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• Petra Johanna Henriette Glazenburg († 2012)
• Alle Pieter (Ali) de Jonge, Stadskanaal
• Johanna Catharina Maria Verhoeven, Gilze en Rijen († 1988)
• Johannes Gerhardus Lambers, Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)
• Jan Runderkamp, Edam / Volendam († 2020)
• Antonie Vreugdenhil, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2000)
• N.N. Wolters, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 1947)
• Antonius Gerardus Wilhelmus Martens, Venray († 1947)
• Johannes Gerhardus (Jan) Lambers, Nieuw Schoonebeekerveld, Drenthe, Nederland († 1990)
• Harm Jan Roddenhof, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)

• Antonius MEULEPAS (72), Mill en Sint Hubert
• Kruizenga (0), Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus de Groot (0), Breezand
• Aafke Haken (80), Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland
• Bor van den Brink (79), Vlaardingen
• Constantia Maria Pharailda Baert (49), Koewacht
• Abraham de Zwijger (71), 's-Gravenhage
• Antje van der Velde (76), Smilde
• Adrianus Grootswagers (66), Loon op Zand
• Constantia Maria Pharailde Baert (49), Koewacht

• 1940 » Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter († 1993)
• 1942 » Jim Calhoun, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 » Jim Abrahams, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944 » Marie-France Pisier, French actress, director, and screenwriter († 2011)
• 1946 » Dave Mason, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1946 » Donovan, Scottish singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Graham Gouldman, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1947 » Caroline B. Cooney, American author
• 1949 » Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
• 1952 » Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

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.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
• July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
• December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.

The temperature on May 10, 1947 was between 13.8 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.