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• Judith Ann Breighner, New Oxford, Adams, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1952)
• Lodewijk van der Noll, Rotterdam († 2018)
• Henricus Johannes TOMASSEN, Loil († 1947)
• Marcel Gijsens, Zoutleeuw, België († 2008)
• Maria Theophila Schutijser, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland († 2020)
• Bernard (Ben) van 't Veld (van 't Veldt, van 't Velt, van der Veld), Hilversum, Nederland († 1992)
• Klaas Sikkema († 1949)
• Per Kristian Bekkelund († 2006)
• Jeaninne Paepen, Bouwel († 2015)
• Janice Marie Hollingsworth, MA, Verenigde Staten († 1967)

• Alphons Willem Westerkamp (60), N.I
• Annie Jane Taylor (77), Remuera, Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand
• Clasina Jacoba Schmidt (32), Amsterdam(NH)
• Abraham Theodorus Lippits (59), Aerdenhout, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Berend Hilverdink (54), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, Nederland
• Boomsma, voorburg
• Catharina van IJzendoorn (79), Est en Opijnen
• Annie Lee Daggett (58)
• Clementina Maria Scheepers (46), Hilversum
• Ada Emily Scotton (74), St. Stephen's Hospital, Fulham, London, S.W.10

• 1946 » John Lloyd, Scottish journalist and author
• 1946 » Pete Rouse, American politician, White House Chief of Staff
• 1947 » Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security
• 1947 » David Omand, English civil servant and academic
• 1947 » Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Lois Chiles, American model and actress
• 1947 » Martin Broughton, English businessman
• 1947 » Woolly Wolstenholme, English singer and keyboard player († 2010)
• 1948 » Christopher Brown, English historian, curator, and academic
• 1948 » Michael Kamen, American composer and conductor († 2003)

• 1938 » César Vallejo, Peruvian journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1892)
• 1942 » Robert Musil, Austrian-Swiss author and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)

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.
• March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
• April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
• November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.

The temperature on April 15, 1947 was between 5.8 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.