About the day » Saturday December 27, 1947Calender converter

• Reina VOS, Groningen Groningen Netherlands († 1947)
• Anton Sextro, Papenburg († 1989)
• Susan Durkee, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 1990)
• Dirk Dapper, Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1948)
• Clara Johanna Maria Kerremans, Zevenbergen, Nederland († 2010)
• Sotero Yanez, Eagle Pass, Texas († 2013)
• Johannes (Hans) Clement, Lisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• Mary Jo Heberle, New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1948)
• Myrna Jonette Bress, Brush, Morgan, Colorado († 1982)
• N van Veen, Utrecht († 1947)

• Pieter Jan Koetssenruijter (64), Fijnaart en Heiningen
• Andries Engeles Zuidema (76), Franeker, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Azariah R Fletcher (68), Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States
• Apolonia Maria Barselaar van den (67), Wassenaar
• Anna Maria de Waal (79), Leende
• Berendina Wevers (30), enschede
• Adriana Vos (76), Numansdorp
• Apollonia de Vlaming (67), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Gerrit Cornelis Noorlander (0), Lekkerkerk
• Alta Marie Gillmore (2), Normal, Illinois

• 1946 » Janet Street-Porter, English journalist and producer
• 1946 » Joe Kinnear, Irish footballer and manager
• 1946 » Lenny Kaye, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1946 » Polly Toynbee, English journalist and author
• 1947 » Bill Eadie, American wrestler and coach
• 1947 » Doug Livermore, English footballer and manager
• 1947 » Osman Pamukoğlu, Turkish general and politician
• 1947 » Willy Polleunis, Belgian runner
• 1948 » Gérard Depardieu, French-Russian actor
• 1949 » Terry Ito, Japanese director, producer, and critic

• 1938 » Calvin Bridges, American geneticist and academic (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Osip Mandelstam, Polish-Russian poet and critic (b. 1891)
• 1938 » Zona Gale, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1939 » Rinaldo Cuneo, American painter (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Ants Kurvits, Estonian general and politician, 10th Estonian Minister of War (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Max Beckmann, German-American painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Patrick Joseph Hartigan, Australian priest, author, and educator (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Şükrü Saracoğlu, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Alfred Carpenter, English admiral, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1881)

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.
• August 14 » Pakistan gains Independence from the British Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
• October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
• November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

The temperature on December 27, 1947 was between 4.3 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 11.6 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.