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• Lambertus van Dooijeweerd, Bussum († 2020)
• Veenhof, Zeist, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1947)
• Geert Brands, Urk († 2018)
• Grietje Janny Wiersema, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1959)
• Jan Nieuwdorp († 1954)
• Gradus Johannus Antonius Grooten († 1999)
• Linda Ruth Mckim, Teaneck, Bergen, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 1989)
• Fernando Meliton Rendon, Bexar, TX († 2001)
• Lubertus (Bert) Nieuwendijk, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Girl FOSTER, St Ives, Tasmania, Australia († 1947)

• Adriana Catharina VLIEGENTHART (70), Rotterdam
• Antje Wagter (51), The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina Vliegenthart (67), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Albertus Antonius Wilhelmus den Teuling (69), Maasdriel, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Antje Wagter (51), Den Haag
• Anna Catharina Rooseboom (74), Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland
• Baukje Tjerks Stel (85), Wouterswoude
• Alice Mary Frances Pearson (76), Italy
• Berendina Johanna Rabelink (86), Gaanderen, Netherlands
• Baukje Tjerks Stel (85), Wouterswoude, Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1944 » Mick Avory, English drummer
• 1945 » Douglas Hofstadter, American author and academic
• 1945 » Jack Dann, American-Australian author and poet
• 1945 » John Helliwell, English saxophonist and keyboard player
• 1946 » Clare Short, English civil servant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
• 1947 » John Adams, American composer
• 1947 » Marisa Berenson, American model and actress
• 1948 » Art Spiegelman, Swedish-American cartoonist and critic
• 1949 » Ken Anderson, American football quarterback and coach
• 1951 » Markku Alén, Finnish race car driver

• 1928 » H. H. Asquith, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1852)
• 1932 » Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1933 » Pat Sullivan, Australian animator and producer, co-created Felix the Cat (b. 1887)
• 1935 » Basil Hall Chamberlain, English-Swiss historian, author, and academic (b. 1850)
• 1939 » Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Russian painter and author (b. 1878)
• 1956 » Vincent de Moro-Giafferi, French lawyer and politician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Owen Willans Richardson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Laurence Owen, American figure skater (b. 1944)
• 1965 » Nat King Cole, American singer and pianist (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish architect and historian (b. 1909)

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.
• May 22 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
• October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
• October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
• November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.

The temperature on February 15, 1947 was between -8.9 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.