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• Joseph W Pepe, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Peter Michael Peter Robertskees Wartena, Sacramento, California, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Henny Plekkenpol, Hilversum († 1947)
• Jantje Rouwhorst, Ommen († 1947)
• Markus Menno Ritsma, Arnhem († 1954)
• Neeltje Maria Gaasenbeek, Utrecht († 1990)
• Charles De Rijke, Rotterdam († 2007)
• Clasina M.A. Scholtes († 1996)
• NN Vegter, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1947)
• Maria Adriana Prins, Sliedrecht († 1947)

• Dirk Jan Woudenberg (0), Beekbergen
• Austin Otto FISH (63)
• Arnoldus Hanssen (77), Sittard
• Carolus Alphonsus Van Houtem (75), Pamel, België
• Amarenthia Margaretha Heystek (43)
• Bessie M. DUCKWORTH (67), Anderson County, South Carolina
• Afonso Ract (81), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Angenieta Hillechina Loerop (74), Wildervank, Gemeente Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Coenraad Johannes Wijand (86), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Hermannus Hinnen (74), Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1946 » Brenda Holloway, American singer-songwriter
• 1946 » Kate Hoey, Northern Irish-British academic and politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics
• 1946 » Per Eklund, Swedish race car driver
• 1946 » Trond Kirkvaag, Norwegian actor, director, and screenwriter († 2007)
• 1947 » Fernando Savater, Spanish philosopher and author
• 1947 » Joey Molland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1947 » Meredith Baxter, American actress
• 1947 » Michael Gross, American actor
• 1947 » Shirin Ebadi, Iranian lawyer, judge, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1947 » Wade Phillips, American football coach

• 1934 » Thorne Smith, American author (b. 1892)
• 1940 » Édouard Vuillard, French painter (b. 1868)
• 1940 » Smedley Butler, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1881)
• 1951 » Charles Dillon Perrine, American astronomer (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Gustave Sandras, French gymnast (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (b. 1896)
• 1954 » Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Claude Farrère, French captain and author (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Johannes Stark, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1964 » James Chaney, American civil rights activist (b. 1943)

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.
• June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
• November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
• December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
• December 6 » The Everglades National Park in Florida is dedicated.

The temperature on June 21, 1947 was between 11.4 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.