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Born on Sunday October 5, 1947
- Krijna van Geest († 2020)
- Jacobus Willibrordus Cornelis van den Broek, Waalre († 1947)
- Willem Hendrikus Koenders, Renkum († 2010)
- Theo Maarten Koolhof († 2012)
- Marianne de Jong, Oudeschild (Texel, NH) († 2017)
- Maynel Marie Heemskerk, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2016)
- Linda Wrae Herron, Kalispell, Flathead, Montana, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
- Arjen Herman Mol, Borculo († 2014)
- Willem Schimmel († 2016)
- Monika Riedel Steinhaus, Köln, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany († 2013)
Died on Sunday October 5, 1947
- Bartellina Pieternella Pannekoek (89), Brouwershaven gem. Schouwen-Duiveland Zld. NL
- adriaantje NOORDZIJ (90), hoogvliet
- Maas, Breda
- Arend Jan Dirk Bokdam (64), Hengelo
- Adriana Johanna van Vugt (71), Vlijmen
- Antje Rinkema (76), bedum
- Adriana Maria van Houten (65), Delft akte 555/1947
- Adriana Johanna van Vugt (71), Vlijmen
- Adriana Maria van Houten (65), Delft
- Anna Gezina Hendrika Tressel (78), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Born on October 5
- 1946 » David Watson, English footballer
- 1946 » Heather MacRae, American actress
- 1946 » Jean Perron, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1946 » Robin Lane Fox, English historian and author
- 1946 » Zahida Hina, Pakistani journalist and author
- 1947 » Brian Johnson, English singer-songwriter
- 1947 » Michèle Pierre-Louis, Haitian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Haiti
- 1948 » Carter Cornelius, American singer († 1991)
- 1948 » Russell Mael, American vocalist
- 1948 » Tawl Ross, American guitarist
Died on October 5
- 1938 » Albert Ranft, Swedish actor and director (b. 1858)
- 1938 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
- 1940 » Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
- 1940 » Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
- 1940 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
- 1941 » Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
- 1942 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)
- 1943 » Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
- 1950 » Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
- 1952 » Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
Names that were popular for boys in 1947
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Hendrik
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Adrianus
- Robert
- Pieter
- Jacobus
- Peter
- Petrus
- Dirk
- Jacob
- Antonius
- Wilhelmus
Names that were popular for girls in 1947
- Maria
- Johanna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Anna
- Hendrika
- Petronella
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Geertruida
- Margaretha
- Yvonne
- Jacoba
- Helena
- Linda
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1947
- 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 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
- April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
- April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
- July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
- August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
- 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.
Weather October 5, 1947
The temperature on October 5, 1947 was between 3.8 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.