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• Frans Marie Dorrepaal, Koudekerk aan de Rijn († 2009)
• François Ramakers, Sint-Truiden, België († 1980)
• Antonie Willem Adriaan Moll, Alkmaar († 2006)
• Gerrit Dorrepaal, Koudekerk aan de Rijn († 2007)
• Hermanus Kouters, Meerssen († 1985)
• Ineke van BURGEL († 1980)
• Hedwig Bernadina Maria Wilken, Barger Oosterveld († 2011)
• Hermanus Johannes Kouters, Meerssen († 1985)
• Anna Margaretha Johanna Brugmans, Arnhem Gelderland Nederland († 1968)
• Doodgeboren dochter Vermaat, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)

• Ann Elizabeth Windham (85), Pecos, Reeves County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Werner (71), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Aloysius Dirix (71)
• Anna Maria Bekel Venker (65), Schoonebeek
• Andries Bibbe (59), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Anna Ruitenberg (24), Hoogkarspel, Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Johannes van Schelven (69), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Neve (88), Hontenisse, Nederland
• Charles Alexandre Robert DEMACHY (53), Clichy, 92110, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, FRANCE
• Anna VAN BLADEL (93), Vlijmen

• 1944 » Anna McGarrigle, Canadian musician and singer-songwriter
• 1944 » Chris Hillman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Dennis Wilson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer († 1983)
• 1944 » François Migault, French race car driver († 2012)
• 1945 » Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut
• 1946 » Karina, Spanish singer/actress
• 1947 » Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat
• 1948 » Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter
• 1949 » Jeff Bridges, American actor
• 1949 » Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician

• 1935 » Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)
• 1938 » Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1942 » Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883)
• 1942 » Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)
• 1944 » Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)
• 1945 » Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 » Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)
• 1954 » George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)
• 1955 » József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)

• 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.
• March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
• June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
• August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
• August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

The average temperature on December 4, 1947 was 2.1 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.