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• Antoni Eltink, Amsterdam († 1991)
• Jan Hendrik (Jan) Everts, Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 2019)
• Frédéric de PENARANDA de FRANCHIMONT, Etterbeek, 21005, Région Bruxelles-Capitale, Belgique († 2023)
• paulus Franciscus Maria heijdel († 2013)
• Arlin Ivan Bijlsma, Orange City-Iowa (USA) († 2020)
• Barbara Revertera von Salandra, Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria († 1948)
• Jantje Jitske Zwaanstra († 1979)
• Arlin Ivan Bylsma, Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa († 2020)
• Cees van Rijzewijk, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Johanna│Jos van der Niet, Noordwijk († 2002)

• Abel Abels (74), Bellingwolde (gem. Westerwolde)
• Annechien Kapma (73), Sappemeer, Groningen, Nederland
• Barta de Jong (66), Deil West Betuwe (GL)
• Arie Kirpenstein (81), Driebergen, Utrecht, NL
• Adrianus Zuidgeest (80), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha Deckers (81), Berg en Terblijt
• Catharina Cornelia Maria Bertens (74), Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonius Petrus Martinus van der Stap (20), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Sleuters (64), Ohé en Laak, Limburg, Nederland
• Abel Abels (74), Bellingwolde, Groningen, Netherlands

• 1944 » Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2014)
• 1945 » B.S. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer
• 1945 » Tony Roche, Australian tennis player and coach
• 1946 » Udo Lindenberg, German singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1947 » Stephen Platten, English bishop
• 1948 » Dick Gaughan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Bill Bruford, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
• 1949 » Keith, American pop singer
• 1950 » Howard Ashman, American playwright and composer († 1991)
• 1950 » Keith Bradley, Baron Bradley, English accountant and politician

• 1934 » Cass Gilbert, American architect (b. 1859)
• 1935 » Paul Dukas, French composer, critic, and educator (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Panagis Tsaldaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 124th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868)
• 1938 » Jakob Ehrlich, Czech-Austrian academic and politician (b. 1877)
• 1943 » Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (b. 1864)
• 1947 » George Forbes, New Zealand farmer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1869)
• 1951 » William Birdwood, Anglo-Indian field marshal (b. 1865)
• 1960 » Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (b. 1884)
• 1963 » John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (b. 1888)
• 1964 » Nandor Fodor, Hungarian-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1895)

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 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
• June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
• August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
• September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
• 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.
• December 30 » Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.

The temperature on May 17, 1947 was between 10.0 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.