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• Marie van der Wal, Jubbega († 2024)
• Jelle Vermaning, Siegerswoude, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)
• Jacobus Hendrik de Roover, Hardinxveld, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• IJke Schaatsenberg, Zijpe († 2010)
• Francis MICHIELS, Halle, 1500, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgïe
• Gordon Lee Ricks, Algona, Kossuth Co., IA († 1948)
• (l.l.) Pijpers, Gouda (Doodgeboren) († 1947)
• Donald Eugene Johns, Iowa Fls., Hardin Co., IA († 1997)
• Bernard Daniels († 2020)
• Maria Wolf, Wezep, Nederland († 1947)

• Cornelia de Bruin (82), Sliedrecht
• Cornelis Knapen (78), Deurne en Liessel
• Catharina Henrica Maria Verdaasdonk (71), Middelburg
• Cornelis Carel van Oeveren (42), Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus van Hooff (86), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Diena Zandvoort (36), Rijssen
• Adilson José Cintra Lapa (0), Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil
• Anna Maria Mouton (92), Wassenaar
• David Jeremiah Ricketts (62), Santa Cruz, St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica
• Afien de Grooth (60), Musselkanaal (Onstwedde)

• 1946 » Peter Kellner, English journalist and author
• 1946 » Sonthi Boonyaratglin, Thai general and politician
• 1947 » Paul Jackson, English director and producer
• 1947 » Ward Churchill, American author and activist
• 1948 » Avery Brooks, American actor and singer
• 1948 » Chris LeDoux, American singer-songwriter and sculptor († 2005)
• 1948 » Donna Karan, American fashion designer, founded DKNY
• 1948 » Persis Khambatta, Indian model and actress, Femina Miss India 1965 († 1998)
• 1948 » Siim Kallas, Estonian soldier and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1948 » Trevor Brooking, English footballer and manager

• 1927 » Svante Arrhenius, Swedish physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1938 » Alexandru Averescu, Romanian field marshal and politician, 24th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1859)
• 1938 » André Lagache, French race car driver and engineer (b. 1885)
• 1943 » John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (b. 1855)
• 1947 » P. D. Ouspensky, Russian-English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Humphrey Barclay, English priest (b. 1882)
• 1955 » William Orthwein, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1881)
• 1962 » Boris Yakovlevich Bukreev, Russian mathematician and author (b. 1859)
• 1968 » Marcel Duchamp, French painter and sculptor (b. 1887)

• 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 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
• February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

The temperature on October 2, 1947 was between 6.3 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.