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• Adrianus de Boer, Rotterdam († 1947)
• Cornelis de Keijzer († 2010)
• John Frederick Long († 2011)
• Dana Lee Kittrell Hunter [K] († 2019)
• Jacobus Frederik Maria Boersen, Delft († 1948)
• Michiel Vermond, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1986)
• Johannes Cornelis Maria Wijten, Halsteren († 1999)
• N.N. Vlaminckx, Geldrop († 1947)
• Adrianus Maria (Adje) van Delft, Drunen, Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Larry L. Barnhart († 1998)

• Anthonius Gerardus Immink, Hengelo, Hengelo, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Adrianus Cornelis van Verseveld (2), Doorn
• Adrianus Cornelis van Verseveld (2), Zeist
• Cornelia van Dijk (56), Veenendaal, Nederland
• Cornelia van Wengerden (85), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berendina BRINKMAN (75), Enschede (Overijssel, The Netherlands)
• Arthur KINNA (75), Gent (Be)
• Antonius Gerardus Immink (77)
• Adelheid Elisabeth Reinkens (67), Kleef, Duitsland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Smeets (67), Amersfoort, Utr., NL

• 1945 » Alain de Cadenet, English race car driver
• 1945 » Benigno Fitial, Mariana Islander businessman and politician, 7th Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands
• 1945 » James Avery, American actor († 2013)
• 1945 » Phil Bloom, Dutch model and actress
• 1945 » Randy Brecker, American trumpeter and flugelhornist
• 1945 » Simon Townsend, Australian journalist and television host
• 1946 » Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Ethiopian-Djiboutian lawyer and politician, President of Djibouti
• 1946 » Richard Codey, American politician, 53rd Governor of New Jersey
• 1947 » Don Adams, American basketball player († 2013)
• 1947 » Neil Rosenshein, American tenor and actor

• 1934 » Baby Face Nelson, American criminal (b. 1908)
• 1936 » Basil Zaharoff, Greek-French businessman and philanthropist (b. 1849)
• 1940 » Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Ivo Lola Ribar, Croatian soldier and politician (b. 1916)
• 1944 » Leonid Mandelstam, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Eugene O'Neill, American playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1955 » Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer and academic (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Artur Rodziński, Polish-American conductor (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Georgi Damyanov, Bulgarian politician, Head of State of Bulgaria (b. 1892)
• 1960 » Frederick Fane, Irish-English cricketer (b. 1875)

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.
• January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
• 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.
• June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
• August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
• 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.

The average temperature on November 27, 1947 was 3.3 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.