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• Jane Marie Daley, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Kees Krijgsman, Heerlen († 2003)
• Adriana Cornelia Maria Swinkels, Eindhoven († 1968)
• JOHN LEE ALLIE JR, Spokane County, Washington, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Constant Elisabeth Van Uffelen († 2019)
• Joep Vaessen, Wijnandsrade, Limburg, Netherlands († 1976)
• Johan Jan Bergsma († 2007)
• Lucia Maria Cornelia Mechelina van der Zanden, Oosterhout († 1947)
• Perry Baret, Borgloon, België († 2012)
• Elisabeth Wijker, Egmond aan Zee († 2017)

• Angeline Josephine Desneux (81), Gulpen, Gulpen-Wittem, Limburg, Nederland
• * Petrus Samuels (67), 's Gravenhage
• Alberdina Harmina Schuiling (43), Assen
• Aaltje ten Tooren (50), Utrecht
• Aagje Cornelisd Reus (72)
• Antje Blom (61), Broek op L'dijk
• Antje Jandr Blom (61), Broek op Langedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Edward Hetrick (31), Nobles Co., MN
• de Goede (85), Amersfoort
• Aleida Maria Abbenhuis (28), Zevenaar, Nederland

• 1945 » King Floyd, American singer-songwriter († 2006)
• 1945 » Marian Dawkins, English biologist and academic
• 1945 » Simon Schama, English historian and author
• 1946 » Colin Matthews, English composer and educator
• 1946 » Janet Finch, English sociologist and academic
• 1946 » Richard Blumenthal, American sergeant and politician, 23rd Attorney General of Connecticut
• 1947 » Bogdan Tanjević, Montenegrin-Bosnian professional basketball coach
• 1947 » Kevin Bloody Wilson, Australian comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
• 1947 » Mike Krzyzewski, American basketball player and coach
• 1947 » Stephen Hadley, American soldier and diplomat, 21st United States National Security Advisor

• 1934 » József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Epitácio Pessoa, Brazilian lawyer, judge, and politician, 11th President of Brazil (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Otakar Batlička, Czech journalist (b. 1895)
• 1950 » Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (b. 1875)
• 1951 » Lloyd C. Douglas, American minister and author (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Josephine Tey, Scottish author and playwright (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Agnes Macphail, Canadian educator and politician (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1878)
• 1958 » Christabel Pankhurst, English activist, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (b. 1880)
• 1958 » Georges Rouault, French painter and illustrator (b. 1871)

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 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• 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.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• September 9 » First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
• October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.

The temperature on February 13, 1947 was between -7.8 °C and -3.7 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.