About the day » Sunday March 23, 1947Calender converter

• Francisca Margaretha VERBEEK, De Bilt († 1986)
• Jeanne van der Lee, Vlijmen († 2007)
• Jan SINNEMA, Parrega (Wûnseradiel) Friesland Netherlands († 2012)
• Nn Gesink, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1947)
• Antonij Karrenbeld, Deventer († 2023)
• Meeuwis Wouter de Wit, Giessendam († 2010)
• Grietinus Werkman († 2007)
• Gijsbert van Engelenburg († 1966)
• Jantina Margretha ZWAANSTRA, Wormerveer Noord-Holland Netherlands († 2005)
• Gerda Marie-Louise Elvire Clabots, Sint-Truiden, België († 2017)

• Alfons Raeman (56), Maldegem
• Arie Arijsz Hoek (66), Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna de Koning (69), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Baukje van der Ploeg (32), Leeuwarden (Ljouwert), Friesland, Nederland
• Antje Jentjes Meintema (76), Burgwerd, Friesland, Netherlands
• Abraham Stolk (78), Oostvoorne Z.H
• Arentje Kruik (87), Nieuwenhoorn, Nederland
• Abraham Willemsz Stolk (78), Tinte
• Alice Amanda Bowersox (77), Fisher, Clarion Cnty, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Margaretha Daems (57), Amsterdam

• 1944 » B. P. Gavrilov, Russian rugby player († 2006)
• 1944 » Michael Nyman, English composer of minimalist music and pianist
• 1944 » Tony McPhee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1945 » David Grisman, American mandolin player and composer
• 1945 » Franco Battiato, Italian singer-songwriter and director
• 1946 » Alan Bleasdale, English screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author
• 1948 » Marie Malavoy, German-Canadian educator and politician
• 1948 » Wasim Bari, Pakistani cricketer
• 1949 » Ric Ocasek, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer († 2019)

• 1931 » Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1931 » Shivaram Rajguru, Indian activist (b. 1908)
• 1931 » Sukhdev Thapar, Indian activist (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)

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.
• 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 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
• October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.

The temperature on March 23, 1947 was between 6.1 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.