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• Francis Leon Vrancken, Rillaar († 2011)
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• Jay Harold Dieken, Deaconess Hospital, Marshalltown, Iowa († 1986)
• Franciscus Johannus Davina, Ootmarsum († 1988)
• Johan Vermeulen, Goirle († 1986)
• Kees Oostingh, Erica, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1996)
• Hendricus Franciscus Herni, Amsterdam († 1953)
• Donaat Pieter Josepha De Wachter, Hingene († 1983)
• Kees Oostingh, Erica († 1996)
• Gezinus Johannes Olsman († 2022)

• Aleida Gerdes (27), Klazienaveen
• Aaltje van Middelkoop (42), Harderwijk
• Anneke Reijnders (77), Amsterdam
• Aleida (Leida) Gerdes (27), Emmen
• Anna Leijen (72), Alkmaar-Noord-Holland-Nederland
• Adriana van der Stok (30), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Vincent Mills RYDER (69), Queensland, Australia
• Aaltje van Middelkoop (42), Harderwijk (GL)
• Albert Visart de Bocarmé (78), à Bruges
• Anna Maria Snoek (96), Haarlem

• 1945 » Megas, Icelandic singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Colette Besson, French runner and educator († 2005)
• 1946 » Dimitrij Rupel, Slovenian politician and diplomate
• 1946 » Herménégilde Chiasson, Canadian poet, playwright, and politician, 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
• 1946 » Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist († 2008)
• 1946 » Zaid Abdul-Aziz, American basketball player
• 1947 » Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer († 2020)
• 1947 » Michèle Torr, French singer and author
• 1947 » Patricia Bennett, American singer
• 1948 » John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer

• 1938 » Suzanne Valadon, French painter (b. 1865)
• 1939 » Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 » John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1956 » Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)

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.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
• July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
• November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
• 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 April 7, 1947 was between 7.3 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.