About the day » Wednesday July 16, 1947Calender converter

• David G. Griswold, Battle Creek, MI
• Gerrit Jan Uulders († 2013)
• Cornelis Faas, Breskens, Zeeland, NL († 2020)
• Anna Kiewiet († 2006)
• Hendrik Jan Weering, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 2023)
• Klaas Cornelis Angenent, Waddinxveen († 2019)
• Linda Louise Pastorino (Schlegel), Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, United States of America († 2019)
• Eleonora Thepen († 2000)
• Lutina lutgerdina Smit, Haren († 2020)
• Antonius Amand Joachim (Amand) van Kleef, Schiedam († 2010)

• Cornelis Hendricus Potters (94), Haarlem
• Adrianus Oskam (43), Batavia
• Antoinette Hendrickx (83), Baardegem
• adrianus andries ZOON (77), middelharnis
• Flora Salinger (77)
• Alberto Guilherme Roesh (52)
• Cornelis Bernardus JANSSENS (79), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Diliana van der Kruijs (76), Geldrop
• Amelia Hubertina Willems (63), Halmaal, België
• Antonio Arrojo Nabea (53)

• 1946 » Barbara Lee, American politician
• 1946 » Louise Fréchette, Canadian civil servant and diplomat, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1946 » Ron Yary, American football player
• 1947 » Alexis Herman, American businesswoman and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of Labor
• 1947 » Assata Shakur, American-Cuban criminal and activist
• 1947 » Don Burke, Australian television host and producer
• 1948 » Kevin McKenzie, South African cricketer
• 1948 » Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish footballer and manager
• 1948 » Pinchas Zukerman, Israeli violinist and conductor
• 1948 » Rubén Blades, Panamanian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

• 1917 » Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847)
• 1939 » Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch swimmer (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1960 » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Boris Artzybasheff, Ukrainian-American illustrator (b.1899)
• 1969 » James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (b. 1930)

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 25 » Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
• March 12 » Cold War: The Truman Doctrine is proclaimed to help stem the spread of Communism.
• March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• July 10 » Muhammad Ali Jinnah is recommended as the first Governor-General of Pakistan by the British Prime Minister, Clement Attlee.
• November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
• November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.

The temperature on July 16, 1947 was between 15.7 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 21.5 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.