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• Dirkje van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Baby Mol, Enschede († 1947)
• Helena Johanna Zwanette (Lena) van der Laan († 2002)
• Jasper Berryman, Madison County,Ga († 1947)
• Barend Blankwater, Helmond († 2008)
• Francisca Elisabeth Christina Gijselhart, Tilburg († 1947)
• Agnes Zwarts, Haarlem († 2017)
• Joost De Vries, Lemmer († 1982)
• James J. Morgan, Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States of America († 2016)
• Catherine Ellen Boswell, Portland, ME († 2001)

• Berendina Fredrika Bretveld (68), Gorssel, Gemeente Lochem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Arij van Son (67), Klaaswaal
• andries van lier (57), helden
• Berendina Frederika Bretveld (68)
• Andries Veen (58), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Holdinga (0), Doorn
• Berendina Frederika Bretveld (68), Gorssel
• Agatha Johanna Maria van der Plas (68), Wassenaar
• Augustinus Antonius Jansen (75), Haarlem
• Aaltje Hendriks (47), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1945 » Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer
• 1945 » Michael Reagan, American journalist and radio host
• 1946 » Michel Leclère, French race car driver
• 1947 » B. J. Wilson, English rock drummer († 1990)
• 1947 » David Lloyd, English cricketer, journalist, and sportscaster
• 1947 » Patrick Barlow, English actor and playwright
• 1947 » Patrick Chesnais, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1948 » Brian Lloyd, Welsh footballer
• 1948 » Eknath Solkar, Indian cricketer († 2005)
• 1948 » Guy Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1930 » Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, American painter (b. 1863)
• 1936 » Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek journalist, lawyer, and politician, 93rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1864)
• 1939 » Henry Simpson Lunn, English businessman, founded Lunn Poly (b. 1859)
• 1941 » Henri Cornet, French cyclist (b. 1884)
• 1947 » William C. Durant, American businessman, co-founded General Motors and Chevrolet (b. 1861)
• 1954 » Walter Mead, English cricketer (b. 1868)
• 1956 » Louis Bromfield, American environmentalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1962 » Walter W. Bacon, American accountant and politician, 60th Governor of Delaware (b. 1880)
• 1964 » Sigfrid Edström, Swedish businessman, 4th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1870)
• 1965 » Farouk of Egypt (b. 1920)

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 » Cold War: The American and British occupation zones in Allied-occupied Germany, after World War II, merge to form the Bizone, which later (with the French zone) became part of West Germany.
• 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.
• August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
• November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
• December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

The temperature on March 18, 1947 was between 1.9 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.