About the day » Tuesday May 20, 1947Calender converter

• Dirk Bakker († 2014)
• Hendrika Cornelia Kers, Leerdam, Vijfheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2020)
• Gerrie van Liemde, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2008)
• Hugo CLAESSENS, Aalst,9300,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2001)
• Hans Roskam († 2007)
• Berendina BOT, Eerbeek († 2006)
• Dale Douglas Naaktgeboren, Stearns, Minnesota, United States of America († 1993)
• Gerrigje Meuleman († 2016)
• Antonie Evert Krook, Loosdrecht, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Annie VUILMET, Drancy, 93029, Seine Saint Denis, Île-de-France, France († 1981)

• Pieter Basstra (63)
• Albert William Poort (68), topeka shawnee cy, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Bieuwkje Bartels (0), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Aagje Rongen X de Vrij (72), Beverwijk
• Alfred August Ivens (64), Hamme
• Albertus Bongaarts (64), Hengelo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Lelieveld (75), Nijmegen
• Adriana Johanna Lelieveld (75), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart Neuteboom (67), Olst
• Albert Nagle (56), Geertruidenberg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1944 » Boudewijn de Groot, Indonesian-Dutch singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1944 » Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter († 2014)
• 1945 » Vladimiro Montesinos, Peruvian intelligence officer
• 1946 » Bobby Murcer, American baseball player, coach, manager, and sportscaster († 2008)
• 1946 » Cher, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1947 » Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic
• 1947 » Steve Currie, English bass player († 1981)
• 1949 » Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1949 » Michèle Roberts, English author and poet
• 1949 » Robert Morin, Canadian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter

• 1931 » Ernest Noel, Scottish businessman and politician (b. 1831)
• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)

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 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
• 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 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.

The temperature on May 20, 1947 was between 5.1 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.