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• Herman Johan van Eijken, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Juliana Wilhelmina Cornelia (Julia) de Jong, Koog aan de Zaan († 2018)
• Klaartje de Wagt, Basse († 1947)
• Levenloos Kind Kiesling, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Catharina M.J. Snepvangers, Gilze en Rijen († 1969)
• Ian Robert (Pop) BEECHEY († 2020)
• Herman Johan van eijken, Enschede († 2012)
• Evert Jan Breeuwer († 2001)
• Doodgeboren kind van de Westerlo, Deurne, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1947)
• Jan Offerein, Zuidwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)

• Antina Margaretha Wierenga (58), Siddeburen (Gem. Midden-Groningen)
• Anna Maria de Bruin (71), Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonia van Bekkem (75), Zoelen
• Anna Maria Kock (78), Utrecht
• Boudina Aalders (57), Kornhorn, gem. Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Berend Okkes BOUWMAN (85), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• * Petrus Kuijs Cuijs (75), Vlijmen
• Arie van der Torre (89), Berkel en Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria JENTINK (70), Breda, 3379, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Harrebomée (43), Weesperkarspel

• 1945 » Davey Lopes, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1945 » Jörg Drehmel, German triple jumper and coach
• 1946 » Greg Gumbel, American sportscaster
• 1946 » Norm Chow, American football player and coach
• 1946 » Silvino Francisco, South African snooker player
• 1947 » Doug Henning, Canadian magician († 2000)
• 1948 » Chris Mulkey, American actor
• 1948 » Denis Cosgrove, British-American academic and geographer († 2008)
• 1949 » Liam Donaldson, English physician and academic
• 1949 » Ruth Lister, Baroness Lister of Burtersett, English academic and politician

• 1925 » Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (b. 1841)
• 1932 » Charles Fort, American journalist and author (b. 1874)
• 1935 » Jessie Willcox Smith, American illustrator (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Madeleine Desroseaux, French author and poet (b. 1873)
• 1942 » Thorvald Stauning, Danish politician, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1873)
• 1943 » Harry Miller, American engineer (b. 1875)
• 1948 » Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (b. 1876)
• 1949 » Fanny Walden, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Frank Foster, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)

• 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.
• January 3 » Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
• June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
• August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
• September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
• November 25 » New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
• 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 3, 1947 was between 6.7 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east.