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• Cornelia Geertruda Adriana Maria Rijkelijkhuizen, Goirle († 2011)
• Gertrude (Gertie) Hogerheide, Sluis († 2003)
• Hermanus Veldhuis, NL († 2017)
• Anthonie Mak Van Waay, Den Haag († 1957)
• Johannes Cornelis Josephus Bol, Roosendaal (NL) († 1972)
• Gemma Wilhelmina Maria van Dijk, Tilburg († 1947)
• Antonia Ahrens, amsterdam, Nederland († 1947)
• Anna Petronella Wilhelmina van Duivenvoorde, Heemskerk († 2011)
• Hermanus Johannes Geerlings, Sassenheim († 1947)
• ENGELSMAN

• Anna Maria Mathilda van Mol (69), Hontenisse, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aaltje Bakker (81), Vlieland
• Aart van Hemert (73)
• Anna Maria Mechtildis Langenhoff (82), Venlo
• Albertus Douwe Antuma (79), Glimmen
• Jouwert Albert Slottje (46), Nijmegen
• Alida Kelner (71), Amsterdam
• Anna Marie Riesert (70), Cincinati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Albertus van Veldhuizen (84), Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anthonie Pladdet (59), Hoek

• 1943 » Alberto João Jardim, Portuguese journalist and politician, 2nd President of the Regional Government of Madeira
• 1943 » Wanda Rutkiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish mountaineer († 1992)
• 1944 » Florence LaRue, American singer and actress
• 1947 » Dan Quayle, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 44th Vice President of the United States
• 1947 » Dennis C. Blair, American admiral and politician, 3rd Director of National Intelligence
• 1948 » Alice Cooper, American singer-songwriter
• 1948 » Mienoumi Tsuyoshi, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 1948 » Rod Grams, American journalist and politician († 2013)
• 1949 » Michael Beck, American actor
• 1949 » Rasim Delić, Bosnian general († 2010)

• 1926 » İskilipli Âtıf Hodja, Turkish author and scholar (b. 1875)
• 1928 » Hendrik Lorentz, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1853)
• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)

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.
• February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
• March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
• July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
• October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

The temperature on February 4, 1947 was between -5.2 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.