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• Jan Meijer, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1952)
• Helen Christine Venenga, Wellsburg, Grundy County, Iowa, United States († 2010)
• Arie Bosman († 1956)
• Hendricus Johannes van Gelder, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Leonardus Antonius Viskaal, Avereest († 1947)
• Johannes Cornelis van Blokland, Weesperkarspel († 1947)
• Lena Alida Hogewoning, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• LEVENLOOS KIND Vermeer, Nijmegen († 1947)
• Karen Ann Laning, Kalamazoo, Michigan, VS († 2021)
• Egbert Kamphorst, Nijkerk, Gelderland, Nederland († 2002)

• Adela Josephine Lemaître (70), Wallaceburg-Ontario (Can)
• Adriaantje de Jong (83), Lexmond
• Aaltje den Breejen (66), Hardinxveld
• Aart van Leeuwen (76), Nieuwerkerk aan de IJssel
• Albert Eisses (62), Muntendam
• anna reihardina wilhelmina rudolphina van hoevell, hilversum
• Albert Ernest Westbrook (89), Vermilion, Erie, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Jan Hubers (81), Orange City
• Albert Schuitema (84), Eelde, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Gelderblom (80), Alphen aan de Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1943 » Eric Foner, American historian, author, and academic
• 1943 » Gareth Hunt, English actor († 2007)
• 1945 » Gerald Davies, Welsh rugby player and journalist
• 1946 » Gérard Jean-Juste, Haitian priest and activist († 2009)
• 1946 » Héctor Babenco, Argentinian-Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1946 » Pete Postlethwaite, English actor († 2011)
• 1946 » Sammy Johns, American country music singer-songwriter († 2013)
• 1949 » Jacques Duchesneau, Canadian police officer and politician
• 1949 » Joe English, American drummer and songwriter
• 1950 » Karen Joy Fowler, American author

• 1937 » Elihu Root, American lawyer and politician, 38th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
• 1938 » Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (b. 1868)
• 1939 » Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Daniel François Malan, South African minister and politician, 5th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1874)
• 1959 » Guitar Slim, American singer and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 1959 » Nap Lajoie, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)

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 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
• April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• 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.
• October 20 » The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the Hollywood film industry, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• 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 7, 1947 was between -12.2 °C and -4.5 °C and averaged -8.5 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.