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• Glenn Richard van Noord († 1998)
• Saskia Zoetmulder, Amersfoort, Utr, Nederland († 1947)
• Simone Julia Maria Bellen, Wellen, België († 2016)
• Paulus Petrus Josef Besseling, Haarlem († 1980)
• Jan Zonneveld, Castricum († 2000)
• Johannes Pleun van Oudheusden, Ridderkerk († 1993)
• Lamberta Schouten, Garderen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)
• Kenneth Bruce BUTTON, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1947)
• Johannes Pleun van Oudheusden, Ridderkerk, Nederland († 1993)
• Johanna Adriana (Hannie) Burgerhout, Rotterdam († 1987)

• Adriaan Breas (87), Kortgene
• Adriana Cornelia Bartels (62), Etten-Leur, Gemeente Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• A. Waalewijn
• Archiball H. Mertz (80), Allen Co. Ohio
• Aaltje Dekker (75), Rockanje
• Bakker Auktje (76), Vlagtwedde
• Abraham de Vink (61), Hilversum, Hilversum, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aan Okkes Piersma (52)
• Antonius van den Bogaart (68), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje DEKKER (75), Rockanje, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1945 » Angelo Castro, Jr., Filipino actor and journalist († 2012)
• 1946 » David Gilmour, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Richard Noble, Scottish race car driver and businessman
• 1947 » Anna Maria Horsford, American actress
• 1947 » Dick Fosbury, American high jumper
• 1947 » Jean Seaton, English historian and academic
• 1947 » John Stossel, American journalist and author
• 1947 » Kiki Dee, English singer-songwriter
• 1947 » Rob Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and activist
• 1948 » Stephen Schwartz, American composer and producer

• 1939 » Ferdinand von Lindemann, German mathematician and academic (b. 1852)
• 1941 » Francis Aveling, Canadian priest, psychologist, and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor and academic, designed Mount Rushmore (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Ross Lockridge, Jr., American author, poet, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1950 » Albert François Lebrun, French engineer and politician, 15th President of France (b. 1871)
• 1951 » Ivor Novello, Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
• 1951 » Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian playwright and politician, Prime Minister of Ukraine (b. 1880)
• 1952 » Jürgen Stroop, German general (b. 1895)
• 1955 » Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician (b. 1884)

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.
• 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 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
• December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

The temperature on March 6, 1947 was between -2.1 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.