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• Henderika (Rika) Arends, De Beetse († 2008)
• Johanna Wijnsma († 1987)
• Elly van Steenkiste, Velsen († 1947)
• Gerrit William van Leeuwen, Hull, Sioux County, Iowa († 2012)
• Johannes Lucas Bruggink, Bilthoven († 2004)
• Johannes Cornelis Teunesen, Ede, Gelderland, Nederland († 2005)
• Lee Arnold Schubert, Adrian, Nobles County, Minnesota († 2010)
• jacqueline petronella maria (jacqueline) absil, helden-dorp
• Hendrika Johanna (Ria) Jurriëns, Beverwijk († 2009)
• Gabriella Johanna Jeanine Bellens, Antwerpen-België († 2003)

• Antonij Christiaan Soeters (91), Vollenhove, Stad
• Clementina Rottiers (83), Bornem
• Antonia LeCocq (85), Los Angeles, California
• Andries Johannes Banz (71), Zutphen
• "Sophie" Maria Josepha von und zu Liechtenstein (74), Graz, Autriche
• Arminta "Mintie" J Newman (1938), Paris, Lamar, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje Woning (73)
• Albertine Ebert (75), Dordrecht
• Apollonia de Winter (76)
• Clara Maria van SCHAICK (57), Haarlem (Noord Holland) (NL)

• 1945 » Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan-American model, actress, and activist
• 1945 » Judge Dread, English singer-songwriter († 1998)
• 1945 » Randy Cain, American soul singer († 2009)
• 1946 » David Suchet, English actor
• 1946 » Lesley Gore, American singer-songwriter († 2015)
• 1946 » Peter L. Benson, American psychologist and academic († 2011)
• 1947 » James Dyson, English businessman, founded the Dyson Company
• 1947 » Lynda Myles, English screenwriter and producer
• 1947 » Philippe Herreweghe, Belgian conductor
• 1948 » Larry Gatlin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

• 1927 » Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1929 » Charalambos Tseroulis, Greek general and politician, Greek Minister for Military Affairs (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Penelope Delta, Greek author (b. 1874)
• 1945 » Joe Corbett, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Martin Bormann, German politician (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Dorothea Binz, German SS officer (b. 1920)
• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)

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.
• March 25 » An explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinois kills 111.
• April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
• August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
• November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.

The temperature on May 2, 1947 was between 3.8 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.