About the day » Sunday March 30, 1947Calender converter

• Antoon Cornelis Griffioen, Leiden († 1994)
• Anne Marie COOL, Zedelgem († 2004)
• Levenloos Janssen, Venray († 1947)
• Leonardus Johannes Maria Schrama, Haarlemmermeer († 1986)
• Leonardus Johannes Marie Schrama, Haarlemmermeer († 1986)
• Aafke Kramer, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2024)
• Marie Hélène Charlotte DUPONT-DELESTRAINT, Paris (16ème), France († 2014)
• Johannes Theodorus Manders, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 2014)
• Anna Lucretia Marijke Berends, Groningen († 2018)
• Ben Rikken, Huissen († 1981)

• Alida Johanna Smits (37), Hengelo
• Arendina Wijdeveld (77), Wildervank
• Arnoldus Lambertus Janssen (68), Bergh
• Anje Schuitema (84), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Allegonda Catharina Maria Melief (57), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolphus Antonius Gulikers (29)
• Anna Helena Maria Witmaar (68), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Lenaers (86), Diepenbeek, België
• Alphonsus Fredericus Maria de Bont (74), Wassenaar
• Arendina WIJDEVELD (78), Wildervank, Groningen, Nederland

• 1945 » Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Dick Roche, Irish politician, Minister of State for European Affairs
• 1947 » Terje Venaas, Norwegian bassist
• 1948 » Eddie Jordan, Irish racing driver and team owner, founded Jordan Grand Prix
• 1948 » Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, American rock singer
• 1948 » Mervyn King, English economist and academic
• 1948 » Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, English computer programmer and politician
• 1949 » Dana Gillespie, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1949 » Liza Frulla, Canadian talk show host and politician, 3rd Minister of Canadian Heritage
• 1949 » Naomi Sims, American model and author († 2009)

• 1940 » Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Scottish soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Jan Bytnar, Polish lieutenant; WWII resistance fighter (b. 1921)
• 1943 » Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish sergeant; WWII resistance fighter (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Béla Balogh, Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1909)
• 1949 » Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1905)
• 1955 » Harl McDonald, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English author and poet (b. 1875)

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 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
• January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
• April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on March 30, 1947 was between 5.6 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.