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• Hermanus F. de Graaf, Castricum († 1948)
• Angele Josee SEGERS, Hingene,2880,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1979)
• Wendy June GRATTIDGE, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 2011)
• Wietze Kamer, Stolwijk, Vlist, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Eiberta Steventje (Bep) Hubertse († 2015)
• Maria Allegonda van Nooijen, Rotterdam († 2020)
• NN Gulikers, Maastricht († 1947)
• Marius Johannes van Vulpen, Maarn, Utrechtse Heuvelrug, Utr, NL († 1990)
• Theodorus Josephus Meekes, Groenlo († 1992)
• Jan Jonkman, Ruinen († 2007)

• Aafke Temmink (82), Groningen
• Antonia DE VISSER (79), Rotterdam, Gemeente Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
• Andrieske Kornelis Romer (81), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Eekelen (77), Halsteren
• Alida Oskam (70), Tienhoven
• Alida Maria Vanhoutte, Aartrijke
• Antoinette Lecesne (93), Kingston, Jamaica
• Alida Ploos Van Amstel (68), Delft
• Anthonia Margaretha De Jong (72), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfonsius Fulgensius Denoo (70), Cottonwood Idaho, Verenigde Staten

• 1945 » Barrie Keeffe, English playwright, screenwriter, and producer († 2019)
• 1945 » Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian
• 1945 » Russ Ballard, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Stephen Rea, Irish actor
• 1947 » Deidre Hall, American actress
• 1947 » Frank Shorter, American runner and sportscaster
• 1947 » Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian academic and politician, 66th Prime Minister of Belgium
• 1948 » Franco Gasparri, Italian actor († 1999)
• 1948 » Michael Kitchen, English actor and producer
• 1949 » Mart Helme, Estonian journalist and diplomat

• 1926 » Harry Houdini, American magician and stuntman (b. 1874)
• 1929 » António José de Almeida, Portuguese physician and politician, 6th President of Portugal (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Norman Pritchard, Indian-English hurdler and actor (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)

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 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
• July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
• November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

The temperature on October 31, 1947 was between 1.9 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.