About the day » Saturday July 12, 1947Calender converter

• Adriana, Martina Bulkmans, Etten-Leur († 2012)
• Eilish Theresa Brogan, Omagh, Tyrone, Northern Ireland († 2007)
• Christoffel G den Uijl, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Jos Greeven († 2002)
• Frans Simons, Turnhout († 2011)
• Christiane Somers, Merksem († 2012)
• Jan Gerrets, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Frans van de Camp, Megen, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1948)
• Johannes (Jan) hubertus Marie Scheepers, Roggel († 2020)
• Dirk Gerrit de Jong, Utrecht, Nederland († 2005)

• Bernhard Leopold Antonius van Breugel (9), Rotterdam
• Antonius Everardus van der Burg (74), Pijnacker
• Anna Snel (66), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Huberta Peperzak (74), Nijmegen
• Cornelis Hermsen (84), Arnhem
• Anna Maria Tibosch (77), Veghel
• Aleida Antonia Gerarda Majella Steggink (11), Hengelo
• Dirk Pieter Out Out (59), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Forton (61)
• Beverly Shaw (57)

• 1944 » Simon Blackburn, English philosopher and academic
• 1945 » Butch Hancock, American country-folk singer-songwriter and musician
• 1947 » Gareth Edwards, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
• 1947 » Richard C. McCarty, American psychologist and academic
• 1947 » Wilko Johnson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1948 » Ben Burtt, American director, screenwriter, and sound designer
• 1948 » Richard Simmons, American fitness trainer and actor
• 1948 » Walter Egan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1949 » Rick Hendrick, American businessman, founded Hendrick Motorsports
• 1949 » Simon Fox, English drummer

• 1934 » Ole Evinrude, Norwegian-American inventor and businessman, invented the outboard motor (b. 1877)
• 1935 » Alfred Dreyfus, French colonel (b. 1859)
• 1944 » Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., American general and politician, Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1887)
• 1945 » Boris Galerkin, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, German field marshal (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Ray Stannard Baker, American journalist and author (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Jimmie Lunceford, American saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1949 » Douglas Hyde, Irish scholar and politician, 1st President of Ireland (b. 1860)
• 1950 » Elsie de Wolfe, American actress, author, and interior decorator (b. 1865)
• 1956 » John Hayes, Australian politician, 25th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1868)

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 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
• April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
• June 10 » Saab produces its first automobile.
• July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
• November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
• November 18 » The Ballantyne's Department Store fire in Christchurch, New Zealand, kills 41; it is the worst fire disaster in the history of New Zealand.

The temperature on July 12, 1947 was between 10.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.