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• Anneke Gillet, Nootdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Anthonius Gerardus Wilhelmus Bergenhenegouwen, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Huisman († 1947)
• Frans Jozef Gerard Nauts, Brunssum, Limburg, Netherlands († 1947)
• Johannes Wilhelmus Petrus Gemma de Brabander, Monster, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2025)
• Geert Roelof van 't Zand, Zuidwolde († 2019)
• Gerrit de Vries († 1990)
• Hannij van Rosmalen, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Antonius Henricus Adrianus de Jong, Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• van Holstein († 1947)

• Yedema, wolvenga
• Catarina Bossard (72), Monster (ZH-NLD)
• Antje Wagemaker (80)
• "Louis" Basile FAGES (77), Le Massegros, 48094, Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
• Adriana Hameeteman (52), Steenbergen
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• Barend Johan Jonker (70), Apeldoorn
• Barend Johan Jonker (70), Apeldoorn
• Anna Adriana de Bruijn (74), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Annie Elizabeth Ellis (Bridgett) Gibbons (80)

• 1946 » Barbara Smith, African American writer
• 1946 » Beverly Smith, African American writer
• 1946 » Colin Burgess, Australian drummer and songwriter
• 1946 » Jo Jo White, American basketball player and coach († 2018)
• 1947 » Omar Ruiz Hernández, Cuban journalist and activist
• 1948 » Bonnie Greer, American-English playwright and critic
• 1948 » Chi Coltrane, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1948 » Horst Bertram, German footballer and manager
• 1948 » Ken James, Australian actor
• 1948 » Tihomir "Pop" Asanović, Croatian jazz-rock keyboardist and composer

• 1939 » Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Eduard Eelma, Estonian footballer (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Miina Härma, Estonian organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Giuseppe Volpi, Italian businessman and politician, founded the Venice Film Festival (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Ōtori Tanigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 24th Yokozuna (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Clark Gable, American actor and singer (b. 1901)
• 1961 » Sam Rayburn, American lawyer and politician, 48th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Donald C. Peattie, American botanist and author (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Edie Sedgwick, American model and actress (b. 1943)

• 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.
• 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.
• July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
• October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

The temperature on November 16, 1947 was between 1.9 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.