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• Antonius Cornelis van Dijk, Amsterdam († 1964)
• Gerhardus Henricus Andreas Maria Muller, Zutphen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1989)
• Frederik Hendrik Lassche († 2014)
• Derold Dean Meyer, Aplington, Butler County, Iowa († 2019)
• Piet van der Pas († 1975)
• nicolaas gerardus antonius (nico) jacobs, baarlo
• Klink, Stellendam, NL († 1947)
• Brian Eric WILTON, Featherston, New Zealand († 2017)
• Gerrigje Marrigje Blok, Amsterdam († 2016)
• Catharina Maria Rorive, Breda († 2006)

• Adèle Hélène Pierrette Marthe Galinier (72), Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
• Alice Marie Vandenbussche (59), Staden
• Agatha Hofsteede (66), Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Lut (77), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auke van der Wal (65), Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia de Groot (76), Leeuwarden
• Auke Wal, van der (65), Groningen
• Antonie van der Lusdonk (82), Bergen op Zoom
• Alexis Theobald Vincentie (51)
• Amanda Deitrich (81), Ferndale, Oakland, Michigan, United States

• 1946 » Randy Meisner, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1946 » Robert Jaworski, Filipino basketball player, coach, and politician
• 1947 » Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter and painter
• 1947 » Florentino Pérez, Spanish engineer and businessman
• 1947 » Michael S. Hart, American author, founded Project Gutenberg († 2011)
• 1947 » Vladimír Mišík, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Gyles Brandreth, German-English actor, screenwriter, and politician
• 1948 » Mel Galley, English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2008)
• 1948 » Robert W. Boyd, American physicist and academic
• 1948 » Sam Lacey, American basketball player († 2014)

• 1930 » William Howard Taft, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th President of the United States (b. 1857)
• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)

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.
• February 10 » The Paris Peace Treaties are signed by Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland and the Allies of World War II.
• 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.
• September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
• November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
• November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.

The temperature on March 8, 1947 was between -11.6 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.