About the day » Monday October 20, 1947Calender converter

• Remy Jardin, Sint-Lambrechts-Herk, België († 2000)
• Frans Karel Raes, Puurs († 1998)
• Willemtje Ziengs († 2003)
• Judith Hilde Poot, Eindhoven, Nederland († 2008)
• Evert Herman ten Voorde, Hengelo († 1947)
• Riek Heiming, Oeffelt († 2009)
• Arie Laurens Petrus Lens († 2007)
• Daniel Ray Barber, Nashville, Tennessee, Verenigde Staten († 1972)
• Elizabeth Cornelia van den Boogaart, St. Maartensdijk († 1947)
• Luitzen Theodorus van Gorkum, Arum, Friesland, Nederland

• Adriana van der Struijk (71), Esch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bregje van Eijk (77), Kamerik, Nederland
• Aleida Arendsen (72), Deventer, 7425, Nederland
• Adriaan Pieter der Weduwen (90), Dreischor
• Antonia van Donselaar (86), Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Nederland
• Anna Maria Pans (83), Maastricht, Limburg, Nederland
• Baby Schipper (0), Emmen
• Abigael Toutenhoofd (40), Middelburg, Zeeland, NL
• Anne Marie Clémentine ROGER (55), Les Champs-Géraux,22630,Côtes-D'Armor,Bretagne,FRANCE
• Anna Maria Vermaseren (69), Blerick

• 1946 » Chris Woodhead, English civil servant and academic († 2015)
• 1946 » Diana Gittins, American-English sociologist, author, and academic
• 1946 » Elfriede Jelinek, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1946 » Lewis Grizzard, American comedian and author († 1994)
• 1946 » Lucien Van Impe, Belgian cyclist
• 1946 » Richard Loncraine, English director and screenwriter
• 1948 » Melih Gökçek, Turkish journalist and politician, Mayor of Ankara
• 1948 » Peter Combe, Australian entertainer
• 1948 » Piet Hein Donner, Dutch jurist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
• 1948 » Sandra Dickinson, American-English actress and composer

• 1928 » Jack Peddie, Scottish footballer (b. 1876)
• 1935 » Arthur Henderson, Scottish-English politician, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)

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 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.
• August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
• 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.
• November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
• November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

The temperature on October 20, 1947 was between 0.1 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.