About the day » Sunday March 2, 1947Calender converter

• Laurentius Zuiderduin, Noordwijkerhout († 1947)
• Marjolijntje Jochems, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Jon D Aaron, Hattiesberg, Mississippi († 1993)
• Hendrik Willem Veerbeek, Zuidwolde († 2006)
• Helena Martha Carolina Kromwijk († 1997)
• ELYSABETH SEMEIJN, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jeanette Henriette Nicoline Jellema, Batavia, Java, Indonesia († 2015)
• Johan Hendrik Dekker († 2003)
• Henri Lelijveld, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Hilda Faye Johnson ****, Hartford, Geneva, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 2015)

• Albertus BRUGMAN (70), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria de Ruiter (82), Didam
• Astrid Agnes Timgren (63)
• Ada Grace DARRAGH (81), Franklin, Warren County, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Anthonius Johannes Haverkate (67), Hengelo
• Adriana Johanna van DALEN (50), Rotterdam
• Antonie Johannes Aggelen van (0)
• Alfred Charles Hassing (49), Jackson Co., Minnesota
• Antje Theodorusdr Noot (71), Den Helder
• Akke Martens van der Zwaag (87), Wouterswoude, gem. Dantumadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• 1943 » George Layton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 » Peter Straub, American author and poet
• 1945 » Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer († 2013)
• 1947 » Harry Redknapp, English footballer and manager
• 1947 » Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1948 » Carmen Lawrence, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Western Australia
• 1948 » Jeff Kennett, Australian journalist and politician, 43rd Premier of Victoria
• 1948 » Larry Carlton, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1948 » Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1995)
• 1950 » Karen Carpenter, American singer († 1983)

• 1938 » Ben Harney, American pianist and composer (b. 1871)
• 1939 » Howard Carter, English archaeologist and historian (b. 1874)
• 1943 » Gisela Januszewska, Jewish-Austrian physician (b.1867)
• 1944 » Ida Maclean, British biochemist, the first woman admitted to the London Chemical Society (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Emily Carr, Canadian painter and author (b. 1871)
• 1946 » Fidél Pálffy, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1895)
• 1946 » George E. Stewart, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1872)
• 1947 » Frans Johan Louwrens Ghijsels, Dutch architect and urban planner (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Sarojini Naidu, Indian poet and activist (b. 1879)
• 1953 » James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)

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.
• January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

The temperature on March 2, 1947 was between -3.4 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.