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• Adriana Martina Vrijman, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Jan Rudolf de Ruig, Eindhoven († 2010)
• Zwarthoed, Edam Volendam (Nederland) († 1947)
• Frederika Roelfina Kört, Onstwedde († 1997)
• Dale Wayne Tullos [K], Ardmore, CArter County, Oklahoma († 1999)
• Alida Henriëtte Johanna Schrama, Haarlem († 2013)
• Annie van Zoggel († 2017)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1947)
• Esle Mulder, Leens,, Groningen, Nederland († 2009)
• Ernst Johan le Clercq, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1994)

• Adrianus Petrus Arnoldus WIJTENBURG (71), Varzea (BRA)
• Antonius Johan Raboon Stute (63), Laren
• Andreas Kees (71), Haarlem (Noord-Holland)
• Anthonius Vernooij (77), Houten
• Adriana van Drunen (89), Waalwijk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Meijer (70), Gorssel, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonie Adrianus Broere (67), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Ouwens (76), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andries Middendorp (73), Winsum
• Aaron Calo (92), Manhattan, New York, Verenigde Staten

• 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)

• 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.
• February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
• April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
• July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
• December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

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.