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• Geurt van Lagen, Garderen († 2004)
• Gerrit Cornelis Paans, De Werken en Sleeuwijk († 2004)
• Gesina (Sina) Elizabeth Nuyen, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, VS († 2003)
• Jennis Ree Gore († 1958)
• Henry Engel, Ulft († 2016)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1947)
• Cornelis de Best, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1984)
• Johanna Maria Vesters, Hilversum († 2003)
• John Thomas Bruer, Eastpoint, Georgia († 2007)
• Dirk Broekhuizen, Elburg († 2020)

• Agatha Zon (76), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Hewitt (80), Transvaal, South Africa
• Adrianus Daniel van Dijck (78), Apeldoorn
• Antonie Hoeflake (55), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Daniel van DIJCK (78), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrian Mol (81), Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
• Aaltje de Graaf * (68), Weststellingwerf
• Aries Bottema (61), Groningen
• Arthur Henri Dufresne de Saint-Léon (89), château de Jeurre, Morigny-Champigny, Essonne, France
• Antonius Johannes Peters (75), Veghel (Brabant)

• 1946 » Holly Woodlawn, Puerto Rican actress and author († 2015)
• 1946 » Keith Hopwood, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1946 » Kevin Barron, English electrician and politician
• 1946 » Pat Sajak, American journalist, actor, and game show host
• 1947 » Hillary Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 67th United States Secretary of State and 44th First Lady of the United States
• 1947 » Ian Ashley, German-English race car driver
• 1947 » Kenzo Kitakata, Japanese author
• 1947 » Reg Empey, Northern Irish businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of Belfast
• 1947 » Ricardo Asch, Argentinian gynecologist and endocrinologist
• 1947 » Trevor Joyce, Irish poet and scholar

• 1943 » Aurel Stein, Hungarian-English archaeologist and academic (b. 1862)
• 1944 » Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1944 » Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (b. 1857)
• 1944 » William Temple, English archbishop and theologian (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)

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 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
• January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
• February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
• April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
• July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

The temperature on October 26, 1947 was between -2.0 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.