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• johannes hendrikus antonius marie (hans) vestjens, helden-egchel
• William F White, Topeka, Shawnee Cnty, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Ineke Brouwer († 2021)
• Johanna (jannig) Tol, Volendam (Edam) († 2018)
• Dieuwke van der Wal, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Evertje Weijman († 2001)
• Adrianus Antonius Maria van Rosmalen, Liempde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Burger, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Joseph Eugene Deibler, Forest City, Winnebago County, Iowa († 2015)
• Maaike Aaltje Hiemstra, Harlingen († 1947)

• Alida Kuhlemeir (60), amsterdam, Nederland
• Antje Touker (80), Groningen
• Catharina Anna Zandbergen (56), Voorhout
• Angeline Elizabeth Workman (88), Elkins, Randolph, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Jacobus Hendriks (61), Kerkrade, Nederland
• Adriana Leijdens (79), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Doorn (76), Dordrecht
• Annigje Margje van 't Oever (70), Kampen, Nederland
• Antonia Zwaans (83), Dongen
• Bernardus Ditters (80), Doesburg, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1943 » Simon Jenkins, English journalist and author
• 1944 » Rick Price, English rock bass player
• 1944 » Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter († 1972)
• 1947 » Ken Singleton, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1947 » Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist
• 1947 » Robert Wright, English air marshal
• 1950 » Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1951 » Burglinde Pollak, German pentathlete
• 1951 » Dan Fouts, American football player and sportscaster
• 1951 » Tony Mundine, Australian boxer

• 1936 » John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (b. 1856)
• 1937 » Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
• 1939 » Albert Ogilvie, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1890)
• 1940 » Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician and academic (b. 1910)
• 1946 » Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Alexander Bethune, Canadian businessman and politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1852)
• 1949 » Sigrid Undset, Danish-Norwegian novelist, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Angelina Weld Grimké, American journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)

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.
• April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
• November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.
• December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

The temperature on June 10, 1947 was between 6.1 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.