About the day » Wednesday March 5, 1947Calender converter

• Jan Don, Vlaardingen († 2004)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1947)
• Luitje Jebbigje ten Veen *, Steenwijk († 1947)
• Alida Henriëtte Johanna Schrama, Haarlem († 2013)
• Grietje Jongewaard, Westzaan († 2021)
• Henri VANBELLE, Zedelgem († 2013)
• Hendrikus Johannes BERGMANS, Nijmegen († 2020)
• Frederika Roelfina Kört, Onstwedde (Stadskanaal) Groningen Nederland († 1997)
• Hendrika Heiltje Leemborg, Epe (Gl) († 1947)
• Ernst Johan le Clercq, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1994)

• Arie Kraak (83), Zuid Beijerland
• Alfred Taylor BLAND (54), Fordham, Cambridgeshire, England
• Anthonius Vernooij (77), Houten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Johan Raboon Stute (63), Laren
• Bontje Kornelis Wind (61), Gersloot, Aengwirden, Friesland, Nederland
• Aart van den Berg (67), Rhenen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Alida Cornelia Lensink (34), Zeist
• Ariana Maria Gerritse (62)
• Antonia Meijer (70), Gorssel
• Albert Sluis (71), Amsterdam

• 1946 » Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager († 2016)
• 1946 » Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter († 2018)
• 1946 » Murray Head, English actor and singer
• 1946 » Richard Bell, Canadian pianist († 2007)
• 1947 » Clodagh Rodgers, Northern Irish singer and actress
• 1947 » Kent Tekulve, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1948 » Eddy Grant, Guyanese-British singer-songwriter and musician
• 1948 » Elaine Paige, English singer and actress
• 1948 » Paquirri, Spanish bullfighter († 1984)
• 1948 » Richard Hickox, English conductor and scholar († 2008)

• 1940 » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
• 1953 » Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
• 1955 » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)

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.
• April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
• October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

The temperature on March 5, 1947 was between -2.4 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.