About the day » Friday July 11, 1947Calender converter

• Henk ROOIMANS, Amersfoort,, Utrecht, Nederland († 2019)
• Lea Maria van Looy, Herenthout, Antwerpen, België († 2001)
• Aaltje Johanna Geesje Seubring († 1948)
• Betsy Ruth Aardsma, Holland City, Ottawa Co. Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1969)
• Cornelis Vermaat, Rotterdam († 2024)
• Marja Veenstra, Amsterdam († 2003)
• Andreas Mattheas Lambertus Ratelband, Woerden († 1958)
• Charles Alexander Gore († 1985)
• Geert van der Bijl, Kollum († 2020)
• Maria (Riet) van Iwaarden, Krabbendijke (Oostdijk), Zeeland, Nederland († 1997)

• Albertha Westenberg (15), Almelo
• Baukje Ates Haagsma (0)
• Aaldert Jubbega (39), Doornspijk
• Albertus Johannes Winkel (63), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Viola Post (74)
• Adriana Zuidervaart (76), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
• Anna Minna Stoll (54)
• Auguste GREINER (73), Esneux, 4130, Liège, Belgique
• Aaltje Boekhout (73), Bussum
• Adriaan Zoetemeijer (61)

• 1944 » Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach († 2014)
• 1944 » Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist
• 1944 » Patricia Polacco, American author and illustrator
• 1946 » Martin Wong, American painter († 1999)
• 1947 » Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
• 1947 » Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
• 1947 » Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic
• 1950 » Bonnie Pointer, American singer († 2020)
• 1950 » J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic
• 1950 » Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic

• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)

• 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 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
• April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
• June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
• October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
• December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.

The temperature on July 11, 1947 was between 12.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 16.4 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.