About the day » Wednesday April 9, 1947Calender converter

• Joke de Graaff, Deventer, prov. Overijssel († 1998)
• Helena Catharina Maria Erberveld, Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• hendrika RUSTENHOVEN († 1953)
• Patrick-René-Marcel SADAUNE, Franconville la Garenne († 2018)
• Nancy Jill Carter, HOUSTON, TX († 1966)
• Peereboom, De Wijk
• Richard Allen RUSKJER, Lansing, Clinton, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Albertus Theudorus van Leuverden, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Dieuwke ALTA, Harlingen († 2004)
• gertruda johanna huberta engelen, helden-grashoek

• Andries Lambertus van der Wal (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Jan BRINKS (75), Rijssen, Nederland
• Baltus Lute (68), Castricum
• Angenietje Rietdijk (87), Rockanje
• Anna Maria van Maren (79), Eijsden
• Baltus Lute (68), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• * Hendrikus van Bokhoven (73), Vlijmen
• Berendina ten Broek (80), Brummen
• Alphons Hubert Pelzer (94), Wittem
• Bene Jan de Haan (0), Oostwold (Midwolda, Groningen)

• 1945 » Steve Gadd, American drummer and percussionist
• 1946 » Alan Knott, English cricketer
• 1946 » David Webb, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 1946 » Nate Colbert, American baseball player
• 1946 » Sara Parkin, Scottish activist and politician
• 1947 » Giovanni Andrea Cornia, Italian economist and academic
• 1948 » Jaya Bachchan, Indian actress and politician
• 1948 » Michel Parizeau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1948 » Patty Pravo, Italian singer
• 1949 » Tony Cragg, English sculptor

• 1944 » Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1920)
• 1945 » Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor and theologian (b. 1906)
• 1945 » Hans Oster, German general (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Hans von Dohnányi, Austrian-German lawyer and jurist (b. 1902)
• 1945 » Johann Georg Elser, German carpenter (b. 1903)
• 1945 » Karl Sack, German lawyer and jurist (b. 1896)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (b. 1887)
• 1948 » George Carpenter, Australian 5th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1872)
• 1948 » Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)
• 1951 » Vilhelm Bjerknes, Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (b. 1862)

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 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
• 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.
• April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
• December 23 » The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.

The temperature on April 9, 1947 was between 1.1 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.