About the day » Wednesday March 19, 1947Calender converter

• Kenneth Lee de Vries, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2021)
• Carel Vial, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2010)
• Josef Verburg, Rotterdam († 2012)
• Heinz Voss, Wien, Bundeshauptstadt († 1984)
• Helen Lavon Capps, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1947)
• Geerlof Pieter C. van den Haak, Amsterdam († 1989)
• Florisse Corina van Hoorn Alkema, Hilversum, Gemeente Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Johannes Cruijsberg († 2020)
• Christ Steenbekkers, 's-Hertogenbosch († 2015)
• Albert Johannes van Elburg, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1981)

• Amelia Blondina Verelst (71), Burcht
• Andreas Marinus Cornelis HEEREN (0), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Antonius Maria Hamers (16), De Bilt
• Adrianus Josephus Aloijsius van Meel (63), Breda
• Anna Catrina Till, van (85), Amersfoort Utr. NL
• Albelina (Lena) Damhof (72), Roseland, Minnesota, United States
• Anna Marek (69), Fayette County, Texas, United States of America
• Adriana de Kruif (79), Oegstgeest
• Antonius Marcellus Gerardus Cornelius van den Boorn (0), Geldrop
• Antoni Johannes Mulder (47), Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands

• 1943 » Mario J. Molina, Mexican chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1944 » Said Musa, Belizean lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Belize
• 1945 » John Holder, English cricketer and umpire
• 1945 » Modestas Paulauskas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1946 » Ruth Pointer, American musician
• 1947 » Glenn Close, American actress, singer, and producer
• 1947 » Marinho Peres, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1948 » David Schnitter, American saxophonist and educator
• 1949 » Blase J. Cupich, American theologian and cardinal
• 1950 » José S. Palma, Filipino archbishop

• 1919 » Emma Bell Miles, American writer, poet, and artist of Appalachia (b. 1879)
• 1930 » Arthur Balfour, Scottish-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1848)
• 1930 » Henry Lefroy, Australian politician, 11th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1854)
• 1942 » Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist, ornithologist, and entomologist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » William Hale Thompson, American rancher and politician, 41st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1869)
• 1949 » James Newland, Australian soldier and policeman (b. 1881)
• 1949 » James Somerville, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Somerset (b. 1882)
• 1950 » Edgar Rice Burroughs, American soldier and author (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Norman Haworth, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
• 1951 » Dmytro Doroshenko, Ukrainian historian and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1882)

• 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 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
• May 31 » Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungarian Communist Party accusing him of being part of a plot against the state. This grants the Communists effective control of the Hungarian government.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
• November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
• December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

The temperature on March 19, 1947 was between 1.8 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.