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• Dirkje Janna Berendse († 1947)
• Marchiene Alberdina Kracht, Garnwerd, Ezinge, Groningen, Nederland († 2018)
• Johannes Henderikus Arling, Barger-Oosterveld, Gemeente Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)
• André Alphonse Eli PLUYMERS, Oreye,4360,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1998)
• Johannes Theodorus van den Berg, Renkum († 1947)
• Dionysius Jacobus Johannes Maria Lautenslager, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2010)
• Alain Dykmans, Grivegnée, Belgique († 2017)
• Leonie Th.M. Driessen († 2021)
• Bauke (Hendriks) Ferwerda, Ljouwert, Friesland, Nederland († 2017)
• Carlos Castillo Peraza, Mérida, Yucatán, México († 2000)

• Adriaan Cornelis Cornelisse (74), Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland
• * Willem van Stiphout (77), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Maria Gerritsen van der Hoop (60), Den Haag
• Anna Maria van der Gerritsen van der Hoop (60), 's-Gravenhage
• Anthonia Anna Schattenkerk (81), Arnhem, Nederland
• Andreas Wilhelmus Henricus Broos (1), Breda
• Aaltje ten Cate ov (66), Enschede {OV}
• Abraham Joseph Brand (0), Boskoop
• Aleida Annevelink (72), Hengelo
• Adriana Hubner (86), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1943 » Richard Allen Epstein, American lawyer, author, and academic
• 1946 » Clare Francis, English sailor and author
• 1947 » Nigel Emslie, Lord Emslie, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1947 » Richard Field, English lawyer and judge
• 1947 » Sherrie Levine, American photographer
• 1947 » Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1948 » Alice Harden, American educator and politician († 2012)
• 1948 » Jan Hammer, Czech pianist, composer, and producer
• 1948 » Pekka Vasala, Finnish runner
• 1951 » Olivia Hussey, Argentinian-English actress

• 1933 » Kote Marjanishvili, Georgian director and playwright (b. 1872)
• 1936 » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch lawyer and politician, 28th Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (b. 1893)
• 1944 » J. T. Hearne, English cricketer and coach (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Juan Bautista Sacasa, Nicaraguan medical doctor, politician and 20th President of Nicaragua (b. 1874)
• 1948 » Suzuki Kantarō, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Romanian Minister of Justice (b. 1900)
• 1960 » Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
• 1961 » Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (b. 1899)

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.
• March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
• April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
• July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
• September 18 » The National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency are established in the United States by the National Security Act. It also establishes the Air Force as an equal partner of the Army and Navy.
• October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.

The temperature on April 17, 1947 was between 5.3 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.