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• Adrianus Woutherus Clemans Maria Pijnenborg, Waalwijk († 1948)
• Laan van der Reind, Groningen
• Emiel Pieter De Backer, Heist-op-den-Berg († 1980)
• Johanna Hendrika Vreeswijk († 1947)
• Gerald Louis Murray, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Gerhard GROOTHUIS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1954)
• Bodde, Groningen († 1947)
• Kind van Mierlo, Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Andre Van Van Mieghem († 1999)
• Frank Michael de Joode, Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa († 2024)

• Arie Roos (79), Alkmaar
• Allie Glenn Garbutt Sr (67), Georgia
• Berend Peters 9 (70)
• Christinus Blanken (59), Arkel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agnes Dikkes (78), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Baas (94), Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anders Persson (71), Frostviken (Z), Jorm, Sweden
• Constance Elizabeth Crawford (40), Murchison, Victoria, Australia
• Adriaan Petrus (Arjaan) Neeteson (59), Kloosterzande
• Adrianus Both (80), middelharnis (goeree overflakkee)

• 1945 » John Williamson, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1945 » Narendra Dabholkar, Indian author and activist, founded Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti († 2013)
• 1946 » Ric Grech, British rock musician († 1990)
• 1946 » Yuko Shimizu, Japanese graphic designer, created Hello Kitty
• 1947 » Jim Steinman, American songwriter and producer
• 1947 » Nick Owen, English journalist
• 1948 » Amani Abeid Karume, Zanzibar accountant and politician, 6th President of Zanzibar
• 1948 » Bill Woodrow, English sculptor and academic
• 1948 » Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1949 » David Foster, Canadian singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

• 1925 » Max Linder, French actor, director, screenwriter, producer and comedian (b. 1883)
• 1938 » Charles Weeghman, American businessman (b. 1874)
• 1942 » Hugo Distler, German organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1952 » Dixie Lee, American singer (b. 1911)
• 1955 » Dale Carnegie, American author and educator (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Turkish poet, author, and diplomat (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican race car driver (b. 1942)
• 1968 » Georgios Papandreou, Greek economist and politician, 134th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)
• 1972 » Waldemar Hammenhög, Swedish author (b. 1902)

• 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 1 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
• January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
• May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.

The temperature on November 1, 1947 was between 0.1 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.