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• NN de Boer, Heerlen († 1947)
• Niltje Neeltje Spanjer, Vlissingen († 1991)
• Levenloos geborene de Boer, Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands († 1947)
• Fraaije, Ammerzoden († 1947)
• Victor (Vic) Henderix, Hoepertingen, België († 2002)
• Douwe Sjoerds van der Meer, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 2010)
• Willem Johannes van der Eijk, Voorburg († 1991)
• Barbara Ann Hartley Scoggins [[K FgmcKittrellMSBu]]6, Greene County, Mississippi ql († 1992)
• Juliëtte Joele, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1994)
• Rodney A. Swikehardt, Rochester, Monroe, New York († 2000)

• Aaltje Meernik (78), Renkum
• Barbara Verhoeven (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margreta Martens (83), Arnhem,Gelderland,Nederland
• Williams (75), Ville Platte, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana
• Antonius Hendricus Cornelis Schroër (79), Tiel
• Bernardus Brusik (37), Rotterdam
• Catharina Duin (83), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Adriana van der Draaij (64), rotterdam (zuid holland)
• Christiaan Sigismund Lechner (78), Oegstgeest
• Agnès Julia Blootacker (4)

• 1944 » Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager († 2007)
• 1945 » Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
• 1946 » Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer († 1993)
• 1947 » Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
• 1948 » Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
• 1948 » Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player
• 1949 » John Markoff, American journalist and author
• 1949 » Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
• 1950 » Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician († 2012)

• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
• 1944 » Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)

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.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
• October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
• December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

The temperature on October 24, 1947 was between 3.7 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.