About the day » Saturday February 22, 1947Calender converter

• Jan Bissels († 1987)
• Dorry Gijsberts, Eindhoven, NB, Nederland († 2013)
• Martha Louisa Sophia Bakker, Wormerveer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Vera Haring, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• alberte Berny († 2018)
• Tonny Wolfkamp († 2023)
• Cornelis Anne Peter van Wijck, Leiderdorp († 2019)
• Pieter Herman Reinders († 2008)
• Cécile Cathérine Marguerite de Haes, Deventer,Gemeente Deventer,Overijssel,Netherlands († 1987)
• Doris Jones ****, Pickens, South Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2016)

• Anna Elisabeth van der Wal (86), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna, Catharina, Hubertina Meulenberg (53), Eygelshoven
• Anna Petronella de Hoog (61), Woensdrecht
• Anna Katherine Free **** (0), Brooksville, Bracken, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan van Iersel (74), 's-Gravenmoer
• Anna Maria Theresia Meulenberg (59), Eygelshoven, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands
• Aafje Sint (74), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Abert P Gosma (95), St Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida
• Anna Maria Wagner (70), Schweich, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
• Allegonda Vreeswijk (80), Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, NL

• 1944 » Jonathan Demme, American director, producer, and screenwriter († 2017)
• 1945 » Oliver, American pop singer († 2000)
• 1946 » Kresten Bjerre, Danish footballer and manager († 2014)
• 1947 » Frank Van Dun, Belgian philosopher and theorist
• 1947 » Harvey Mason, American drummer
• 1947 » John Radford, English footballer and manager
• 1947 » Pirjo Honkasalo, Finnish director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » John Duncan, Scottish footballer, forward and manager
• 1949 » Niki Lauda, Austrian racing driver († 2019)
• 1949 » Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach

• 1939 » Antonio Machado, Spanish-French poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
• 1961 » Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)

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.
• January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
• July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.

The temperature on February 22, 1947 was between -7.1 °C and -5.4 °C and averaged -6.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.