About the day » Thursday October 30, 1947Calender converter

• Nn Barbier, `s gravenhage
• Frederik Geert Verhoef, Den Haag, Nederland († 2015)
• Simon Theodorus Min, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Jean Ghislain Isidore Jules Delhougne, Liège,4000,Liège,Wallonie,Belgique († 2024)
• Friedrich Philipps, Aschendorf († 1948)
• Françoise de LANNOY, Usumbura(Ruanda-Burundi) († 1958)
• Levenloos Keijsper, Doetichem († 1947)
• Jane Esther Couperus, Sacramento, Sacramento, California († 1969)
• George Andrew Bachur, Beiroet Libanon († 2027)
• Gijsbertus Wilhelmus Maria van HARTSKAMP, Utrecht († 2009)

• Arent van Schot (77), Zuidwolde
• Aaltje Katerberg (81), De Kiel, Sleen
• Antje Gjaltema (78), Oostermeer, gem. Tietjerksteradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Armand Florent Fermont (62), Roubaix, Departement du Nord, Frankrijk
• Abraham van der Linden (64), Leiden
• Alois Mahieu (83), Moline, IL
• Bouchien Aeilkema (Aeilckens,Ailkema) (61), Kropswolde, Nederland
• Abraham van der Linden (64), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aloysius Mahieu (83), Moline Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Alexis Félix SIEDLER (88), yutz

• 1945 » Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer
• 1946 » Andrea Mitchell, American journalist
• 1946 » Anthony Shorrocks, English economist, author, and academic
• 1946 » Chris Slade, Welsh drummer
• 1946 » Robert L. Gibson, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
• 1947 » Glenn Andreotta, American soldier († 1968)
• 1947 » Herschel Weingrod, American screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1948 » Garry McDonald, Australian actor and screenwriter
• 1948 » Richard Alston, English dancer and choreographer

• 1933 » Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (b. 1869)
• 1942 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1874)
• 1963 » U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
• 1965 » Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)

• 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 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
• March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.

The temperature on October 30, 1947 was between 0.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.