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• Dieneke van Woudenberg, De Bildt, Friesland, Nederland († 2022)
• Catharina Ida Maria Bakkum, Alkmaar († 2001)
• Hessel Lodema, Groningen († 1968)
• Jan Otterman († 2009)
• Heuer, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anne Marie Hendrikse, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Gerritdina Maria Schulte, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)
• Dina Letzer, Vlissingen († 2016)
• Gerrit Herman Altena, Enschede († 2002)
• Agnes Petronella Francisca Maria Mostermans, Lieshout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)

• Adriana de Vink (66), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Albert Benninga (78), Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana de Vink (66), Tholen
• Anne Jacobs Zorgdrager (85), Hoorn/Terschelling (NL)
• Clarissa Amelia Webb (96), Baker, Baker, Oregon, United States
• Anthony Andone Hoehn (76)
• Anna Jadwiga Maria Lubomirska (64)
• Adrianus Johannes Franciscus van Herpen (22), Basra in Irak
• Arthur Theophiel Josaphat HOEFMAN (63), Etikhove,9680,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Jadwiga Maria Lubomirski LUBOMIRSKI (64)

• 1942 » Richard Williams, American tennis player and coach
• 1944 » António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Cape Verdean politician, 2nd President of Cape Verde († 2016)
• 1944 » Glyn Davies, Welsh farmer and politician
• 1944 » Richard Ford, American novelist and short story writer
• 1944 » Sigiswald Kuijken, Belgian violinist, violist, and conductor
• 1947 » Jaroslav Kubera, Czech politician († 2020)
• 1948 » Kaiketsu Masateru, Japanese sumo wrestler and coach († 2014)
• 1949 » Bob O'Reilly, Australian rugby league player
• 1950 » Peter Hain, Kenyan-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1951 » Barry Foote, American baseball player and coach

• 1919 » Vera Kholodnaya, Ukrainian actress (b. 1893)
• 1928 » Eddie Foy Sr., American actor and dancer (b. 1856)
• 1932 » Edgar Speyer, American-English financier and philanthropist (b. 1862)
• 1932 » Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1841)
• 1944 » Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1870)
• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
• 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)

• 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.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
• December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
• December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

The temperature on February 16, 1947 was between -8.6 °C and -4.9 °C and averaged -6.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.