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• Anna Neeltje Pannekoek († 2016)
• Jaap Jacob Petrus Room († 2002)
• Margaret Cavil, Green Bay, Brown county, Wisconsin (USA) († 2015)
• Elisabeth Johanna Maria Linssen, Maasbree († 1963)
• Doodgeboren (Stillborn) (2) NOLLET († 1947)
• Klaaske van den Berg, Bergum († 1947)
• Doodgeboren kind van Antwerpen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Gordon Lee Pueschner, Colby (Clark C., Wisconsin) († 2011)
• Larry Edsel Hardee, Horry County,South Carolina († 1963)
• Erika Irmgard Steinhaus, Westerland, Deutschland († 2010)

• Angelette E. (Angie) Post (92), Arizona, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Nicolaus van Kessel (58), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Henrika Heesen (70), Doetinchem
• Anna Maria Hendrika Schrijvershof (62), Houten
• Anna-Barbara BOS (48), Diest(B)
• Anthony Blanker (48), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arent Spieker Spieker (72)
• Adriana (Jaantje) Terol (85), Zandvoort
• Adriana Bakker (3), Woudenberg
• Alida Geertruida Wepster (65), 's-Heeraartsberg en Bergambacht

• 1945 » Ed Caruthers, American high jumper
• 1945 » Tony Dow, American actor
• 1946 » Al Green, American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor
• 1947 » Jean-Jacques Laffont, French economist and academic († 2004)
• 1947 » Mike Chapman, Australian-English songwriter and producer
• 1947 » Rae Armantrout, American poet and academic
• 1947 » Yves Landry, Canadian cyclist
• 1948 » Drago Jančar, Slovenian author and playwright
• 1948 » Mikhail Shufutinsky, Soviet and Russian singer, actor, TV presenter
• 1948 » Nam Hae-il, South Korean admiral

• 1938 » Grey Owl, English-Canadian environmentalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1941 » Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer and academic (b. 1863)
• 1941 » William Twaits, Canadian soccer player (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1945 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)

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.
• May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
• July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.
• December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

The temperature on April 13, 1947 was between 4.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.