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• Jean Ann "Jeannie" Dornheggen, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• Johannes Leonardus Maria Heffels, Born, Limburg, Nederland († 1948)
• Johanna Theodora Maria Teunissen, Gennep, Limburg, Nederland († 1947)
• Henk Kolk, Genemuiden, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2004)
• Cornelia Helena van Wensen, Klundert, Moerdijk, Noord Brabant, The Netherlands († 1953)
• Edmond SEGHERS († 2014)
• Joannes Babtist Arnoldus Kolen, Hampstead GB
• Bonne Douwe Gringhuis, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1947)
• Johannes Henricus Maria (Hans) Ragas, Lisse († 1971)
• Johannes Wal, Oudega (Small.) († 2021)

• Anna Geertruid van Heek (57), Amsterdam
• Anne Gerard Wolter Bentinck (73), Baden Baden (D)
• Christina Brouwers (57), Jutphaas
• Anna Maria Hendriks (63), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Bastiaan de Wilde (37), Rotterdam
• Anne Gerard Wolter Baron Bentinck (73), Baden-Baden (D)
• Anna NICKEL (62), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Nickel (1945), Zuidlaren, Drenthe, Nederland
• Carolus Lemmens (86), Zoerle-Parwijs, Antwerpen, Belgie
• Cornelia Alida Vlaar (0), Alkmaar

• 1945 » Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player
• 1945 » Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter
• 1945 » George Pataki, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York
• 1945 » Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1946 » David Collenette, Canadian civil servant and politician, 32nd Canadian Minister of National Defence
• 1946 » Ellison Onizuka, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut († 1986)
• 1946 » Robert Reich, American economist and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Labor
• 1947 » Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality († 2014)
• 1947 » Peter Weller, American actor and director
• 1948 » Patrick Moraz, Swiss keyboard player and songwriter

• 1931 » Otto Mears, Russian-American businessman (b. 1840)
• 1931 » Xiang Zhongfa, Chinese politician, 2nd General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (b. 1880)
• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)

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 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
• February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• April 16 » An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of Texas City, Texas, to catch fire, killing almost 600.
• April 16 » Bernard Baruch first applies the term "Cold War" to describe the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union.
• July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
• November 25 » Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.

The temperature on June 24, 1947 was between 11.0 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.