About the day » Monday November 17, 1947Calender converter

• Bernard Luesink († 2019)
• Barbara Ann Stafford, New Orleans, Louisiana († 2005)
• Rob Smaak († 1970)
• Jan Mulder, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 2005)
• "JACQUES" HENRI ROOSEN, SINT-NIKLAAS,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE († 1999)
• NN De la Rie, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Petronella Anthonia de Jong, 's-Gravenhage († 1969)
• Hendrik Oost, Diever, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Nn van Dijk, Baarn
• Richard E Brown, Rock Island, Ilinois († 2006)

• Aart WALRAVEN (81), Giessendam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Asenith Florence Davis (77), Rockingham Co. Virginia
• Antje Smit (80), Farnsum, gem. Deltzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Arie Klaasz. Keizerwaard (60), Mijnsheerenland
• August Van den Broeck (48), Hamme
• Antonie Goudbeek (93), Hattem
• Amandina VERMEIRE (75), Hamme,9220,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• arie KEIZERWAARD (60), greup mijnsheerenland
• Berentien Harms Ebbinge (75), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Christiaan Nolten (53), Den Haag

• 1945 » Elvin Hayes, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1945 » Jeremy Hanley, English accountant and politician, British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs
• 1945 » Lesley Abdela, English journalist and activist
• 1945 » Roland Joffé, English-French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 » Martin Barre, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1946 » Petra Burka, Dutch-Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1946 » Terry Branstad, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 39th Governor of Iowa
• 1947 » Rod Clements, British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist (Lindisfarne)
• 1948 » East Bay Ray, American guitarist
• 1948 » Howard Dean, American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont

• 1936 » Ernestine Schumann-Heink, German-American singer (b. 1861)
• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)

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.
• February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
• April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
• October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
• December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

The temperature on November 17, 1947 was between -1.7 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.