About the day » Friday May 23, 1947Calender converter

• N.N. Wiering, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• - Jutte, Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland († 1947)
• Harm Veldstra, Wijster, Beilen († 2011)
• James Herman Ward, Troy, Pike County, Alabama, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Alberta Henrica Maria Scholten, Goor († 2000)
• Johannes Hendrikus Maria Calis, Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Hedzerika Bakker, Buitenpost († 2012)
• Donald J. Duncan, Los Angeles Co., California, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• Geertje Woertink († 1983)
• Jozef Robertus Maria Roijen, Wijnandsrade, Nederland († 2010)

• Antoon van Ingen (67), Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bastiaan Schuif (72), Utrecht
• Aagje Leek (72), Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Swart (56)
• Aloyisius Adrianus van den Heuvel (68), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Geertruida Koster (42), langedijk
• Agnes Florence Lenshoek (75), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antoon van Ingen (67), Oss, Nederland
• Aagje Leek, (72), 't Zand, de Zijpe
• - Jutte (0), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1943 » Peter Kenilorea, Solomon Islands politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands († 2016)
• 1944 » John Newcombe, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
• 1945 » Padmarajan, Indian director, screenwriter, and author († 1991)
• 1946 » David Graham, Australian golfer
• 1947 » Jane Kenyon, American poet and translator († 1995)
• 1948 » Myriam Boyer, French actress, director, and producer
• 1949 » Alan García, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 61st and 64th President of Peru († 2019)
• 1949 » Daniel DiNardo, American cardinal
• 1950 » Martin McGuinness, Irish republican and Sinn Féin politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland († 2017)
• 1951 » Anatoly Karpov, Russian chess player

• 1934 » Bonnie Parker, American criminal (b. 1910)
• 1934 » Clyde Barrow, American criminal (b. 1909)
• 1934 » Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1937 » John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Standard Oil Company and Rockefeller University (b. 1839)
• 1938 » Frederick Ruple, Swiss-American painter (b. 1871)
• 1942 » Panagiotis Toundas, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician, Reich Minister of the Interior (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Jan Frans De Boever, Belgian painter and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (b. 1883)

• 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 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• October 22 » The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan begins, having started just after the partition of India.
• December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

The temperature on May 23, 1947 was between 10.6 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.