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• Marie Claire GILLES († 2014)
• Delbert Zwart, Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa († 2016)
• Frank Colen, Tilburg († 2017)
• Johannes Hermanus Gerardus van Wiggen, Bunnik, Utrecht, NL († 1950)
• Maria Portier, Bandoeng, Java, Indonesia († 2015)
• Lena Johanna Meijer, Zaandam († 1974)
• Linda C Dunn († 2014)
• Cornelis Kwant, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2016)
• NN Dijkslag, Wijhe († 1947)
• Linda Cheryl Dunn († 2014)

• Carel Lodewijk Herman Vornholt (68), Berkley (Cal., USA)
• Anna Mary Reindel (82), Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
• Cornelis de Jong (77), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Augustinus Cornelis Smulders (61), Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Zugehör (76), Kirn, Rijnland-Palts, Duitsland
• Seraphia van de Made (74), Raamsdonkveer
• Antonius Martinus Wessing (70), Havikkerwaard, Gelderland, Nederland
• Clara Maria Gedult von Jungenfeld (57), Obermarchtal an der Donaug, Duitsland
• Bridget Gilhooly (73), Nashua, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, Verenigde Staten
• * Jacob Vermeij (71), Brandwijk

• 1945 » Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
• 1946 » Chris Crutcher, American novelist and short story writer
• 1946 » Ted Sampley, American POW/MIA activist († 2009)
• 1947 » Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
• 1947 » Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St John's, English educator and politician
• 1947 » Mick Tucker, English rock drummer (Sweet) († 2002)
• 1947 » Robert Begerau, German footballer and manager
• 1947 » Wolfgang Flür, German musician (Kraftwerk)
• 1948 » Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer († 2015)
• 1948 » Ron Asheton, American guitarist and songwriter († 2009)

• 1935 » George William Russell, Irish poet and painter (b. 1867)
• 1942 » Robina Nicol, New Zealand photographer and suffragist (b. 1861)
• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
• 1959 » Billie Holiday, American singer (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Eugene Meyer, American businessman and publisher (b. 1875)

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.
• February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
• March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
• July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
• August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
• September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
• December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.

The temperature on July 17, 1947 was between 15.0 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.