About the day » Sunday June 15, 1947Calender converter

• Johannes Teubel, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1947)
• Besselse Richard Ferdinand, Batavia († 2017)
• Frank Bosua, Velsen
• Harrie Winthagen, Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland († 2004)
• Lebbert van der Weide, Lutten, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 2012)
• Jeanette Elsje Broekema, Groningen († 1954)
• Gery Janny Mourik, Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1978)
• Bonnie Lorraine Grell, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Christina Sophia Cornelia Westmaas, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1993)
• Feunekes, Emmen († 1947)

• Anna Maria Petronella Simonis (57), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Karremans (73), Roosendaal, Noord Brabant, nederland
• Aleida Hendrika Brouwer (43)
• Amand Henri Slachmuijlders (72), Zelzaete (belgie)
• Antoon Derks (66), Diessen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Sjutje (Sjoerdje) Nijdam (82), Menaldumadeel
• Antoon Jozef Arts (47), Boxmeer
• van Brussel (0), Rijssen
• Alice May Cameron (48), Birmingham, Jefferson, AL
• Augustus Maria Ludovicus MOYERSOEN (67), Aalst, 41002, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgique

• 1945 » Lawrence Wilkerson, American colonel
• 1945 » Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipino judge and politician († 2016)
• 1945 » Robert Sarah, Guinean cardinal
• 1946 » Demis Roussos, Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and bass player († 2015)
• 1946 » John Horner, American paleontologist and academic
• 1946 » Noddy Holder, English rock singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
• 1947 » John Hoagland, American photographer and journalist († 1984)
• 1948 » Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla
• 1948 » Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland
• 1948 » Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach

• 1934 » Alfred Bruneau, French cellist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
• 1961 » Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1961 » Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880)

• 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 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• February 21 » In New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first "instant camera", the Polaroid Land Camera, to a meeting of the Optical Society of America.
• February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
• April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
• June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".

The temperature on June 15, 1947 was between 10.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 8.9 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.