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• Petrus Joannes Apeldoorn, 't Zand († 1949)
• nn smets, maasbree († 1947)
• Robertus Franciscus Bongers, Rotterdam († 2021)
• Cornelis Lourens Lommers († 2009)
• Hendrik (Henk) Kikkert
• Marianne Francisca Everdina Klazinga, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Gerrit Jan Oosterbroek, Diepenveen († 2009)
• Andriessiena de Wit († 2008)
• Iede NENTJES († 2003)
• Gerrit Jan Oosterbroek, Diepenveen,, Overijssel, Nederland († 2009)

• Pullen (0), Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland
• Alle van der Sluis (54), Groningen, Netherlands
• Anna Meta schnackenberg (73), Rautendorf 22
• Anna Pieters de Ruiter (79), Vrouwenparochie
• Almira A Todd ***** (83), Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois
• Anna Clasina van den Abeelen (84), Borculo, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Hödl (73)
• Albert Kassies
• Adrianus Antonius Wildhagen (44), Breda
• Alexander Moore Huston (71), Canada

• 1943 » Henry Hill, American mobster († 2012)
• 1945 » Adrienne Barbeau, American actress
• 1947 » Richard Palmer-James, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1948 » Dave Cash, American baseball player and coach
• 1948 » Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
• 1949 » Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter
• 1950 » Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, cartoonist and actress († 2014)
• 1951 » Matthew Engel, English journalist and author
• 1951 » Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter and photographer

• 1927 » William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
• 1934 » Lev Vygotsky, Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (b. 1896)
• 1936 » Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (b. 1906)
• 1937 » R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
• 1941 » Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
• 1955 » Pierre Levegh, French race car driver (b. 1905)
• 1962 » Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk and martyr (b. 1897)
• 1965 » José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Paul B. Coremans, Belgian chemist and academic (b. 1908)

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.
• January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
• January 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
• February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
• April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
• November 2 » In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.

The temperature on June 11, 1947 was between 7.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.