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• Philomina Petronella Wilma Meijers, Amstenrade, Limburg, Nederland († 2021)
• Cornelis Griffioen, Johannesburg (SA) († 1985)
• Machiel Poot, Vlaardingen, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2001)
• Kornelis Mooibroek, Winschoten († 2017)
• Hendrik Johannes de Mooij, Rijnsburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• NN Ottens, Sappemeer († 1947)
• Helena Maria Margaretha van Oosten, Den Hoorn, Nederland († 2019)
• Pamela Kae Ericson, Primghar, O'Brien County, Iowa († 2015)
• Jozef LENAERTS, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 1984)
• Erma Mae Childers, Riddlesburg, Bedford County, Pennsylvania († 2006)

• Anna Maria Hubertina Dodemont (65), Wittem,Gulpen-Wittem,Limburg,Nederland
• Albertus Wunderink (68), Amersfoort
• Antonius Joannes de Gier (62), 's-Hertogenbosch, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Tanis (89), Amsterdam
• Antonius Joannes de Gier (62), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andre Jules Heijs (26), Boerangrang gebergte a/b Dakota DT972/VHB 177
• Antonie Neppelenbroek (81), Dalfsen, Ov, The Netherlands
• Anna Rijksen (72), Utrecht
• Antje Offers (40), Delft
• Adriana Johanna (Janna) Huijssen (82), Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands

• 1946 » Dean Cundey, American cinematographer and film director
• 1946 » Frank Welker, American voice actor and singer
• 1946 » Liza Minnelli, American actress, singer and dancer
• 1947 » David Rigert, Soviet Olympic weightlifter
• 1947 » Jan-Erik Enestam, Finland-Swedish politician
• 1947 » Mitt Romney, American businessman and politician, 70th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1947 » Peter Harry Carstensen, German educator and politician
• 1948 » James Taylor, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Kent Conrad, American politician
• 1948 » Virginia Bottomley, Scottish social worker and politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

• 1929 » Asa Griggs Candler, American businessman and politician, 44th Mayor of Atlanta (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (b. 1858)
• 1942 » William Henry Bragg, English physicist, chemist, and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1943 » Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Ferenc Szálasi, Hungarian soldier and politician, Head of State of Hungary (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Wilhelm Steinkopf, German chemist (b. 1879)
• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)

• 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 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
• June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
• July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
• October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
• November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.

The temperature on March 12, 1947 was between -3.9 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -2.6 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.