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• Klazina Hagens († 2005)
• Joe Leslie Todd ?****, Miami Beach, Dade, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• David Pavolini († 1986)
• Gerardus Joseph Geurts, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland († 1992)
• Hubert Nicolaas Petrus de Maat, Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland († 2008)
• Henricus Leonardus Michiel (Harrie) Zegers, Sevenum,, Limburg, Nederland († 1949)
• Gerard Rudolf Bosscha Erdbrink, Deventer († 2015)
• LeRoy Allen Keizer, Ìowa († 1985)
• Everdina Johanna van Waardenburg, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1948)
• Maria Magdalena Ignácio, Alvares Machado-SP, Brazil

• Alfred Carl Martin Schirrmann (88), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Allegonda Helena Maria (Gonda) Damen (70), Dongen, Nederland
• Albert Jan Geels (68), Nijverdal (Hellendoorn), Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Plomp (76), Hellendoorn, Overijssel, Nederland
• Alberdina de Boer (74), Nieuwe Pekela
• Albert Jan Geels (68), Nijverdal, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antje Apeldoorn (69), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adrianus Borsje (74), Haarlem
• Aaltje de Vries (23), Emmen
• Anthonia de Brouwer (75), Tilburg

• 1946 » Andy Kim, Canadian pop singer-songwriter
• 1946 » José Carreras, Spanish tenor and actor
• 1946 » Sarel van der Merwe, South African race car driver
• 1947 » Bruce Golding, Jamaican lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Jamaica
• 1947 » Don Touhig, Welsh journalist and politician
• 1947 » Jim Messina, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 » Jim Plunkett, American football player and radio host
• 1947 » Kim Simmonds, Welsh blues-rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1947 » Rudy Fernandez, Filipino triathlete
• 1947 » Tony Gregory, Irish activist and politician († 2009)

• 1931 » Vachel Lindsay, American poet (b. 1879)
• 1940 » Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Pakistani painter (b. 1913)
• 1942 » Jock Delves Broughton, English captain (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Louis Dewis, Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1872)
• 1951 » Abanindranath Tagore, Indian painter, author, and academic (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Shoeless Joe Jackson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1887)
• 1953 » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Glenn L. Martin, American pilot and businessman, founded the Glenn L. Martin Company (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Emil Fuchs, German-American lawyer and businessman (b. 1878)

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.
• April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
• May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
• November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
• November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

The temperature on December 5, 1947 was between 2.0 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.