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• Anthonius Johan Marie Rossewij, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Margaretha de Graaf, Bouwlust, de Cocksdorp († 1947)
• Aaf Keijzer († 2004)
• Aldert Jakob Mooibroek, Rheden, Gelderland, Nederland († 1993)
• Cornelis van den Berg, 's Gravenzande († 2011)
• Jean-Pierre Ghislain Wauters, Sint-Truiden, België († 2016)
• Aldert Jacob Mooibroek († 1993)
• Anna Margaretha de Graaf, De Cocksdorp (Texel, NH) († 1947)
• Berend Tromp († 2017)
• Hendrik van Riessen, Amsterdam († 1991)

• Aart van der Marel (85), Nootdorp, Nederland
• Alberta van Veen (51), Nijverdal
• Aart Wijgand (55), Culemborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart van der Maarel (85), Nootdorp
• Antje Glas (80), Beverwijk, prov. Noord Holland
• Antonie Reuterink (69), Arnhem
• Annie LING (90)
• Antonia Gabrieël (82), Rotterdam
• albert van 't ende (59), nijeveen
• Anke van der Meulen (55), Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1946 » Bruce Alexander, English actor
• 1946 » Janet Paraskeva, Welsh politician
• 1946 » K. Satchidanandan, Indian poet and critic
• 1946 » Skip Jutze, American baseball player
• 1946 » William Shawcross, English journalist and author
• 1947 » Leland Sklar, American singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1947 » Lynn Johnston, Canadian author and illustrator
• 1947 » Zahi Hawass, Egyptian archaeologist and academic
• 1948 » Michael Field, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Tasmania
• 1948 » Pierre Rapsat, Belgian singer and songwriter († 2002)

• 1927 » Boris Kustodiev, Russian painter and stage designer (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Alfred Adler, Austrian-Scottish ophthalmologist and psychologist (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1858)
• 1947 » August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Tatsuo Hori, Japanese author and poet (b. 1904)
• 1964 » Terry Dillon, American football player (b. 1941)
• 1968 » Fyodor Okhlopkov, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)

• 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 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
• April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
• June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.

The temperature on May 28, 1947 was between 6.7 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.