• Adrianus van Merrienboer (53), Oud &, Nieuw Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje van den Beld (81), Apeldoorn
• Albertus Botterman (48), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Betty Lou Spodane Adrian (18), Saulk Centre
• Charles Ludwig Quade (86)

• 1945 » Aurore Clément, French actress
• 1946 » Ashok Mankad, Indian cricketer († 2008)
• 1946 » Daryl Runswick, English bassist and composer
• 1946 » Drew Edmondson, American politician
• 1947 » Chris Wallace, American journalist
• 1948 » John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan
• 1948 » Rick Parfitt, English singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2016)
• 1949 » Carlos the Jackal, Venezuelan terrorist and murderer
• 1949 » Dave Lloyd, English cyclist and coach
• 1949 » Paul Went, English footballer and manager († 2017)

• 1933 » John Lister, English philanthropist and politician (b. 1847)
• 1940 » Tom Mix, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885)
• 1954 » George Welch, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer and painter (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Arie de Jong, Indonesian-Dutch linguist and physician (b. 1865)
• 1958 » Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Inejiro Asanuma, Japanese lawyer and politician (b. 1898)
• 1964 » John Watkins, Canadian diplomat (b. 1902)

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.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
• July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
• September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
• October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
• November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

The temperature on October 12, 1947 was between 9.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.